<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" encoding="UTF-8"><channel><title>www.baldwinschool.org - Fast Facts</title><link>http://www.baldwinschool.org/baldwin-fast-facts</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>© xxxx</copyright><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:41 GMT</pubDate><item><title>Fast Facts</title><link>http://www.baldwinschool.org/baldwin-fast-facts#item60588818</link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img border="0" style="margin-bottom:20px; margin-left:20px;" alt="" align="right" src="/Customized/Uploads/about/_G6W0538.jpg" width="300" height="261" /&gt;Established in 1888 by Miss Florence Baldwin, who was "dedicated to the tradition of academic excellence in education for girls and young women." The Baldwin School will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2013. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enrollment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Lower School (Pre-K-Grade V): 223&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Middle School (Grades VI-VIII): 140&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Upper School (Grades IX-XII): 193&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Diversity:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;37% of our total student enrollment are people of color.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Many Baldwin students have dual citizenship and their parents are naturalized citizens with birthplaces in Liberia, Philippines, Korea, China, Japan, India and Pakistan.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Average class size:&lt;/strong&gt; 14&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Student to faculty ratio:&lt;/strong&gt; 7:1&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Graduation Requirements:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;22 units are required for graduation including: &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;English 4 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Mathematics 3 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;History 3 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Laboratory Science 3 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Languages 3 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Fine Arts 2 &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Electives 4 &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Participation in athletics or physical education is required. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;More than one-third of the &lt;strong&gt;Class of 2012&lt;/strong&gt; has been recognized by the &lt;strong&gt;National Merit Scholarship Corporation&lt;/strong&gt;: six National Merit Semi-Finalists,&amp;nbsp;five National Merit Commended Students, one National Achievement Scholar and one National Achievement Outstanding Participant.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Test Scores:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Listed by range (middle 50%) and then average score, for the Class of 2012:&lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;SAT Critical Reading: 600 &amp;#8212; 750, (660)&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;SAT Math: 550 &amp;#8212; 800, (649)&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;SAT Writing: 520 &amp;#8212; 760, (670) &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baldwinschool.org/Test-Scores-College-Enrollment"&gt;Click here to learn more about test scores and college placement.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;77 Full Time Faculty; 15 Part Time Faculty; 65% hold advanced degrees &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Head of School:&lt;/strong&gt; Sally Powell appointed 2006&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;School campus is easily accessible to the R5 train line from Philadelphia. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Athletics:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Athletic teams are Inter-Ac affiliated. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Sports include cross country, field hockey, soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, dance, indoor track, track &amp;amp; field, swimming, squash, crew, golf, lacrosse and softball.&lt;br /&gt;
In 2010-2011, Baldwin student-athletes captured Inter-Ac Titles in tennis, squash and Middle School soccer; three undefeated seasons in Varsity squash, Middle School squash and Middle School soccer.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuition&lt;/strong&gt; ranges from $19,000 for full day Pre-Kindergarten to $28,000 for Upper School. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Financial Aid Budget:&lt;/strong&gt; $1.9 million; 23% of students receive Financial Aid &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Endowment:&lt;/strong&gt; $7.9 million &lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Test Scores and College Matriculation</title><link>http://www.baldwinschool.org/baldwin-fast-facts#item60633229</link><description>Be sure to view our Baldwin girls' &lt;a href="http://www.baldwinschool.org/Test-Scores-College-Enrollment"&gt;test scores and college placement information&lt;/a&gt;.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>