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PO Box 8, Los Olivos, CA 93441 -  Map
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School Notes Overview: |
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.
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| School Focus |
College Preparatory |
College Preparatory |
| Grades Offered
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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 |
150 acres |
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| Enrollment |
92 students |
294 students |
| Percent Students of Color |
25% |
16% |
| Percent International Students |
8% |
15% |
| Percent Students Boarding |
98% |
72% |
| Average
SAT Score |
1663 |
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| SAT
range (25th-75th percentile) |
1800 - 1570 |
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| Offers
Post-Grad Year |
No |
No |
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| Saturday Classes |
Yes |
No |
| Frequency of Saturday Classes |
Weekly |
Weekly |
| Classroom Dress Code |
Casual |
Formal |
| Average Class
Size |
12 |
12
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School Avg. » 20 |
| Teacher : Student
Ratio |
1:5 |
1:7
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| # of AP/Advanced Courses Offered |
5 |
13 |
| ESL Courses Offered |
No |
Yes |
| % Faculty with Advanced Degree |
33% |
60% |
| Summer Program Offered |
No |
Yes |
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| Endowment Size |
$7 million |
$17 million |
| Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students) |
$35,000
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$36,675 |
| Yearly Tuition (Day Students) |
n/a |
$20,975 |
| Percent Students
on Financial Aid |
40% |
30% |
| Average Financial Aid
Grant |
$
22,000 |
$
16,600 |
| Merit Scholarships
Offered |
No |
No |
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| Application Deadline |
Feb. 15 / Apr. 15 / rolling |
Jan. 15 |
| SSAT Required |
No |
Yes |
| Average Percentile SSAT |
61% |
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| Acceptance Rate |
65% |
60% |
| Director of Admissions |
Derek Svennungsen |
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| Associate Director of Admissions |
Karen Readey |
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| Total Interscholastic
Sports Offered |
5 |
13 |
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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.
Midland School is on the leading edge of sustainable building design. Faculty and students are building a Compressed Earth Block faculty house, the first of its kind permitted in California. The plans for this sustainably built house have earned the highest commendation possible by Santa Barbara’s Innovative Building Review Program (IBRP), and feature local materials, passive solar heating and cooling, solar thermal and photovoltaic panels, and rainwater catchment.
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: 06/24/2008
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