Collegiate School (New York City)

Collegiate School
Current campus at 301 Freedom Place
Address
Map
301 Freedom Place South

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10069

Information
TypePrivate, day, college prep
MottoDutch: Eendracht maakt macht
("In unity there is strength")
Latin: Communitas, Sapientia, Humanitas
("Community, Wisdom, Humaneness")
Established1628; 396 years ago (1628)
FounderThe Rev. Jonas Michaelius and the Dutch West India Company
ChairmanJonathan Youngwood ’85
HeadmasterBodie Brizendine
Faculty128.6 (on an FTE basis)[1]
GradesK-12[1]
GenderBoys
Number of students666 (2024-25)
Student to teacher ratio5.1:1[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)Orange and blue   
NicknameDutchmen
NewspaperThe Journal
YearbookThe Dutchman
AffiliationsIvy Prep School League
New York Interschool
Websitecollegiateschool.org

Collegiate School is an all-boys private school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. Founded by Dutch colonists in either 1628 or 1638, it is the nation's oldest private secondary school, and claims to be the nation's oldest school without qualification. It educates around 670 boys in grades K–12, with approximately 50–55 students per grade.

It is a member of both the New York Interschool Association and the Ivy Preparatory School League, two groups of New York City secondary schools.

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