Key Facts
Black Pine Circle School
Lower School
125
students
10:1
student-faculty ratio
Upper School
186
students
20:1
student-faculty ratio
Whole School
20
typical class size
311
students
100%
of students who are
learning Spanish (LS)
Full-Time Assistant Teacher
in EVERY classroom, grades K-5
Whole Child Approach
social and emotional learning curriculum, including Responsive Classroom, Kimochis, advisories, and buddies
Student Support Services
upper and lower school learning specialists and counselors
Campus Facilities
music, art, and drama, new science and maker space, library, theater, band studio, climbing wall, and athletic field
Where do our graduates go to high school?
More than one third of each graduating class goes on to public high school. Two thirds choose private or parochial schools. All have excellent choices!
Three-year average 2023-2025 graduating classes
Diversity by the Numbers
who identify as people of color
who identify as people of color
who identify as people of color
born outside the US
in the student body
percent of families
* self-identified; most facts as of July 2025
Every day, Black Pine Circle School’s teachers put the nurturing of young minds at the center of their personal mission. Our talented faculty bring a wealth of personal interests and skills to their classrooms: they are poets and songwriters, makers and artists, ultramarathoners and Olympic swimmers.
44
faculty
1850
aggregate of
professional development hours
52.5%
faculty with advanced degrees
10.5
average years
teaching at our school
18.5
average years
teaching experience
Paths of Belonging
79
upper schoolers in sports teams: soccer, cross-country, basketball, volleyball, & ultimate frisbee
17
consecutive years BPC Math Club has achieved Gold Level Status
60
1st–3rd grade students played violin, cello & Orff instruments
64
students in our
band program
30
after-school clubs including chickens & garden, pickleball, maker, & engineering
