Cranbrook Schools
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Bloomfield Hills, MI USA |
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| Coordinates | 42°34′21.6″N 83°14′56.4″W / 42.572667°N 83.249000°WCoordinates: 42°34′21.6″N 83°14′56.4″W / 42.572667°N 83.249000°W |
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| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto | Cranbrook: "Aim High" Kingswood: "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve" |
| Established | 1922 |
| Head teacher | Arlyce Seibert |
| Faculty | 105 |
| Enrollment | 780 (Upper school 2007–08) 255 Boarding 525 Day |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus | 319 acres (1.29 km2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Green |
| Athletics | 18 Interscholastic Sports |
| Athletics conference | MHSAA Catholic League Division II |
| Mascot | Cranbrook Crane Kingswood Aardvark |
| Average SAT scores (2013) | 672 Math 644 Reading 648 Writing |
| Average ACT scores (2013) | 29.5 |
| Website | schools.cranbrook.edu |
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Cranbrook Schools is a private, PK–12 preparatory school located on a 319-acre (1.29 km2) campus in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The schools comprise a co-educational elementary school, a middle school with separate schools for boys and girls, and a co-educational high school with boarding facilities. Cranbrook Schools is part of the Cranbrook Educational Community (CEC), which includes the Cranbrook Institute of Science, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and Cranbrook House and Gardens. (Nearby Christ Church Cranbrook remains outside this formal structure.) The Cranbrook community was established by publishing mogul George Booth, who bought the site of today's Cranbrook community in 1904. Cranbrook was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989 for its significant architecture and design. It attracts tourists from around the world. Approximately 40 acres (160,000 m2) of Cranbrook Schools' campus are gardens.
As of 2015, Cranbrook Schools had an endowment of $233 million, among the 15 largest held by America's boarding schools. In addition, the Cranbrook Educational Community, of which the Schools is a member, has an endowment in excess of $300 million.
In 1915, George and Ellen Booth opened a portion of their property to the general public with the construction of a small Greek Theatre. In 1918, the Booths built the Meeting House, which became the Bloomfield Hills School, opening for local children in 1922 (grades 1–12).
Subsequently, the Booths decided to build a middle school and a college preparatory school. Cranbrook School for Boys, which began operations in 1927, was designed by world-renowned Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. Completed in 1928, it was Saarinen's first executed architectural work in the United States. The name "Cranbrook" was chosen since Cranbrook, England was the birthplace of George Booth's father. Kingswood School Cranbrook (for girls), also designed by Saarinen, opened in 1931. Cranbrook and Kingswood enrolled students from grades 7–12. The Bloomfield Hills School became an elementary school and was renamed Brookside School Cranbrook in 1930.
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