A Girls’ School
St. Mary's focuses on the complete education and individual success of each student, while encouraging and developing honest, compassionate, and self-confident young women.
Many parents ask, "Doesn't my daughter need to go to school with boys in order to grow up into a normal, well balanced young woman?" Our answer, based on recent research and on our own experience of a century and a half, is that she does not need boys in the classroom.
In a co-educational setting, boys tend to dominate. Studies have shown that in co-ed schools, girls speak three times less often in class than boys. In a single sex setting, girls are more spontaneous, gain greater self-confidence, and explore a growing sense of self-awareness. At St. Mary's, the girls are the captains, the leaders, and have all the starring roles. They are free to be smart, and they are free to be themselves. At St. Mary's, our experience speaks for itself; our students matriculate to some of the finest colleges and universities in the country.
St. Mary's is a member of the National Coalition of Girls Schools which provides the following information as the result of several recent surveys:
- Nearly 100% of girls' school graduates go on to college.
- Almost one half of 700 graduating seniors at girls' schools planned to pursue math, science, business or engineering degrees in college
- Seven out of ten graduates cite academic quality and career preparation as the major benefits of a girls' school education.
- Girls at single sex schools are more academically oriented than their co-educational counterparts.
- Juniors and seniors have significantly higher self-esteem than their counterparts in co-educational schools.
- Girls in girls' schools have a more active orientation toward life, leadership and relationships
An all-girls' school is a place where young women are leaders in all facets of student life: academics, athletics, arts, community service, student government, and much more.
