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Midland School
PO Box 8, Los Olivos, CA 93441 - View a map of this school Map
tel: 805 688 5114-14

Founded in 1932, Midland School is a coeducational, college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12. It is located in Santa Barbara County, on a 2,860-acre working ranch. The school combines rigorous academics with intensive immersion in the environment, and maintains a philosophical commitment to authentic student leadership, simplicity, self-reliance and environmental stewardship. Midland currently enrolls 92 students and employs 20 teachers, all of whom live on campus.
  • Midland received California's Governor's Economic and Environmental Leadership Award (GEELA), the first private school ever to win this award. Please see www.midland-school.org for more details.
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Overview:
School Focus College Preparatory College Preparatory
Grades Offered 9-12 9-12
School Type Co-ed Co-ed
Support for ADD/ADHD Students No No
Religious Affiliation Non-denominational Non-denominational
Year Founded 1932 1900
Campus Size 2860 acres 135 acres
     
Student Body    
Enrollment 82 students 300 students
Percent Students of Color 22% 18%
Percent International Students 12% 16%
Percent Students Boarding 99% 70%
Average SAT Score 1663 *National Avg. » View
SAT range (25th-75th percentile) 1800 - 1570 -
Offers Post-Grad Year No No
     
Academics and Faculty    
Saturday Classes Yes No
Frequency of Saturday Classes Weekly Less than once a month
Classroom Dress Code Casual Casual
Average Class Size 12 12
*National School Avg. » 20
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:5 1:7
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered 5 14
ESL Courses Offered No Yes
% Faculty with Advanced Degree 33% 60%
Summer Program Offered No Yes
     
Finances    
Endowment Size $9 million $15 million
Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students) $36,000 $39,900
Yearly Tuition (Day Students) n/a $22,560
Percent Students on Financial Aid 45% 31%
Average Financial Aid Grant $24,000 $18,000
Merit Scholarships Offered No No
     
Admission    
Application Deadline Feb. 15 / Apr. 15 / rolling Jan. 15
Accepts Common Application Yes No
SSAT Required No Yes
Average Percentile SSAT 61% -
Acceptance Rate 65% 60%
Director of Admissions Derek Svennungsen
Hayley Anson
Associate Director of Admissions Karen Readey
Course Listings:
List of Courses Offered Link to List of Courses
Sports:
Total Interscholastic Sports Offered 5 13


BasketballCross Country
LacrosseSoccer
Volleyball 
College Matriculation:  
Year: -
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School Notes:
  • Environment: Midland students learn how to conserve water and electricity, how to produce clean solar energy, and how to grow food organically. Midland uses its 2,860-acre campus academically and recreationally, and the school believes that a life lived close to nature is instructive and enriching.
  • Simplicity: One of Midland’s guiding tenets is that the essential ingredients of learning are a student, a teacher, and an idea. In and out of the classroom, Midland students learn how to distinguish between needs and wants, and how to appreciate life's fundamental joys and challenges. Students live and learn in rustic redwood cabins, free from the distractions of TV, convenience stores, and cell phones.
  • Self-Reliance: In an eight-acre organic garden, the school grows much of its own produce. To help run the school and maintain the grounds, Midland entrusts students with daily jobs. Students chop wood to heat their cabins and showers. And older students have authentic leadership roles, which emphasize individual and collective responsibility.
  • Community: Midland School is a diverse community of students and teachers in pursuit of academic excellence and moral lives. Ultimately, Midland students learn that they can make a difference in their communities, a vital quality in a world that desperately needs people who care.
  • School accreditations: WASC
  • Profile last updated: 10/30/2009
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