The Meadows School
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8601 Scholar Lane Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 USA |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | "In Pursuit of Excellence" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Non-sectarian |
| Established | 1984 |
| Head of School | Jeremy Gregersen |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Enrollment | 881 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Campus | Summerlin, 40 acres |
| Color(s) | Blue and Silver |
| Mascot | Silver the Mustang |
| Accreditation | NWAIS, NWAC |
| Average SAT scores | 640 verbal 673 math 679 writing |
| Annual tuition | $9,885 - $16,240 (PreK) $19,730 (Grades K-5) $21,700 (Grades 6-8) $25,705 (Grades 9-12) |
| Website | www |
The Meadows School is a non-profit, coeducational, nonsectarian, independent college preparatory day school located in the affluent Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada. The campus serves just under 900 students in grades pre-k through 12 spread among four divisions – Beginning School (Pre-K), Lower School (Grades K-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and Upper School (Grades 9-12).
For the 2014-15 school year, The Meadows has an estimated enrollment of 881 students and a teaching staff of 86 faculty, giving a student to faculty ratio of 10:1. Class sizes are limited to 18 students in the Beginning and Upper Schools and 20 students in the Lower and Middle Schools.
The Upper School offers students 24 AP courses and in 2014 had an AP exam pass rate of 100%. In 2016, The Washington Post named The Meadows School the #2 most challenging high school in Nevada, and the #97 most challenging private high school in the country. Since its first Upper School Commencement in 1991, 100 percent of graduates from The Meadows School have been accepted into four-year colleges or universities.
The Meadows School was first conceptualized by Carolyn Goodman in the early 1970s. She and her husband, attorney Oscar Goodman, had recently settled in Las Vegas and were looking to enroll their four children in schools with academic standards comparable to the top college preparatory schools on the East Coast. Through her search of area schools, Goodman was introduced to Dr. LeOre Cobbley, a longtime educator in the Clark County School District who championed a no-nonsense, traditional system of elementary education.
Modeled largely after her alma mater, The Brearley School in Manhattan, and the teaching philosophy of Dr. Cobbley, Goodman incorporated the nonprofit School in 1981 as the "Clark County Day School." Three years later and with Dr. Cobbley serving as the founding Headmistress, The Meadows School officially opened on September 4, 1984, with an enrollment of 140 students in grades K-6.
At the time that The Meadows School opened in 1984, a permanent campus site had not yet been found. In lieu of a permanent location, Goodman raised $300,000 and purchased 5,000 square feet of temporary modular buildings that were set up on a parking lot behind a car dealership. The lot was loaned to the School by Board Member Fletcher Jones, Jr. and was located, coincidentally, on Meadows Lane in northern Las Vegas. These buildings served as the School’s classrooms until the permanent campus was opened four years later.
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