Midland School

Po Box 8, Los Olivos, CA, 93441-0934
Tel: (805)688-5114
Grades: 9 - 12 | 82 students
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Founded in 1932, Midland School is a coeducational college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12 set on a 2,860 acre property in beautiful Santa Barbara County. The school combines rigorous academics with intensive immersion in the environment, and maintains a commitment to authentic student leadership, simplicity, self-reliance, and environmental stewardship.  

School Overview:
Midland School
School Membership(s) National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Western States Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS)
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
Year Founded 1932
Student Body
Total Students 82 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
% Students of Color 21% (CA School Avg.: 44%)
Students by Grade
 
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 21 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio 4:1 (National school avg.: 13:1)
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree 70%
Average Class Size 12 students
Number of AP Courses 5 courses
List of Courses Offered Link to List of Courses
Advanced Courses
American Studies Art
Biology Calculus
English 12 Physics
Spanish
Matriculation Data Link to Matriculation Data
Classroom dress code Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline Feb. 15 / rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost $40,500
% on Financial Aid 57%
Average Financial Aid Grant $22,000
Admissions Director Amy E. Graham
Sports
Total Sports Offered 5 sports
Sports
Basketball Cross Country
Lacrosse Soccer
Volleyball
Extracurriculars
Total Extracurriculars 10 extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
Common Ground Service Club Common Ground Service Club
Cooking Drama
Environmental Advisory Board Equestrian Program
Garden Mindfullness & Meditation
Student Council Yoga & Pilates

School Notes:

    Midland School is a community of students, teachers, and families in pursuit of academic excellence and moral lives. We are guided by the following precepts:
    • The essential ingredients of learning are a student, teacher, and an idea.
    • A high quality college preparatory education should be accessible to families of all economic means.
    • A simple, self-reliant lifestyle, close to nature, teaches us to develop our inner resources, to distinguish between needs and wants, and to appreciate life's fundamental joys and challenges.
    • A school community entrusting students with authentic leadership roles, emphasizing individual and collective responsibility, and relying on its own work to meet its basic needs, prepares students to take care of themselves and to serve others.
    • Connection to the environment, through academic education and everyday example, teaches students to be good stewards of the earth.

    Profile last updated: 10/18/2012

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  • Midland Service Club and Veggie Rescue Unite
    posted on December 7, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
    Midland's Farm and Garden has become a contributor to the Santa Ynez Valley Fruit and Vegetable Rescue volunteer organization. With the help of Common Ground Service Club members, 7 boxes of lettuce were picked on Tuesday this week, then given to the Veggie Rescue van. The combined ...
  • Alumna Teaches Mask-Based Theater Workshop
    posted on November 19, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
    Amelia Adams '04, led a two-day workshop in November on Commedia dell'arte, the mask-based Italian theater that is the basis for much of modern comedy. Students learned the history of the form, became familiar ...
  • Geology Trip to Mono Lake
    posted on November 17, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
    Laurie Munger's Geology class took its annual trip to Mono Lake last week. The students observed many geologic features along the way: Red Rock State Park, Fossil Falls and Red Hill (a cinder cone), the Alabama Hills, a 9000' lookout spot above the Owens Valley ...

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Nearby Schools:

Midland School
Gr. 9-12 | 0 mi. away
Dunn School
Gr. 6-12 | 0 mi. away
The Family School
Gr. PK-5 | 0.2 mi. away
Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy
Gr. K-9 | 4.4 mi. away
New Life Christian Academy
Gr. K-12 | 19 mi. away
Children's Montessori School
Gr. PK-8 | 19.5 mi. away

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