GM vs. Richmond Waldorf School
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School Overview
Top Rankings
GM ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Virginia for:
Category
Attribute
Advanced Degrees
Richmond Waldorf School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Virginia for:
Category
Attribute
Advanced Degrees
Overview
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RWS provides a learning environment that promotes independent thinking, cultivates creativity, builds confidence, and develops practical skills. Our proven, holistic approach to education lays the foundation for a life full of meaning and purpose.
We practice a developmental approach and strive to give children the right content in the right way at the right time. We use a curriculum and methodology that takes children`s emotional and intellectual development into account so that they are truly ready for whatever they learn and do.
From the circle games of the Kindergarten through the rigorous academic assignments of the upper elementary grades, learning is experiential, artistic, engaging.
Grades Offered
K-5
PK-8
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
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No
Learning Difference Programs
No
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Year Founded
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1996
Students Body
Total Students
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211 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
-
12%
Students by Grade
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Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
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48
Kindergarten Students
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25
Grade 1 Students
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18
Grade 2 Students
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18
Grade 3 Students
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18
Grade 4 Students
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18
Grade 5 Students
-
18
Grade 6 Students
-
16
Grade 7 Students
-
16
Grade 8 Students
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16
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
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20 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
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85%
Average Class Size
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16
Student-Teacher Ratio
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11:1
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Jan. 31 / rolling
Tuition Cost
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$16,120
Tuition Notes
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3-day Early Childhood: $7,245
5-day Early Childhood: $10,185
1st – 3rd Grade: $16,120
4th – 5th Grade: $16,480
6th – 8th Grade: $17,300
% on Financial Aid
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30%
Average Financial Aid Grant
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$4,500
Acceptance Rate
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90%
Admissions Director
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Valerie Hogan
Sports
Total Sports Offered
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4
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
3
11
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Club or Organization:
Recreational Athletic Programs:
language explorationSTEAM
Recreational Athletic Programs:
nature enrichment
Arts and Music Programs:
Recreational Athletic Programs:
ChoirMovement Arts
OrchestraPlays and Musicals
RussianSpanish
Visual ArtsWoodworking
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Basketball TeamBiking
Soccer Team