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The Pine Brook School

56 Stony Creek Road, Branford, CT, 06405-0640 -

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. ...

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School Overview:

	The Pine Brook School
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association
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.
% 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.
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 ...

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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
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% Owning / % Renting	69% / 31%	64% / 36%