The Cooke Center School

219 Stanton Street, New York, NY, 10002-0101
Tel: (212)995-1987
Grades: PK - 12 | 250 students
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The Cooke Center for Learning and Development is the largest private provider of school-based special education services in New York City. We embrace and promote inclusion, an educational practice through which children with learning challenges are educated in general education settings alongside their mainstream peers. The Cooke Center's mission is to collaborate with others to provide opportunities for students with special needs, ages 3 to 21, to learn side by side with non-disabled peers and members of the community.

School Overview:
The Cooke Center School
School Type Special Education School
School Membership(s) New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten - 12
Learning Difference Programs Yes
Learning Programs Supported Cognitive or developmental disabilities and language-based learning disabilities
Year Founded 1987
Student Body
Total Students 250 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 54% (NY School Avg.: 23%)
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 21 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 12:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
Average Class Size 12 students
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline None / Rolling
Admissions Director Billy English
Sports
Total Sports Offered 2 sports
Sports
Basketball Cheering

Nearby Schools:

The Cooke Center School
Gr. PK-12 | 0 mi. away
Our Lady Of Sorrows School
Gr. PK-8 | 0 mi. away
Beth Jacob Parochial School
Gr. K-8 | 0.2 mi. away
St Brigid School
Gr. PK-8 | 0.4 mi. away
Nativity Mission School
Gr. 7-9 | 0.5 mi. away

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