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The Tutorial School

400 Brunn School Rd, Santa Fe, NM, 87505-0875 -

School Notes Overview:

The Tutorial School is an educational community that includes students, staff, and parents joining together for what we believe to be among the most basic and fundamental of human activities: the pursuit of self-knowledge and the exploration, discovery, and understanding of life and the universe in all its multifarious aspects. The Tutorial School offers a different way to raise and educate children. Students from 7 to 19 years old pursue their interests in a comfortable, non-threatening environment. By deciding what and how they want to learn, students develop a sense of responsibility for their lives. The school emphasizes self-reflection, sensitivity to others, respect, trust, self-motivation, relationship, and the ability to think for one’s self. As a community the students and staff cooperatively run the school and implement the ideals and ideas that are generated. In this way young people prepare for life as a whole. We endeavor to provide a thoughtful alternative to the too-often unquestioned assembly-line education offered at many schools today. More than just student-centered, The Tutorial School is student-run, offering students the opportunity to take control of and responsibility for their education, and their lives....

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School Overview:

	The Tutorial School
School Type	Alternative School
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Nursery School - Nursery School
County	Santa Fe County, NM
Student Body
Total Students	29 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(NM) School Avg.
% Students of Color	28%	42%
Students by Grade
	Unspecified Grade Placement - 29 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	5 teachers
	This School	(NM) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:5	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	136 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	6 hours	7 hours

School Notes:

The Tutorial School is an educational community that includes students, staff, and parents joining together for what we believe to be among the most basic and fundamental of human activities: the pursuit of self-knowledge and the exploration, discovery, and understanding of life and the universe in all its multifarious aspects. The Tutorial School offers a different way to raise and educate children. Students from 7 to 19 years old pursue their interests in a comfortable, non-threatening environment. By deciding what and how they want to learn, students develop a sense of responsibility for their lives. The school emphasizes self-reflection, sensitivity to others, respect, trust, self-motivation, relationship, and the ability to think for one’s self. As a community the students and staff cooperatively run the school and implement the ideals and ideas that are generated. In this way young people prepare for life as a whole. We endeavor to provide a thoughtful alternative to the too-often unquestioned assembly-line education offered at many schools today. More than just student-centered, The Tutorial School is student-run, offering students the opportunity to take control of and responsibility for their education, and their lives.
Profile last updated: 02/18/2009

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (87505)	School Zip (87505)	(NM) State Average
Population (Approximate)	69,658 people	1,814,374 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	41%	24%
Population Average Age	36 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.5 persons	2.3 persons
Median Household Income	$43,725	$38,590
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.1 rooms	5.1 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	25 years old	33 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (87505) What's a Zindex? Subject to Zillow Terms of Use
% Owning / % Renting	68% / 32%	66% / 34%