Nightingale-Bamford School Explained

The Nightingale-Bamford School
Established:1920
Type:Private, girls
Head Name:Second Master
Head Name2:Assistant Headmaster
Founder:Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford
Faculty:92 (65 of which are full-time) [1]
Enrollment:686
Grades:K-12
Streetaddress:20 East 92nd Street
City:New York, New York 10128
Country:U.S.
Colors:pink Silver and Blue
Mascot:Nighthawks
Free Label:Emblem
Newspaper:The Spectator
Website:Nightingale.org

The Nightingale-Bamford School is an independent all-female university-preparatory school founded in 1920 by Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford.[2] Located in Manhattan on the Upper East Side,[3] Nightingale-Bamford is a member of the New York Interschool consortium.

Overview

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 typically 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]

History

Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford founded the school in 1920. NBS was originally named Miss 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]

Faculty

Paul Burke has been head of school since July 2012. He succeeded Dorothy Hutcheson, who was head of Nightingale for the prior 20 years.[8]

Technovation Challenge

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.[9]

Admissions and financial aid

Nightingale-Bamford's admissions process has received media attention for its strict, high-stakes nature.[10]

As of the 2020–2021 school year, 20% of the student body received financial assistance with $5.9 million in grants being awarded.[11]

Diversity

Over 30% of the student body of Nightingale-Bamford are students of color.[12] The school has a program called Cultural Awareness for Everyone, or informally CAFE. CAFE touches on the basis of not only race, but also class, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and age.[13] 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.[14]

Partner schools

Nightingale-Bamford has no official partner or brother school. However, the school has activities with St. David's and Allen-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.[15]

Notable alumnae

In pop culture

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home – The Nightingale-Bamford School . Nightingale.org . 2012-09-24 . 2012-10-07.
  2. Web site: History . About Nightingale . Nightingale-Bamford School . 2008-06-17.
  3. Web site: Home – The Nightingale-Bamford School . Nightingale.org . 2012-09-24 . 2012-10-07.
  4. Web site: Nightingale at a Glance. 10 August 2020. 21 February 2021.
  5. Web site: Julie Zeveloff . 10 April 2011 . The 28 Most Expensive Private High Schools In America . Business Insider.
  6. Web site: Home – The Nightingale-Bamford School . Nightingale.org . 2012-09-24 . 2012-10-07.
  7. Web site: Home – The Nightingale-Bamford School . Nightingale.org . 2012-09-24 . 2012-10-07.
  8. Web site: Home – The Nightingale-Bamford School . Nightingale.org . 2012-09-24 . 2012-10-07.
  9. News: Meet the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs . Wired . Insights . Contributors . 2013-05-10.
  10. News: Hymowitz . Kay S. . Survivor: The Manhattan Kindergarten . City Journal . The Manhattan Institute . 2001 . 2008-06-17.
  11. Web site: Affording Nightingale. 27 July 2020. 21 February 2021.
  12. Web site: Admissions FAQ . Admissions . Nightingale-Bamford School . 2008 . 2008-06-13.
  13. Web site: Home – The Nightingale-Bamford School . Nightingale.org . 2012-09-24 . 2012-10-07.
  14. Web site: Prep for Prep. prepforprep.org/.
  15. Web site: Faculty Diversity Search . Faculty Diversity Search.
  16. Web site: celebrityprepschools.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20070620214510/http://www.celebrityprepschools.com/part3.htm . dead . June 20, 2007 . www.celebrityprepschools.com.
  17. News: PUBLIC LIVES; A Top Adviser to a Much-Advised First Lady . The New York Times . Elisabeth . Bumiller . 1999-07-20 . 2010-05-20.
  18. Web site: ABOUT SHOSHANNA.
  19. Web site: Sakina Jaffrey . . Woody King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre . 12 June 2022 . 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...
  20. News: A Touch of Magic: American Prodigy Beatriz Stix-Brunell Comes Into Her Own at The Royal Ballet. Pointe Magazine. 24 September 2012.
  21. Web site: Sarah Thompson. IMDb.com. 2010-10-07.
  22. Web site: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Take Care.
  23. Web site: 'Gossip Girl' Triumphs Over 'O.C.,' Say New York Preppies – ABC News . Abcnews.go.com . 2007-09-20 . 2012-10-07.

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