Marlborough School (Los Angeles)
| Marlborough School | |
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| Address | |
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250 South Rossmore Avenue, Hancock Park Los Angeles, California 90004 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°04′12″N 118°19′37″W / 34.0699°N 118.32685°WCoordinates: 34°04′12″N 118°19′37″W / 34.0699°N 118.32685°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1889 |
| Faculty | 75 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 530 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Color(s) | Purple and white |
| Team name | Mustangs (formerly the Violets) |
| Newspaper | The UltraViolet |
| Website | marlboroughschool |
Marlborough School is an independent college-preparatory secondary school for grades 7 through 12 located at 250 South Rossmore Avenue in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Marlborough was founded in 1889 by New England educator Mary Caswell and is the oldest independent girls' school in Southern California. In 2016, Town & Country magazine ranked Marlborough as the "best girl's school in America." Students who attend Marlborough are also known as Violets, the original Marlborough mascot.
Mary Caswell, a young teacher from Maine, founded Marlborough in 1889 as the St. Margaret's School for Girls. In 1890, the school adopted the Marlborough name and moved from Pasadena to the rapidly-growing city of Los Angeles. Caswell led the school for decades until 1924, when Ada Blake (recruited from Louisville Collegiate School) assumed leadership of the school. Blake expanded the curriculum substantially and the School gained a reputation for providing young women with an uncommonly rigorous education.
By the 1960s, the School was supported by a healthy foundation and an active board of trustees, who hired William Pereira and Associates to design new buildings for the school. The increasingly prominent Los Angeles business community actively supported the school in the later half of the twentieth century, and local titans including Robert H. Ahmanson and Charlie Munger gave generously.
In 2015, Dr. Priscilla Sands was named head of school. Dr. Sands comes to Marlborough after a distinguished career at the Agnes Irwin School and the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, both independent schools in the Philadelphia area.
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