| The Nightingale-Bamford School | |
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20 East 92nd Street New York, New York 10128 | |
| Coordinates | 40°47′05″N73°57′24″W / 40.78485°N 73.956727°W /40.78485; -73.956727 |
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| Type | Private,girls |
| Established | 1920 |
| Founder | Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford |
| Faculty | 92 (65 of which are full-time)[1] |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 686 |
| Colors | Coral Silver and Blue |
| Mascot | Nighthawks |
| Newspaper | The Spectator |
| Website | Nightingale.org |
TheNightingale-Bamford School is anindependentall-femaleuniversity-preparatory school founded in 1920 by Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford.[2] Located inManhattan on theUpper East Side,[3] Nightingale-Bamford is a member of theNew York Interschool consortium.
Nightingale's Lower School includes grades K-4. Middle School includes grades 5–8, while Upper School includes grades 9–12. As of 2021, Nightingale enrolls 686 students, the student-faculty ratio is 6:1, and the average class size is 12 students.[4] Nightingale is ranked among the best all-girls private schools in the United States, and, like many private schools in Manhattan, is ranked as one of the most expensive. Only very few selected students are allowed to enroll each year as the tuition is very high and there is limited space.[5]
Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford founded the school in 1920. NBS was originally namedMiss Nightingale's School, officially becoming "The Nightingale-Bamford School" in 1929. Since 1920, NBS has graduated nearly 3,000 alumnae.[6] As of 2008, the School endowment was $74.9 million.[7]
In April 2013, a team of five upper school students won first place at Technovation Challenge, the world's largest tech competition for girls. The $10,000 prize was used to develop and market their winning app.[8]
Nightingale-Bamford's admissions process has received media attention for its strict, high-stakes nature.[9]
As of the 2020–2021 school year, 20% of the student body received financial assistance with $5.9 million in grants being awarded.[10]
Over 30% of the student body of Nightingale-Bamford are students of color.[11] Nightingale recruits from an inner-city program called Prep for Prep. Prep for Prep is a leadership development program that offers promising students of color access to a private school education based in New York City.[12]
Nightingale-Bamford has no official partner or brother school. However, the school has activities with St. David's andAllen-Stevenson (both boys schools) and is a member of Interschool, which organizes programs and activities for eight New York City independent schools: Trinity,Dalton, Collegiate,Brearley,Chapin,Spence, Nightingale-Bamford, and Browning.[13]
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{{cite news}}:|last= has generic name (help)Grew up in Greenwich Village, where she attended PS-41. Later attended and graduated from Nightingale-Bamford School and graduated from Vassar College with a High Honors degree in Chinese Language and Literature..
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