Type day school Founder Martha Foote (1916) Faculty 120 Phone +1 203-777-3464 Number of students 490 | Established 1916 Principal Carol Maoz Grades K–9 Mascot Falco the Falcon | |
Address 50 Loomis Pl, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Motto Laete cognoscam et laete docebo (Gladly will I learn and gladly teach). Similar Hopkins School, Cold Spring School, Fair Haven School, Sound School, Neighbor Music School Profiles | ||
The Foote School is a private K–9 co-ed day school founded in 1916, located in the Prospect Hill neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, United States near Yale University. The school's motto is "Gladly will I learn and gladly teach." The current head of school is Carol Maoz.
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Student body and faculty
The school currently has 490 students from 30 surrounding cities and towns. There are 120 faculty and staff members, making up a 6:1 student-to-teacher-ratio. The school has two divisions—the lower school, with grades kindergarten–5 and middle school with grades 6–9. Lower school tuition for 2014–2015 is $22,150 and middle school tuition is $26,050. Tuition is all-inclusive. In 2013–14, Foote awarded $1.6 million in financial aid to 21 percent of the student body.
After Foote, most students go on to attend private high schools, with about 60 percent attending as day students at schools such as Choate Rosemary Hall, Hopkins School, and Hamden Hall, and 20 percent enrolling as boarding students at schools such as Westminster School, The Taft School, The Hotchkiss School, and Phillips Academy. About 20 percent continue their education at local public high schools, including Hamden High School, Amity Regional High School and Wilbur Cross High School. According to data maintained by the school, the universities and colleges enrolling the largest numbers of Foote alumni as freshman between 2000 and 2011 were Yale University, George Washington University, New York University, Amherst College, Harvard University, Brown University, Wesleyan University, and the University of Connecticut.
Campus
The campus covers 17.3 acres (70,000 m2) and has 11 buildings, including a new science and technology building called the Johnathan Milikowsky Science and Technology building, a 47,000-volume library called the Frank Perrine Library, a black-box theater, a gymnasium dedicated to Ted Willis, music rooms, computer and science labs, four playing fields, two art studios, an activities center, and a tree-filled area for outdoor activities. The campus is split into two sections, one for the lower and one for middle school, with the main building, known as the Common Unit, dividing the two. This contains the library, music rooms, the art studios, offices, the front desk, and classrooms. In this building Foote also has their own unique Weather predicted which predicts the weather for the school.