General Information
It enrolls 439 students in grades pre-kindergarten through ninth. The school is divided into three sections: lower school (pre-kindergarten through second grade), middle school (third grade through fifth grade), and upper school (sixth grade through ninth grade). The average class size in upper school is 15 students, as each grade consists of about 60 students, divided into 4 travel groups. Students stay in their travel group in all classes except for Math, Spanish / French, and Latin. 3 out of 4 of the World Languages travel groups, totaling 45 students, go to Spanish; the other 15 students have a French class.The current head of school is John "Muddy" Waters. The current head of the upper school is Laura Russell.
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