School Profile

 

    ACCREDITATION

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • The Northwest Accreditation Commission
  • Utah Department of Education
  • Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools
  • ACT/CEEB School Code: 450385


Rowland Hall is Utah’s oldest coeducational college-preparatory school, founded in 1867.

Two urban campuses serve 1,000 students from preschool (age 2) through grade 12.

Accredited by: National Association for the Education of Young Children, Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools, Utah Department of Education, Northwest Accreditation Commission.

Four divisions: Beginning School (2PreK-K), Lower School (grades 1-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), and Upper School (grades 9-12).

Student-teacher ratio is 10:1; average class size 16 students.

Full liberal arts curriculum plus art, music, drama, dance, service learning,debate, technology, physical education, and interfaith chapel.

Advanced Placement classes offered in 15 test areas.

Over half of the senior class of 2010 received offers of merit scholarships to college.

Our academic calendar operates on a trimester system with the first trimester ending at Thanksgiving, second ending in mid-March, third ending in early June.

Competitive in 17 sports with 2010-2011 State Championships in girls’ tennis, boys’ tennis, boys’ cross country, girls' golf, and Regional Championships in girls' tennis, boys' golf, boys' cross country, baseball, boys' soccer, boys' tennis.

Rowmark Ski Academy, a department of the Upper School, facilitates elite ski racing training and competition for approximately 25 Rowland Hall athletes.

Ethnic and racial diversity is represented by 20% of our student body.

Rowland Hall is a non-profit organization governed by a board of trustees consisting of school parents, alumni, and friends.

Every parent is a member of the school’s parent-teacher association, known as Home and School, which provides a vital link between the school and its parent body.

Annual financial aid budget of $1.5 million supports 18 percent of the student body.

The Annual Fund, in which the parent, grandparent and alumni communities participate, raised $1,015,467 on 2009-2010. Our parent participation was 74%. The Annual Fund goal for 2010-2011 is again $1 million.

Traditionally the largest percentage of National Merit Semifinalists of any Utah school.

A Malone Family Foundation Scholarship School.

 

See a list of colleges to which Rowland Hall graduates have matriculated during the past five years.

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Notice of Nondiscrimination: Rowland Hall does not discriminate on the basis of physical ability, race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin in its admission, financial aid, or employment policies or in the administration of educational, athletic, or other school programs.