Crystal Springs Uplands School
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400 Uplands Drive Hillsborough, California 94010 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′28″N 122°20′18″W / 37.5577°N 122.3383°WCoordinates: 37°33′28″N 122°20′18″W / 37.5577°N 122.3383°W |
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| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Motto | Community, Scholarship, Unbounded Spirit |
| Established | 1952 |
| Head of school | Amy C. Richards |
| Faculty | 45 |
| Enrollment | 358 115 middle school 243 upper school |
| Average class size | 14 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 10 acres (2 km²) |
| Color(s) | Red and blue |
| Athletics | 30 sports |
| Athletics conference | CCS |
| Mascot | Gryphon |
| Average SAT scores (2004) | 730–800 verbal 730–800 math |
| Tuition | $44,550 |
| Website | www |
 Uplands Mansion |
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Crystal Springs Uplands School is an independent, coeducational, college prep day school in Hillsborough, California, United States. Founded in 1952, the school includes grades 6-12, with approximately 100 students in the middle school and 250 students in its upper school.
In late 2007, the Wall Street Journal identified Crystal Springs Uplands School as one of the world's top 50 schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities.
The main building of the CSUS campus is the Uplands Mansion, originally built as a private residence by Templeton Crocker, scion of railroad baron Charles F. Crocker. Crocker hired renowned San Francisco architect Willis Polk to design the home in the style of a neo-classical Renaissance palazzo. Construction of the 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) home took six years to complete (1911–1917) at a cost of $1.6 million ($45 million in today's dollars). It featured 39 rooms including 12 bedrooms, and 12 baths. The mansion's interior has European fixtures including handmade marble fireplaces and mantlepieces, all originating from a single 16th-century Italian castle, Italian ironwork, and German woodcarving throughout. A 16th-century hand-carved ceiling from northern Italy graces the ballroom.
Crocker sold the property in 1942. It was intermittently occupied — most notably by Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko and his delegation to the 1951 Japanese Peace conference — until the trustees of the Crystal Springs School For Girls acquired it in 1956.
The 2005 and 2006 Crystal Springs Uplands baseball teams won North Coast Section Class B Championships. Following a North Coast Section record 27–3 victory in the 2006 championship game, the San Francisco Chronicle named Crystal Springs Uplands one of the top 20 high school teams in the San Francisco Bay area.
The upper school girls' cross country teams have won seven Section titles (NCS Class 1A-1980, NCS Class A-1984, NCS Division V-2005 & 2006 and CCS Division V-2010, 2011, 2014). The 2005 team finished second at the California State Meet XC meet at Woodward Park.
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