“Schools like The College School are engaging in some of the most innovative school reforms anywhere. These approaches ensure graduates are prepared to face the great challenges of the twenty-first century.”
~ Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education Address to 2012 Green Ribbon School winners
Students
220
students, preschool through eighth grade
33%
families that receive financial aid
45
zip codes represented
29%
students of color
LaBarque Campus
2
pristine creeks
1
green building
30
minutes from Webster campus
Faculty
8:1
school-wide student to teacher ratio
2/3
hold advanced degrees
10
specialist/support faculty
100%
lead children on urban and outdoor learning adventures
PreK-8
95%
accepted
into first-choice
high school
Adventure ED. Supply Room
50
dry bags of
assorted sizes
30
20 Degrees
Fahrenheit rated
sleeping bags
7
lost, stinky
socks
2nd
grade in which
students start
coding robots
100%
4th and 5th graders
participate in the
4/5 play
1st
vertical-axis
wind turbine in
the Midwest
“What I love most is that The College School taught me to never back down from a problem, no matter how big it was.”
~ Kristen Rusbarsky, Alumni Class of 2009
1/2 Century
Founded in 1963 as a lab school of then Webster College, The College School has been comfortable – and even thrived – on the forefront of new ideas and in being a leader in educational innovation. At fifty years, we are rock solid and field-tested.