by Isabelle Esteves

Created on: May 17, 2009   Last Updated: May 18, 2009

Best Private Schools in greater Danbury CT

Danbury is located in Western Connecticut in an area where affluence is a way of life. There are many private schools for those who can afford to send their children.

Religious Schools

Maimonides Academy of Western Ct

103 Miry Brook Rd Danbury

This is a Jewish Day School. Nursery School through 5th grade. This school offers high quality education with small classes. Education is tailored to fit each student and include traditional academic subjects, the arts, computers and physical education along with teaching the Torah, Hebrew and traditional Jewish values. This is the old Jewish day school in western Connecticut. Their Kindergarten is a full day of class.

Connecticut Friends School

Wilton CT

This school embraces the principles of Quakerism and teaches that community is one of the important components of the learning experience. Competition is not encouraged but rather the individual differences are embraced. Children are encouraged to feel secure in who they are. K-8th grades with a population of 60 students you can be guaranteed that your child will receive the individual attention that they deserve and need.

Catholic Schools in Danbury

There are four Catholic Schools in Danbury that offer from Pre-K to grade 8 education. St. Joseph. St. Gregory, St Peter and Sacred Heart School. All of them offer high quality education with an emphasis on Catholic religious teaching. Enrollment is open to children of all religions with preference given to parishioners of each individual parish. Tuition rates vary so check with the school you are interested in.

Non-Religious Schools

Westover School Grades 9-12

1237 Whittemore Rd

Middlebury, CT

Founded in 1909 by Mary Hilliard is a private girls boarding school located in the town of that offers a superior education to 200 young woman. Not all students board, local students are welcome as day students.

Special programs are offered for gifted musicians, students of dance and woman interested in engineering and science. Sports have always played an important part of the Westover experience. Students can take part of an exchange student program that offers their students the chance to attend school in Australia, Jordan and Spain among the many choices offered.

Students from Westover have gone on to Barnard, Harvard, Columbia, Vassar and Dartmouth to

Just name a few. Tuition for boarding students is $39,000 . The student to teacher ratio is 8:1. The student population is diverse and there are many international students.

Chase Collegiate School K-12

Waterbury Ct

With a total student body of 518 this private school offers a student teacher ratio of 7:1. The average class size is 12. For over one hundred and forty years the Chase Collegiate School has been offering the residents of western Connecticut the options of choosing a private school education to their children without having to have a religious affiliation. They had their beginnings as two separate schools, both founded by the Chase family, one for boys and one for girls. After their merger a new name was decided upon. Tuition begins at $19,000 for kindergarten and goes up from there. The school has a diverse population and encourages honesty, creativity and encourages the individual student to flourish.

These are just a few of the terrific private schools that are located in or near Danbury CT. Whether you are looking for a school which emphasizes religion or a more secular one, there are plenty for you to choose from.

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