| Middlesex School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Concord, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | Private, boarding, coeducational |
| Motto | Fides, Veritas, Labor |
| Established | 1901 |
| Head of school | Kathleen C. Giles |
| Faculty | ~85 |
| Enrollment | ~375 |
| Average class size | 12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:5 |
| Campus size | 350 acres (1.4 km2) |
| Campus type | Small town |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and Black |
| Mascot | Zebra |
| Average SAT scores | 2050 [1] |
| Newspaper | The Anvil |
| Endowment | $160 million |
| Tuition | $48,390 (boarder), $38,710(day student) |
| Website | http://mxschool.edu/ |
Middlesex School is an independent secondary school for grades 9 - 12 located in Concord, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1901 by a Roxbury Latin School alumnus, Frederick Winsor, who headed the school until 1937. Winsor set up a National Scholarship Program for the school, the first of its kind for a secondary school. In 1974 it became co-educational. The school is a member of the Independent School League and is one of five schools collectively known as St. Grottlesex.
The school was named for the county Middlesex in which it stands, also inspired by the patriotic poem "Paul Revere's Ride": "So, Revere’s 'cry of alarm/ To every Middlesex village and farm,/ A cry of defiance and not of fear'
The campus was designed by Olmsted Brothers, and Peabody and Stearns were the architects used for the main buildings. A recent addition is the Clay Centennial Center, completed in 2003, which hosts science and math classes as well as an observatory with an 18-inch research grade telescope.
In 2011-12 boarding students come from 33 states and 14 countries with 68% of all boarders residing outside of Massachusetts. The School is highly selective, with 19 percent of applicants chosen from over 1000 applicants for entry in September 2011. Over 30 percent of students received financial aid from a $4.1 million financial aid budget.
Over the past six years, 15 or more Middlesex students have matriculated at each of the following colleges and universities: Boston College, Brown University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, and Tufts University.