Nightingale-Bamford School
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....
School Overview:
Nightingale-Bamford School |
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| School Membership(s) |
National Association of Independent Schools National Coalition of Girls' Schools New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) |
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| 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. |
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| % 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) |
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This School |
(NY) School Avg. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 ...
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 |
| Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (10128) |
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| % Owning / % Renting | 25% / 75% | 41% / 59% |
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