There are an assortment of

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, private, and

parochial Parochial is an adjective which may refer to: * Parishes, in religion ** Parish churches, also called parochial churches * Parochial schools, primary or secondary schools affiliated to a religious organisation * Parochialism Parochialism is the ...

schools A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsor ...

in Norwalk,

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

Post-secondary education

There are four post-secondary schools within the city of Norwalk: *

Norwalk Community College Norwalk Community College (NCC), formerly Norwalk State Technical College and Norwalk Community-Technical College, is a public community college in Norwalk, Connecticut. It is the third-largest of the twelve colleges in the Connecticut State Col ...

is in West Norwalk * Gibbs College, Norwalk campus (Closed) *

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Fairfield County campus is at 535 Connecticut Ave. Suite 400. *

Post University Post University is a private for-profit university in Waterbury, Connecticut. It was founded in 1890 as Post College. From 1990 to 2004 it was affiliated with Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan and during that time it was named Teikyo Post Uni ...

opened a "regional center" in Norwalk in the Fall of 2008. There are also other post-secondary schools in nearby towns. The

Norwalk Hospital Norwalk Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care community teaching hospital in the Hospital Hill section of Norwalk, Connecticut. The hospital serves a population of 250,000 in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. The 366-bed hospital has more ...

runs an internship program associated with the

Yale School of Medicine The Yale School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. The primary te ...

and a nursing program associated with

Norwalk Public Schools

Norwalk Public Schools is the school district serving Norwalk, Connecticut. It operates the following high schools: * Norwalk High School is the home of the Norwalk Bears. The school was founded in 1902. * Brien McMahon High School, named for Senator

Brien McMahon Brien McMahon, born James O'Brien McMahon (October 6, 1903July 28, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate (as a Democrat from Connecticut) from 1945 to 1952. McMahon was a major figure in the est ...

, first chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, was founded in 1960. Brien McMahon High School is also home to the Center for Global Studies. * Briggs High School is an

alternative school An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientati ...

Charter school

Th
Side by Side Community School
is a

charter school A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autono ...

that is located in

South Norwalk South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August ...

and serves grades pre-K through 8th. It was started in 1997, soon after Connecticut's charter school law went into effect, by a group of public educators. This regional school serves students from Norwalk as well as from surrounding towns.

Parochial

The All Saints Catholic School, serves grades pre-K through 8th. It is operated by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport The Diocese of Bridgeport is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the southwestern part of the state of Connecticut, and its boundaries are the same as that of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Ther ...

which consolidated three previous Norwalk elementary schools (St. Thomas, St. Philips, and St. Mary's) and closed the former Central Catholic High School to open the All Saints in the former Central Catholic High building on West Rocks Road. The Congregation Beth El on East Avenue runs th
Nitzan
preschool as well as th
Navasky
Hebrew school for part-time religious instruction of children who are enrolled full-time in other elementary schools. Connecticut Friends School, established as a K–8 school in 1998, purchased the

White Barn Theatre The White Barn Theatre was a theater founded in 1947 by actress and producer Lucille Lortel on her property in Norwalk, Connecticut. The theater premiered numerous plays by established playwrights that often continued to successful Broadway and ...

in the Cranbury neighborhood in northeast Norwalk in 2008. The Quaker school planned to build a new solar-powered campus on the property with occupancy expected by the fall of 2009 for grades K-8. The expansion plans were abandoned in 2015, when "the Board of Directors was forced by declining enrollment to limit the size of the school to the preschool, ages 2-5".

Private

Since September 2004 the

Montessori The Montessori method of education involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. It emphasizes indepen ...

Middle School for grades 5-8 has been in Norwalk and is currently at 24 Lois Street (off of Westport Avenue). It is associated wit
The Montessori School
for elementary grades in nearby Wilton. Since September 2007 the

Winston Preparatory School Winston Preparatory School is an independent private school for students with learning differences (such as dyslexia, ADHD, and NVLD) in grades 4-12. The school has campuses in New York City; Suffolk County, New York; Norwalk, Connecticut ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

has operated a branch campus along West Rocks Road in Norwalk. The school specializes in students with learning differences in grades 4 through 12.

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External links

Norwalk Public Schools official web site
*Th
Norwalk Education Foundation
is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of Norwalk public education

is maintained by the Connecticut State Department of Education and has individual school reports
Side by Side Community School official web siteAll Saints Catholic School Norwalk CTCongregation Beth ElThe Montessori SchoolWinston Preparatory SchoolRowayton Elementary SchoolTracey Magnet SchoolWest Rocks Middle School
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