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The Bolles School | |
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Location | |
, United States | |
Coordinates | 30°14′31″N 81°37′46″W / 30.24194°N 81.62944°W |
Information | |
Type | Private, day, boarding |
Motto | The Bolles Way: Pursuing excellence through courage, integrity, and compassion. |
Established | 1933 |
Head teacher | Tyler Hodges |
Faculty | 295 |
Grades | Pre-K – 12 |
Enrollment | 1,742 |
Campus | Suburban |
Campus size | 84 acres (0.34 km2) |
Color(s) | Blue and Orange |
Nickname | Bulldogs |
Newspaper | The Bugle |
Yearbook | The Turris |
Tuition | 2023-24 Tuition Lower School: $12,780-$21,680 |
Website | bolles |
The Bolles School is an American private college preparatory day and boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida. It has a lower school (including pre-kindergarten), a middle school, and a high school, spread across four campuses around the Jacksonville area, and enrolls about 1,800 students a year.[1] The school was founded in 1933 as an all-boys military academy. It dropped its military focus in 1962 and became coeducational in 1971. Its athletics programs have been recognized as some of the best in the Florida High School Athletic Association by Sports Illustrated magazine.