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Plainfield Catholic School

120 Prospect Street, Moosup, CT, 06354-0635 -

School Overview:

	Plainfield Catholic School
School Membership(s)	National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)
Religious Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - 8
County	Windham County, CT
Student Body
Total Students	216 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(CT) School Avg.
% Students of Color	9%	19%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 30 students
	Kind - 32 students
	Grade 1 - 27 students
	Grade 2 - 17 students
	Grade 3 - 17 students
	Grade 4 - 21 students
	Grade 5 - 26 students
	Grade 6 - 10 students
	Grade 7 - 14 students
	Grade 8 - 22 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	12 teachers
	This School	(CT) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:16	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	178 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	6 hours	6 hours
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling

In the News:

Capsule commemorates Plainfield Catholic School closing (The Norwich Bulletin)
posted on June 18, 2009 at 03:56:17 am
Plainfield Catholic School Principal Sister Anne Landry said she tried not to be too emotional Wednesday during a ceremony to fill and bury a time capsule for the school.
Plainfield Catholic School Time Capsule (The Norwich Bulletin)
posted on June 17, 2009 at 04:40:47 pm
Students and teachers at Plainfield Catholic School buried a time capsule filled with letters and mementoes Wednesday in front of the school's Moosup campus. After a decision by the Norwich Diocese in March, the 104-year-old school will close on Friday.
Plainfield Catholic students find new homes (The Norwich Bulletin)
posted on March 27, 2009 at 03:37:15 am
As parents of Plainfield Catholic School students scramble to find another school to take in their displaced children, local Catholic and public schools are scurrying to keep up with the influx of requests for tours and enrollment forms. "We’ve just been inundated,” said Sister Mary David, principal of Sacred Heart School in Taftville.
Plainfield Catholic closing catches parents off guard (The Norwich Bulletin)
posted on March 17, 2009 at 03:35:28 am
Parents are taking issue with the way the decision to close Plainfield Catholic School was handled by the Diocese of Norwich.
Diocese closing Plainfield Catholic (The Norwich Bulletin)
posted on March 16, 2009 at 03:35:30 am
Plainfield Catholic School will close at the end of the school year, the spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich confirmed Sunday.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (06354)	School Zip (06354)	(CT) State Average
Population (Approximate)	5,440 people	3,405,565 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	19%	41%
Population Average Age	35 years old	37 years old
Average Household size	2.6 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$43,528	$56,323
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.3 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	52 years old	48 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	64% / 36%	64% / 36%