The Pine Brook School
School Notes Overview:
The Pine Brook School, founded in 1972, is a coeducational elementary school from Pre-K through 6th Grade. The spacious modern classroom buildings occupy rural farm land adjacent to protected wetlands. The school offers a rich and educationally challenging program in a learning environment that is sensitive and responsive to individual children's developmental needs. Pine Brook is a school which has committed itself to small class sizes and consequently strong relationships among faculty, students and parents. It is also a school committed to ethnic and cultural diversity and gender equity. It seeks to graduate students with the skills to pursue successful lives, the values to make a contribution to society, and the resources to enjoy the arts and culture of a diverse world. ...
School Overview:
The Pine Brook School |
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| School Membership(s) |
National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association |
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| Religious Affiliation | Nonsectarian | |
| Grades Offered | Grades Prekindergarten - 6 | |
| Year Founded | 1972 | |
| County | New Haven County, CT | |
| Student Body | ||
| Total Students | 46 students | |
| Student Body Type | Co-ed | |
This School |
(CT) School Avg. |
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| % Students of Color | 11% | 19% |
| Students by Grade | ||
| Nursery - 14 students | ||
| Pre-K - 8 students | ||
| Kind - 10 students | ||
| Grade 1 - 7 students | ||
| Grade 2 - 5 students | ||
| Grade 3 - 5 students | ||
| Grade 4 - 4 students | ||
| Grade 5 - 1 students | ||
| Grade 6 - 6 students | ||
| Academics and Faculty | ||
| Total Classroom Teachers | 10 teachers | |
| Average Class Size | 8 | |
| Classroom dress code | Casual | |
This School |
(CT) School Avg. |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio | 1:9 | * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16 |
| School Days in Calendar Year | 175 days | 180 days |
| Hours in School Day for Students | 7 hours | 6 hours |
| Finances and Admission | ||
| Admission Deadline | Feb. 13 / rolling | |
| Head of School | Christine W. Aulicino, PhD | |
| Admissions Director | Eileen Waldman | |
School Notes:
- The Pine Brook School
- Coeducational elementary school from Pre-K through 6th Grade
- Spacious classroom buildings
- Adjacent to protected wetlands
- Educationally challenging program
- A learning environment that is responsive to individual children's needs
- Small class sizes
- Strong relationships among faculty, students and parents
- Individualized, effective learning environment
- Develops academic skills needed to meet current and future challenges
- Stimulates intellectual curiosity
- Builds self-esteem
- Inspires a sense of social responsibility.
- Profile last updated: 10/29/2008
In the News:
- Islamic Elementary School Planned for Pine Orchard (New Haven Independent)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 03:48:01 pm
An Islamic school in Hamden is hoping to open an elementary school branch at the former Pine Brook School on Stony Creek Road in the Pine Orchard section of Branford. - Pinebrook School to Close (The Sound)
posted on April 16, 2009 at 06:40:29 pm
By Ben Rayner, Sound Senior Staff Writer: BRANFORD: A longtime Branford icon, the Pine Brook School (formerly the Wightwood School) will shut its doors at the end of the school year, leaving more than 18 employees without jobs and more than 65 students looking for a new homeroom. School officials cited the economic stress and dropping enrollment as the main factors in the decision to close ...
School Zip Statistics:
| About This Zipcode (06405) | School Zip (06405) |
(CT) State Average |
| Population (Approximate) | 28,670 people | 3,405,565 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree | 45% | 41% |
| Population Average Age | 41 years old | 37 years old |
| Average Household size | 2.3 persons | 2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income | $58,009 | $56,323 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household | 5.4 rooms | 5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure | 41 years old | 48 years old |
| Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (06405) |
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| % Owning / % Renting | 69% / 31% | 64% / 36% |
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