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Nightingale-Bamford School

20 East 92nd Street, New York, NY, 10128-0101 -

School Notes Overview:

Founded in 1920, Nightingale-Bamford is an independent school for girls, enrolling 557 students from Kindergarten through Class XII. The schoolhouse consists of 97,000 square feet with a regulation-size gymnasium, newly designed auditorium with computerized sound and lighting systems, state-of-the-art science laboratories, computer rooms, and library technology....

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School Overview:

	Nightingale-Bamford School
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools National Coalition of Girls' Schools New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Kindergarten - 11
Year Founded	1920
County	New York County, NY
Student Body
Total Students	556 students
Student Body Type	All-girls
	This School	(NY) School Avg.
% Students of Color	25%	22%
Students by Grade
	Kind - 44 students
	Grade 1 - 44 students
	Grade 2 - 42 students
	Grade 3 - 41 students
	Grade 4 - 41 students
	Grade 5 - 44 students
	Grade 6 - 44 students
	Grade 7 - 44 students
	Grade 8 - 43 students
	Grade 9 - 48 students
	Grade 10 - 40 students
	Grade 11 - 44 students
	Grade 12 - 37 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	93 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	76%
Average Class Size	12
Number of AP Courses	13
Classroom dress code	Formal (uniform)
	This School	(NY) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:8	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	171 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	Dec. 1 / Dec. 15 / rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost	$33,725
% on Financial Aid	33%
Head of School	Dorothy A. Hutcheson
Admissions Director	Margaret T. Metz
Admissions Associate	Alice Elgart
Sport
Total Sports Offered	10
	Sports
	Badminton	Basketball
	Cross Country	Dance
	Lacrosse	Soccer
	Softball	Swimming
	Tennis	Volley Ball

School Notes:

The mission of the Nightingale-Bamford School is to educate the minds and the hearts of its students in a challenging, vibrant community that prizes academic excellence. Nightingale provides a classical curriculum to motivated students of varied backgrounds, interests, and talents. What they share is a demanding academic environment in which their teachers inspire them to love learning and to embrace curiosity, creativity, and hard work. Providing structure and a strong foundation from the start, the curriculum allows for increasing independence as students move through the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. In each division, small classes permit teachers to find their students' strengths and insist on their best efforts. Our commitment to the success of every girl is absolute.
At the same time, we believe that success comes in many forms. Through the arts and athletics, ample leadership opportunities, extracurricular activities, and community service, Nightingale students are encouraged to discover and to demonstrate that the mind and heart are equally important, and that one is empty without the other.
Profile last updated: 07/23/2009

In the News:

Urbanite (amNewYork)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 08:06:41 am
The last of "the slant" trains was retired Friday.
NYC Prep 's Terrible Toll: Camille Out at Nightingale School [Reality Bites] (Gawker)
posted on September 11, 2009 at 12:49:06 pm
Reality TV claimed yet another victim today as it was revealed that Camille Hughes NYC Prep's Harvard-bound Lucrezia Borgia, will not be returning this fall to the prestigious Nightingale-Bamford...
Headmasters of the Universe: Private School Principals Rake in the Dough (New York Post)
posted on September 11, 2009 at 04:38:06 am
In 2005, the board of trustees at the Horace Mann School-one of the city's most rigorous, prestigious prep schools-was conducting a national search for a new headmaster. The long-serving head of school, Eileen Mullady, was moving to Southern California after a decade at the institution. To fill the privileged position, the board chose Tom Kelly, a young, plump, bespectacled man, whom they ...
NYP Prep's Terrible Toll: Camille Out at Nightingale School (Defamer)
posted on September 10, 2009 at 11:39:14 pm
Reality TV claimed yet another victim today as it was revealed that Camille Hughes NYC Prep's Harvard-bound Lucrezia Borgia, will not be returning this fall to the prestigious Nightingale-Bamford...
The Egghead Debutante (The New York Observer)
posted on August 5, 2009 at 12:30:50 am
The other day, Hadley Nagel walked down the long corridor at the New York Historical Society wearing a Rebecca Taylor dress, a Badgley Mischka bag, small pearl earrings and a confident expression. There was a cocktail party celebrating new construction at the society, and Hadley, a recent graduate of the Nightingale-Bamford school and star of the debate and Model U.N. teams there, walked over to ...

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (10128)	School Zip (10128)	(NY) State Average
Population (Approximate)	59,856 people	18,975,234 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	76%	32%
Population Average Age	36 years old	35 years old
Average Household size	1.8 persons	2.5 persons
Median Household Income	$70,031	$44,151
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	3.1 rooms	4.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	50 years old	58 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	25% / 75%	41% / 59%