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Saint Benedict’s Episcopal Day School

Grades pre-K3–7 (adding grade 8 in August 2015)

Total number of students 390

Founded 2008

Students of color 25%

Average class size (K–5) 19

Average class size (middle school) 18

Religious affiliation Episcopal

Grade foreign language first offered pre-K3

Language(s) Spanish (every student, every day as a core subject)

Lowest tuition for 5-day students $9,000

Annual tuition for grade 7 $9,700

Students receiving financial aid 10%

Class size expands in K

Uniform yes

Bus transportation no

Teacher retention rate 90%

Interscholastic sports (middle) basketball, cross-country

Number of art studios 2

Theater productions per year 1

Musical ensembles 2

Annual applications per opening 3–4

 

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