Marlborough School (Los Angeles)

Marlborough School
Address
250 South Rossmore Avenue, Hancock Park
Los Angeles, California 90004
United States
Coordinates 34°04′12″N 118°19′37″W / 34.0699°N 118.32685°W / 34.0699; -118.32685Coordinates: 34°04′12″N 118°19′37″W / 34.0699°N 118.32685°W / 34.0699; -118.32685
Information
Established 1889
Faculty 75
Grades 7-12
Enrollment 530
Student to teacher ratio 8:1
Color(s) Purple and white
Team name Mustangs (formerly the Violets)
Newspaper The UltraViolet
Website marlboroughschool.org

Marlborough School is an independent college-preparatory secondary school for grades 7 through 12 located at 250 South Rossmore Avenue in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Marlborough was founded in 1889 by New England educator Mary Caswell and is the oldest independent girls' school in Southern California.[1] In 2016, Town & Country magazine ranked Marlborough as the "best girl's school in America."[2] Students who attend Marlborough are also known as Violets, the original Marlborough mascot.

History

Mary Caswell, a young teacher from Maine, founded Marlborough in 1889 as the St. Margaret's School for Girls.[3] In 1890, the school adopted the Marlborough name and moved from Pasadena to the rapidly-growing city of Los Angeles. Caswell led the school for decades until 1924, when Ada Blake (recruited from Louisville Collegiate School) assumed leadership of the school. Blake expanded the curriculum substantially and the School gained a reputation for providing young women with an uncommonly rigorous education.

By the 1960s, the School was supported by a healthy foundation and an active board of trustees, who hired William Pereira and Associates to design new buildings for the school. The increasingly prominent Los Angeles business community actively supported the school in the later half of the twentieth century, and local titans including Robert H. Ahmanson and Charlie Munger gave generously.

In 2015, Dr. Priscilla Sands was named head of school. Dr. Sands comes to Marlborough after a distinguished career at the Agnes Irwin School and the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, both independent schools in the Philadelphia area.

Academics

The student-to-teacher ratio at Marlborough School is approximately 8:1, lower than the national high school average of 11:1 and the average public school student to teacher ratio of 16:1.[4] This ratio enables Marlborough to offer over 156 courses. Over 80% of faculty members have more than ten years of teaching experience and almost 9 in 10 have advanced degrees. In recent years, the most popular postgraduate destinations for Marlborough women include a mix of elite private and "public ivy" institutions.

Marlborough ranked sixth in the nation among high schools with the highest standardized test scores according to a listing featured in Business Insider.[5]

Recent guest speakers at Marlborough include Queen Rania of Jordan,[6] former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, and historian Edward L. Ayers.

Notable alumnae

Notable Faculty and Staff

Pop Culture Mentions

Marlborough recently has been mentioned in the shows Ray Donovan and Red Band Society.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Marlborough School
  2. ↑ Dangremond, Sam (11 April 2016). "Here Are the Top Boys and Girls Schools in America". Town & Country. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "History and Tradition". Marlborough School. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Marlborough School - Los Angeles, California/CA - Private School Profile
  5. ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/high-schools-with-highest-sat-scores-2014-1#ixzz2r9FXHbrz
  6. ↑ "Queen Rania of Jordan". CBS News. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Haithman, Diane (19 October 2003). "The Reluctant Savior". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Marlborough in Entertainment". The Ultraviolet.
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