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| School type | Private, Independent |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Opened | 1903 |
| Location | Coconut Grove, Florida, USA |
| Enrollment 2006-2007 | 850 students |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| School Mascot | Raider |
| School colors | Mossy Green and Columbia Blue |
| School Hours | 7:45 AM to 3:15 PM 7:45 AM to 2:43 PM on Wednesdays |
| Average Class Size | 12.8 |
| Athletic Rival | Gulliver Preparatory School |
Ransom Everglades consists of two educational institutions in Coconut Grove, Florida, one middle school and one upper school. The two schools, the Everglades School for Girls and Ransom, a school for boys, merged in 1975. Ransom Everglades is a college preparatory school in Miami, with an excellent record of sending students to top tier schools. The school has a challenging and wide ranging academic program, with strong course offerings. Moreover, despite its size, the school has a comprehensive sports program , which includes a nationally ranked sailing team, a cross country team that generally finishes in the top-ten in the state each year, and a competitive soccer team. Admissions is competitive and tuition costs approximately $22,500 per year. Financial aid is available. Graduating classes tend to number around 130-150 students, almost all of whom matriculate to 4-year colleges, primarily out of state. Ransom, intended as an all-boys school, was started in 1903 by Paul C. Ransom as the Adirondack-Florida School; its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, was started by Marie B. Swenson in the 1950s When first founded, students migrated from the northern school in the Adirondacks to the southern Florida school as the seasons changed. More recently, however, students have been tied down to a specific camps that corresponds to their age level. The northern campus has become the upper school (grades ninth through twelfth) of Ransom Everglades. A boarding option was officially dropped in the late 70s and finally dropped de facto in the early 80s. The upper high school, formerly The Ransom School, is located on the shore of Biscayne Bay. The middle school, formerly the Everlgades School, is about one and a half miles from the upper school and is not located on the water, but is a mile away from a residential neighborhood and the restaurants and shops of Coconut Grove.
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