Southfield School

10 Newton Street, Brookline, MA, 02445-0244 - View a map of this schoolMap

School Notes Overview:

Southfield's mission is to provide experiences which will help each girl during her formative years to develop not only mental and physical skills but desirable social, moral, and spiritual attitudes, habits, appreciations, and ideals, to the end that she may make positive contributions as a member of society. The faculty work with the girls to build foundations that will support them in the myriad challenges they will face in school and in life. Southfield also addresses the development of character. The School prayers, which are recited at weekly Chapel, remind students to "stand for the hard right against the easy wrong." The prayers also honor the virtue of doing "a little good every day" and acting to make others "a little happier and a little better for our influence." Each of these lessons is reinforced by the Chapel speaker and modeled daily by the words and deeds of the faculty and staff in the classrooms and on the playing fields....

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School Overview:

 
Southfield School
School Membership(s) Other school association(s)
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten - 12
Year Founded 1992
County Norfolk County, MA
Student Body
Total Students 369 students
Student Body Type All-girls
This School
(MA) School Avg.
% Students of Color 8% 23%
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 8 students
Kind - 28 students
Grade 1 - 29 students
Grade 2 - 24 students
Grade 3 - 43 students
Grade 4 - 31 students
Grade 5 - 38 students
Grade 6 - 38 students
Grade 7 - 32 students
Grade 8 - 26 students
Grade 9 - 22 students
Grade 10 - 19 students
Grade 11 - 15 students
Grade 12 - 16 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 78 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree 48%
Average Class Size 15
Number of AP Courses 17
List of Courses Offered Link to List of Courses
Advanced Courses
Spanish LanguagePhysics
Marine BiologyLatin Literature - Vergil
Latin LanguageGreek
French LiteratureFrench Language
European HistoryEnvironmental Science
English LiteratureChemistry
Calculus BCCalculus AB
BiologyAstronomy
American History 
Matriculation Data Link to Matriculation Data
Classroom dress code Formal
(Uniform in Grades PK-8, Dress Code in Upper School)
This School
(MA) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:7 * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year 168 days 180 days
Hours in School Day for Students 7 hours 6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline Feb. 1 / rolling
Head of School William F. Phinney
Admissions Director William H. Southwick
Admissions Associate Melissa Cassis
Sport
Total Sports Offered 12
 
Sports
BasketballCrew
Cross CountryDance
Field HockeyGolf
LacrosseSoccer
SoftballSquash
SwimmingTennis
Extracurricular
Total Extracurricular Organizations 3
 
Extracurriculars
Ambassadors ClubStudent Tour Guides
The Business of Sports 

School Notes:

  • Southfield is known for its classical-based curriculum that focuses on the elements of learning: effective oral and written communication, critical reading skills, understanding of problem solving in mathematics, and a solid foundation in the natural and social sciences. Classes in the elementary grades are focused on skill development, in order that, in the middle and upper schools, students will be able to draw on those skills to master material of increasing complexity.
  • Southfield School provides a comprehensive athletic program for students from K through Grade 12. Athletics at Southfield are designed to provide an appropriate combination of physical education, intramural, and competitive interscholastic sports offerings which are age appropriate./!-- bullet end-->
  • Profile last updated: 10/04/2009

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (02445)
School Zip (02445)
(MA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 26,262 people 6,349,048 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 79% 43%
Population Average Age 37 years old 36 years old
Average Household size 2.3 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $73,197 $52,143
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.50009536743164 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 70 years old 56 years old
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Zipcode (02445)


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% Owning / % Renting 59% / 41% 58% / 42%

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