Collegiate School (Richmond, Virginia)

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Collegiate School
Address
103 North Mooreland Road Richmond , Virginia 23229 United States
Coordinates	37°34′41.8″N 77°35′13.6″W / 37.578278°N 77.587111°W / 37.578278; -77.587111
Information
Type	Private, preparatory
Motto	Parat. Ditat. Durat.
Established	1915; 109 years ago (1915)
Head of school	Jeff Mancabelli
Faculty	218
Grades	JK–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	1,600
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Song	Hail Collegiate
Mascot	The Collegiate Cougar
Team name	Collegiate Cougars
Accreditations	Southern Association of Independent Schools, Virginia Association of Independent Schools
Publication	The Spark, The Magazine for Collegiate School
Newspaper	The Match (Student Newspaper) and The Flame (Creative Arts)
Yearbook	The Torch
Endowment	$84,605,000 (as of June 30, 2022)
Tuition	$18,730–$31,500
Website	www.collegiate-va.org

Collegiate School is a preparatory school for boys and girls located in Richmond, Virginia. The student body of Collegiate comprises about 1,600 total students from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Lower School and Upper School are coeducational, while the Middle School is coordinated with boys and girls in separate classes.

Collegiate was founded in 1915, by Helen Baker as the Collegiate School for Girls, a college preparatory school located in downtown Richmond. In addition to this campus in town, Collegiate opened the Collegiate Country Day School, off Mooreland and River Roads, in 1953 Collegiate's Town School and the Country Day School merged on Mooreland Road in 1960. Today, Collegiate still remains on the Mooreland Road campus and has purchased over 155 acres (0.63 km²) in Goochland County. Collegiate had already developed 60 of these acres for athletic purposes.

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