Menlo School
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50 Valparaiso Avenue Atherton, California 94027 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°27′12″N 122°11′30″W / 37.4533°N 122.1917°WCoordinates: 37°27′12″N 122°11′30″W / 37.4533°N 122.1917°W |
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| Type | Independent |
| Established | 1915 |
| Head of School | Than Healy |
| Faculty | 106 79 full-time 27 part-time |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Number of students | 780 total 560 upper 220 middle |
| Average class size | 15 students upper 18 students middle |
| Color(s) | Navy and gold |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Annual tuition | $41,000 |
| Website | www.menloschool.org |
Menlo School, also referred to simply as Menlo, is an independent college preparatory school in Atherton, California, United States, near the heart of Silicon Valley. Menlo comprises a middle school that includes grades 6–8 and a high school that includes grades 9–12. Both the middle school and high schools are located in close physical proximity, but they operate as semi-autonomous units with select overlapping administration.
Menlo was established in 1915 and is located at 50 Valparaiso Avenue, across the street from Menlo Park. During its early years, the school included a junior college that became a college bearing the name Menlo College. In 1994, Menlo School and the College formally separated, but they continue to share their dining hall. Menlo School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of the National and California Associations of Independent Schools. The middle school consists of approximately 220 students; the high school is significantly larger, with roughly 560 students.
Founded in 1915, Menlo School originated as the William Warren School, an all-male military school with an inaugural enrollment of just 13 boys. In 1924, Warren, headmaster and founder, sold the school to a group of interested parents. The parents dropped the military focus and formed a new corporation, and the Menlo School for Boys was born.
Three years later, in 1927, Menlo became a non-profit governed by a newly created board of trustees. The original two-year junior college, Menlo College, was fashioned in that year as an intended expansion of the Menlo School for Boys. During its early decades, this expansion hybridized a prep school with a junior college. Students attended Menlo for the latter two years of high school and then enrolled for two years at the college; after graduating, they transferred directly into four-year universities as upper-division students.
Since the late 1970s, Menlo has undergone a radical transformation. In the fall of 1979, Menlo School began its transition from an exclusively male institution with a small boarding program to a coeducational day school. In the 1993–1994 academic year, Menlo again took steps to ensure its future, dramatically increasing the Upper School’s enrollment, adding grade 6 to the Middle School, and further expanding its female enrollment.
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