Brookside Elementary School

Brookside Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Norwalk, Connecticut, operated by Norwalk School District. Current enrollment sits at 408 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Norwalk School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 11,341 students; Brookside Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Brookside Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest consists of 13% White, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Brookside Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Western Connecticut Planning Region (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Brookside Elementary School is one.

Center for Global Studies is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookside Elementary School has declined 8%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Brookside Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.