Staples High School is a public secondary school located in the town of Westport, Connecticut, USA.
Staples High School is named after its founder Horace Staples who founded the school on April 26, 1884.
Westport is one of eight school districts in District Reference Group A (others are Darien, Easton, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, and Wilton). For comparison purposes with similar schools, the state Department of Education classifies schools and communities in "District Reference Groups", defined as "districts whose students' families are similar in education, income, occupation and need, and that have roughly similar enrollment".
Staples High School enrollment is 1,800.
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