Ransom Everglades School
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3575 Main Highway Coconut Grove, Florida 33133 |
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| Type |
Private, Independent |
| Motto | Honor and Excellence |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Founder | Paul C. Ransom & Marie B. Swenson |
| Head of school | Penny Townsend |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Enrollment | 1084 (2016–17) |
| Average class size | 14.3 |
| Campuses | Ransom Campus (Upper School), Everglades Campus (Middle School) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Hunter Green and Carolina Blue |
| Athletics | Football, Sailing, Crew, Water Polo, Swimming, Cross Country, Track & Field, Lacrosse, Tennis, Baseball, Softball, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball, Golf, Soccer, |
| Team name | Raider |
| Rival | Gulliver Preparatory School |
| Accreditation | SAIS/SACS |
| Publication | The Dell & Cannon |
| Newspaper | The Catalyst |
| Tuition | $35,450; includes lunch (2016-2017) |
| Website | www.ransomeverglades.org |
Ransom Everglades is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, college-preparatory day school serving grades six to twelve in Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida. It formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys. It's described as a college preparatory school and 100% of Ransom Everglades' students attend a four-year institution after graduation.
Admission to the school is selective and tuition costs $35,450 per year (2016–17). Tuition includes lunch and most fees except for books. A significant, need-based financial aid program is available. Graduating classes each year range between 150 and 160 students. All students matriculate to four year universities; typically, more than 85% of graduating students continue on to out-of-state colleges and universities.
Ransom Everglades is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (AdvancED). Membership is held in the Southern and National Associations for College Admission Counseling, the National Association of Independent Schools, the College Entrance Examination Board, the Enrollment Management Association, the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education, and the Global Online Academy, among other educational organizations.
Paul C. Ransom, an educator and New York lawyer, opened Pine Knot Camp in 1896 as a school for boys in Coconut Grove. In 1902 he combined that with a campus in the Adirondacks of New York to create the Adirondack-Florida School, the first migratory boarding school. Ransom emphasized a curriculum based on experiential learning. Students attended classes on the Florida campus in the winter and on the New York campus in fall and spring. The school suspended operations during World War II. After the war the school reopened in 1947. In 1949 the Adirondack campus was shut down and the school continued in Coconut Grove as the Ransom School for Boys. Ransom School changed from a boarding to a day school in 1972. Its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, began in 1955 founded by Marie B. Swenson. The schools merged and took its current name in 1974.
The school continues to be influenced and guided by the values of its founders. Ransom's letter to prospective students, stating an interest only in boys who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it" is read to the students at the beginning of the year by the Head of School.
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