Brookside Elementary School

Brookside Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Norwalk, Connecticut. A federal count lists 408 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.

Brookside Elementary School is one of the 22 schools that make up Norwalk School District (11,341 students in total).

Hispanic students account for 69% of enrollment at Brookside Elementary School. Smaller groups are 13% White, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Western Connecticut Planning Region is roughly 21% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Brookside Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.

At Brookside Elementary School, 31 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Connecticut have a similar average ratio of 12.6:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 61% of enrollment. Compared with the 33% average for public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region, the school's rate is higher.

Across Western Connecticut Planning Region, median household income is about $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Western Connecticut Planning Region number 149 and enroll about 90,520.

Nearest public school: Center for Global Studies, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Brookside Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

Brookside Elementary School saw enrollment fall 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.1 to 13.2 over 4 years.

Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Brookside Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.