Rigorous Education for Deep Thinkers and Creative Spirits. The Center School is a loving community that celebrates each child`s unique personality, intelligence, and passion.
Our school is a responsive learning environment, offering rigor and play in balanced abundance.
Students emerge from our program with the skills and self-possession to be reflective, empathetic, and engaged citizens of our world. Preschool through 8th grade, since 1981.
Quick Stats (2024)
- Grades: Nursery/Preschool-8
- Enrollment: 138 students
- Yearly Tuition: $16,000
- Acceptance rate: 85%
- Average class size: 18 students
- Application Deadline: Feb. 15 / Sep. 1 / rolling
- Source: Verified school update
School Overview
School Membership(s)School Assoc.
Religious Affiliation
Grades Offered
Grades Nursery/Preschool-8
Year Founded
1981
Student Body
Total Students
138 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
% Students of Color
15%
State avg.: 30%
Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
25 teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio
6:1
National avg.: 13:1
% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
85%
Average Class Size
18 students
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Tuition and Acceptance Rate
Admission Deadline
Feb. 15 / Sep. 1 / rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost
$16,000
Tuition Notes
Preschool tuition on different scale, depending on 3, 4 or 5 day enrollment: $6,615 to $11,025. Tuition differential for K-5th and 6-8th.
Financial aid available for K-8th grades
% on Financial Aid
60%
Average Financial Aid Grant
$4,000
Acceptance Rate
85%
National avg.: 85%
Admissions Director
Jane Stephenson
Sports
Total Sports Offered
8 sports
Extracurriculars
Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
2 extracurriculars
ExtracurricularsExtra-curric.
Arts and Music Programs:
Middle School Choir
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Middle School Soccer Team
Middle School Choir
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Middle School Soccer Team
School Notes
The Center School is a loving community that celebrates each
child`s unique personality, intelligence, and passion. Our school
is a responsive learning environment, offering rigor and play in
balanced abundance. Students emerge from our program with the
skills and self-possession to be reflective, empathetic, and
engaged citizens of our world.
The Center School:
The Center School:
- Embraces the natural diversity of learning styles and integrates academic, social, emotional, physical, and artistic learning.
- Collaborates with students to co-construct knowledge through exciting and open-ended processes.
- Encourages children and adults to form a vision of social justice of equitable, compassionate communities through active participation in their classroom, their school, and beyond.
- Invites students to approach every project and subject area with curiosity, critical thinking and a spirit of inquiry.
- Fosters a culture of connection and collaboration in which children feel truly known, valued, and motivated to learn and grow.
- Multi-aged classrooms, ages 2-8th grade
Source: Verified school update
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does 125 cost?
125's tuition is approximately $16,000 for private students.
What is the acceptance rate of 125?
The acceptance rate of 125 is 85%, which is higher than the national average of 70%.
What sports does 125 offer?
125 offers 8 interscholastic sports: Climbing, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Rock Climbing, Snowboarding, Soccer, Swimming and Ultimate Frisbee.
When is the application deadline for 125?
The application deadline for 125 is Feb. 15 / Sep. 1 / rolling (applications are due on Feb. 15 / Sep. 1 but additional applications are reviewed year-round as space permits ).
School Reviews
5 10/14/2017
The Center School has been the most supportive possible environment for my kids (grades 5th and 7th.) They both started in kindergarten and have been understood, challenged and expanded in every subsequent year. The staff is incredibly warm and talented and the structure of the school, the community and the ethos all combine in what often feels like "dream come true" education. My kids are both in the car before I am, waiting impatiently to go to school every morning. They fake "wellness" when they are sick, so they don't have to miss school! I cannot imagine a more idea environment for children and families
5 10/14/2017
The Greenfield Center School was in instrumental component in my development as a young child and adolescent. The teachers that work at GCS are caring, thoughtful, creative and dedicated to their children and the mission of the school. I laugh to myself as I now teach in a school which uses the Responsive Classroom model (homegrown by GCS and it's staff in the '80s). I am very lucky to have grown up surrounded by such wonderful role models and l try to share some of the magic from GCS in my work with children as a teacher of K-1 students in Brookline, MA.
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