Miss Porter's School

Miss Porter's School
Address
Map
60 Main St

,
Connecticut
06032

United States
Coordinates41°43′21″N 72°49′46″W / 41.72250°N 72.82944°W / 41.72250; -72.82944
Information
Other nameMPS, Porter's, Farmington
TypeIndependent, boarding
Motto
  • Latin: PVELLÆ VENERVNT ABIERVNT MVLIERES (“They come as girls; they leave as women.)
  • Latin: VERITATEM SCIENTIAM HVMANITATEM ("Through truth, knowledge; through knowledge, humanity.")
  • Latin: HIC REPPERERVNT ("Let it be made famous.")
Established1843 (181 years ago) (1843)
CEEB code070210
Head teacherKatherine G. Windsor
Faculty52
Grades912
GenderGirls
Enrollment325 total
212 boarding
113 day (2014)
Average class size10
Student to teacher ratio7:1
Campus size55-acre (220,000 m2)
Campus typeTownship
Houses
Minks  
Possums  
Squirrels  
Color(s)
Green and white
  
Athletics18 Interscholastic teams
Athletics conference
MascotFighting Daisy
RivalThe Ethel Walker School
Accreditation
NewspaperSalmagundy
YearbookDaeges Eage
Endowment$142.3 million
Tuition$66,825 boarding
$53,475 day (for 2021–2022)[1]
Websiteporters.org

Miss Porter's School (MPS) is a private college preparatory school for girls founded in 1843 in Farmington, Connecticut. The school draws students from many of the fifty U.S. states, as well as from abroad. International students comprised 14% in the 2017–2018 year. The average class size was 10 students in 2017.[2]

  1. ^ "Miss Porter's School Facts & Stats". missporters.org. 2021–2022. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Miss Porter's School Facts & Stats". www.porters.org. Retrieved September 1, 2017.