Verde Valley School (VVS) is an international college preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. It is one of only a few U.S. boarding schools to offer the International Baccalaureate curriculum as its sole curriculum for 11th and 12th grades. The school is located in Sedona, Arizona. There are approximately 118 students from over 18 states in the U.S. and more than 16 nations. The school owns 13170 acres (53.000.000 m²). VVS maintains an average class size of nine and an overall teacher-student ratio of one teacher per every eight students, rather than the national school average of twenty students in a class and a teacher-student ratio of one per every six students. SAT scores are also higher than average. More than three-quarters of the faculty have advanced degrees.
All classes, programs, and activities are based upon five mission principles:
- Academic Excellence
- The Value of World Citizenship
- Service to Others
- Environmental Stewardship
- The Value of Physical Labor
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