The Baldwin School

The Baldwin School
baldwin school main campus
Address
Map
701 Montgomery Avenue

Bryn Mawr
,
Pennsylvania
19010

United States
Coordinates40°1′23″N 75°18′46″W / 40.02306°N 75.31278°W / 40.02306; -75.31278
Information
Other names
  • Baldwin School
  • Baldwin
TypePrivate school
MottoLatin: Disce Verum Laborem
Established1888; 136 years ago (1888)
FounderFlorence Baldwin
NCES School ID01197719[1]
Head of schoolLynne Macziewski[2]
Teaching staff78.6 (on an FTE basis)[1]
GradesPK–12
GenderGirls
Enrollment572 (2022–2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio7.0[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Blue and gray   
Athletics conferenceInter-Academic League
MascotWinnie the Bear
NicknameBaldwin Bears
Publication
  • Echoes
  • Florilège
  • El Pimiento
  • The Roman Candle
  • The Baldwin Review
[3]
NewspaperThe Hourglass[3]
Websitewww.baldwinschool.org
Bryn Mawr Hotel
Pennsylvania state historical marker
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1890
ArchitectFurness, Evans, & Co.; Frank Furness
Architectural styleRenaissance, French Chateau
NRHP reference No.79002300[4]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1979
Designated PHMCApril 11, 2000[5]

The Baldwin School (simply referred to as Baldwin School or Baldwin) is a private school for girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin.

The school occupies a former nineteenth-century resort hotel that was designed by Victorian architect Frank Furness, a landmark of the Philadelphia Main Line.[6] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[4]

Baldwin's brother school is the Haverford School, in nearby Haverford.[7] The Baldwin School is not religiously associated.

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for The Baldwin School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Head of School". The Baldwin School. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Publications". The Baldwin School. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  6. ^ "Bryn Mawr 100: The Baldwin School". August 6, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Baldwin School: Why an All-Girls' School". www.baldwinschool.org. Archived from the original on August 26, 2015.