| The Avery Coonley School | |
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1400 Maple Avenue United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°47′17″N 88°01′12″W / 41.788°N 88.020°W |
| Information | |
| School type | |
| Motto | "Onward and Upward" |
| Established | 1906 |
| NCES School ID | 02024267[1] |
| Head of school | Kirsty Montgomery |
| Grades | Preschool–8 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Age range | 3–14 |
| Enrollment | 338 (2023) |
| Campus size | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Orange and blue |
| Mascot | Fightin' Seahorse |
| Accreditation | North Central Association[3] |
| Affiliation | National Association of Independent Schools[2] |
| Website | www |
Coonley, Avery, School | |
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| Location | 1400 Maple Ave., Downers Grove, Illinois |
| Area | 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Waldron Faulkner; Hamilton, Fellows & Nedved, et al. |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000477[4] |
| Added to NRHP | August 8, 2007 |
The Avery Coonley School (ACS), commonly called Avery Coonley, is an independent, coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade (approximately ages 3 to 14), and is located in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois. The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers, and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s.[5] From 1943 to 1965, Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education (now National Louis University), serving as a living laboratory for teacher training.
The school moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929, with a new 10.45-acre (4.23 ha) campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles, landscaped by Jens Jensen. Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
- ^ "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Avery Coonley School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ "School Information". Membership Directory. National Association of Independent Schools. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ "Institution Summary". International Registry for Accreditation. AdvancED. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Downers Grove School Recalls 30 Year Growth". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 18, 1942. Archived from the original (fee required) on January 25, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2010.