Students

Girls enter Santa Fe Girls’ School with a wide range of academic abilities, and they graduate with a strong knowledge and skill base that allows them to think critically and communicate effectively. The type of girl who thrives at SFGS is one who wants:

• to learn and is curious and engaged
• a small, all-girls’ setting
• to be visible in her school community
• to enter high school with strong skills and confidence

On average year in and year out, 35% of students identify as non-Anglo, 20% receive tuition assistance, 86% of students entered SFGS from public elementary schools, and 77% return to public schools.

Santa Fe Girls’ School recruits students from the public school system who are academically, economically, and culturally diverse, and who have a strong desire to learn. A balanced, diverse classroom provides the best learning environment. The goal is to return the girls to the public schools where they excel as academic and social leaders, advocating for their individual needs as they look toward college. Each SFGS student actually receives some financial assistance as tuition covers approximately 82% of the cost to educate a student.

SFGS eighth grade students:

1.Consistently test in the top 17% of the nation’s students
2.Enter the high schools they choose with 11-12th grade equivalencies

Our unique environment serves girls at a critical time in their lives, but will benefit them, their families, and the world long after.

Testimonials:

Moriah Major, a tenth grader at Santa Fe Prep writes, “Santa Fe Girls’ School over-prepared me for any school, if there is such a thing. Even more important, they gave me the confidence to excel.”

Alexandra Gentsh, a tenth grader at Santa Fe High, writes: “Santa Fe Girls’ School’s standard for excellence is what prepared me most for high school. The most important thing the staff does is teach their students about work ethic. Among other things, they stress that the only one who can learn for you is you. And if you want your teachers to respect and help you, you must understand that they expect you to behave respectfully and help keep the classroom a place to learn.”