Wooster School

Wooster School is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory school (grades 5 through 12) in Danbury, Connecticut. It is a member of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.

Wooster School
Location
91 Miry Brook Rd Danbury , Connecticut 06810 United States
Coordinates	41°21′59″N 73°29′58″W
Information
Type	Private, coeducation
Religious affiliation(s)	Episcopal
Established	1926 (99 years ago) (1926)
Founder	Aaron C. Coburn[1]
CEEB code	070130
Head of school	Matt Byrnes
Faculty	61
Enrollment	336 (as of 2021)
Student to teacher ratio	5:1
Campus size	125 acres (51 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	White, maroon, black
Athletics	Interscholastic sports teams Housatonic Valley Athletic League
Mascot	The General
Team name	Generals
Tuition	$47,440 (2024)[2]
Website	www.woosterschool.org

Overview

The Wooster School motto is Ex Quoque Potestate, Cuique Pro Necessitate, roughly, "From each according to ability, to each according to need". Founded in 1926 as a boys' school of 10 students by Episcopal priest Dr. Aaron Coburn,^[1] it is named for General David Wooster, who fought at the Battle of Ridgefield with the Patriots in the American Revolution.^[3] The school continues the legacy of the jobs program, in which the entire student body engages in a daily period dedicated to cleaning and physically maintaining the campus.^[4]

Girls were first admitted to the school in the fall of 1970. In 1990, Wooster School transitioned from being a boarding school, as it had been since its inception, to being a day school.^[4]

The Wooster School Barn at the campus entrance

21st-century changes

Since 2000, one of the National Association of Episcopal Schools' top two educator awards is named for former Wooster School head John D. Verdery.^[5][6]

From 2001 to 2004, Wooster School made some improvements to its physical plant, notably the addition of a new gymnasium and a distinct Middle School building.^[7][8]

Tuition

Wooster offers a program of variable tuition to families unable to pay full tuition. Full tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year was as follows:^[9]

Grade 5	$33,210
Grade 6	$37,160
Grade 7	$38,670
Grade 8	$40,260
Grades 9 - 12	$43,920
The Pathways Program	$51,920
The Bridge Program	$62,130

Notable alumni

• Tracy Chapman—folk singer and guitarist^[10][11]
• Andrew Stevovich—painter^[12]
• Cyrus Mehri—trial attorney^[13]
• Zachary Cole Smith—singer^[14]
• Neil Rudenstine—president of Harvard University^[15]