Phillips Brooks School

Phillips Brooks School offers a full-day preschool through 5th-grade learning community at the intersection of Menlo Park and Palo Alto, neighboring Stanford University.
By passionately pursuing core teaching beliefs that set us apart, we create the extraordinary every day at PBS. We guide children to cultivate their individual talents, explore, and dig deep while working and reflecting together.
In the process they discover their best selves they flourish.

Quick Stats (2024)

  • Top Ranked CA School
  • Grades: Nursery/Preschool-5
  • Enrollment: 306 students
  • Yearly Tuition: $36,475
  • Average class size: 20 students
  • Application Deadline: Jan. 9
  • Source: Verified school update

Top Rankings

Phillips Brooks School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for:

Category
Attribute

School Overview

Religious Affiliation
Grades Offered
Grades Nursery/Preschool-5
Year Founded
1978

Student Body

Total Students
306 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
% Students of Color
52%
State avg.: 51%
Students by Grade
Phillips Brooks School Student By Grade

Academics and Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers
24 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio
13:1
National avg.: 13:1
Average Class Size
20 students
Classroom Dress Code
Casual

Tuition and Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline
Jan. 9
Yearly Tuition Cost
Tuition Notes
Please note that the listed tuition is for the 2022-2023 school year. Prices are subject to change.
% on Financial Aid
11%
Admissions Director
Vanessa Ortega
Admissions Associate
Marcelino Perez

Sports

Total Sports Offered
2 sports

School Notes

  • The Phillips Brooks School, founded in 1978, is an independent, coeducational day school located in Menlo Park, California. We enroll 280 students in preschool through fifth grade. By passionately pursuing core teaching beliefs that set us apart, we create the extraordinary every day at PBS. We guide children to cultivate their individual talents, explore and dig deep while working and reflecting together. In the process they discover their best selves they flourish.
  • You can feel it the moment you step on campus: this is a place that`s open and vibrant, energized by students who are truly known by each adult and peer around them. Here you`ll find engaged children who are fulfilled as they probe meaningful interests and challenged as they apply academic and social learning strategies customized for their developmental trajectory. They emerge as skilled, independent thinkers and empowered community builders who thrive intellectually as well as socially. PBS students know how to be learners, how to relate to one another and who they are.
  • Together with our inclusive, multi-cultural family community we create a dynamic atmosphere of collaboration and support. With an impressive roster of core and specialist teachers dedicated to pre-school through fifth grade, and no more than two classrooms per grade, every child and family is an integral partner in our community. There`s an excitement here, a liberating, exhilarating awareness that every day our students are journeying purposefully to become all they are meant to be. Inspired learners. Inspiring life. This is PBS.
Source: Verified school update

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Phillips Brooks School cost?
Phillips Brooks School's tuition is approximately $36,475 for private students.
What sports does Phillips Brooks School offer?
Phillips Brooks School offers 2 interscholastic sports: Basketball and Volleyball.
What is Phillips Brooks School's ranking?
Phillips Brooks School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in California for: Largest student body.
When is the application deadline for Phillips Brooks School?
The application deadline for Phillips Brooks School is Jan. 9.
What neighborhood is Phillips Brooks School located?
Phillips Brooks School is located in the Sharon Heights neighborhood of Menlo Park, CA. There are 1 other private schools located in Sharon Heights.

School Reviews

  5.00 out of 5  (2 reviews)
5  
I have two children in PBS, we are on our third year. Our youngest started in Pre-k and they truly did prepare her for Kinder and beyond (currently in 1st). All the teachers communicate and work together to make sure that each child is placed with the most suitable class the next year. They have specialists who are quick to provide any necessary resources your child might need. Both of my children have displayed an enormous leap in their confidence in speaking up, in developing friendships. It is so amazing to see how my children are truly cared for. My daughter still sees her previous teachers and gets excited to see them. We're really grateful to be a part of this community.
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5  
We are so lucky to be a part of this incredibly warm, welcoming, and down-to-earth school community! This is our second year at PBS; our daughter started in pre-school last year and is now in pre-K. She is so excited to go to school every morning and is disappointed that she can't go on the weekend! The campus comes alive with students' joy as they arrive at school each morning and it is a pleasure knowing she is spending her day surrounded by caring, loving, and engaged teachers who truly know my child. SEL is thoroughly integrated throughout the curriculum and they truly "walk the walk." PBS students are genuinely kind and caring humans who love learning. What more could any parent ask for?!
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Quick Stats (2024)

  • Top Ranked CA School
  • Grades: Nursery/Preschool-5
  • Enrollment: 306 students
  • Yearly Tuition: $36,475
  • Average class size: 20 students
  • Application Deadline: Jan. 9
  • Source: Verified school update

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The average private school tuition in San Mateo County, CA is $24,051 for elementary schools and $35,950 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
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