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{{Short description|Prep school in Coconut Grove, Florida, US}}
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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = Ransom Everglades School
 | logo                    = [[File:Ransom Everglades School logo.jpg]]
 | motto                   = Honor and Excellence
 | location                = 
 | streetaddress           = 3575 Main Highway
 | city                    = [[Coconut Grove]]
 | state                   = [[Florida]]
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 | postalcode              = 
 | zipcode                 = 33133
 | country                 = 
 | type                    = [[Private school|Private]],<br> [[Independent school|Independent]]
 | established             = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
 | founded                 = 1903
 | founder                 = Paul C. Ransom &<br>Marie B. Swenson.
 | status                  = 
 | head_of_school          = Rachel Rodriguez (Interim)
 | staff                   = 
 | faculty                 = 242
 | teaching_staff          = 146
 | employees               = 67
 | key_people              = 
 | grades                  = [[Sixth grade|6]]-[[Twelfth grade|12]]
 | years                   = 
 | gender                  = Co-educational
 | age_range               = 11-19
 | enrollment              = 1147 students
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 | average_class_size      = 14.3
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 | campuses                = Ransom Campus (Upper School), Everglades Campus (Middle School)
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 | campus_type             = Suburban
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 | colors                  = Hunter green and Carolina blue {{Color box|#355E3B}}  {{Color box|#62C6F2}}
 | athletics               = Football, Sailing, Crew, Water Polo, Swimming, Cross Country, Track & Field, Lacrosse, Tennis, Baseball, Softball, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball, Golf, Soccer,
 | athletics_conference    = 
 | sports                  = 
 | team_name               = Raiders
 | rival                   = [[Gulliver Preparatory School]]
 | accreditation           = SAIS/SACS
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 | publication             = ''The Dell & Cannon''
 | newspaper               = ''The Catalyst''
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 | tuition                 = $54,820 (2025–26)<ref>{{cite web|title=Affording RE|url=https://www.ransomeverglades.org/admission/affording-re|website=Ransom Everglades School|access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref>
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 | homepage                = {{URL|ransomeverglades.org}}
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 | enrollment_as_of        = 2022–23
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[[Image:Re2002-1.jpg|thumb|bottom|Ransom Everglades Upper School's Harry H. Anderson Gymnasium]]
'''Ransom Everglades School''' is an [[independent school|independent]], [[non-profit]], [[co-educational]], [[university-preparatory school|college-preparatory]] day school serving grades six to twelve in [[Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida|Coconut Grove]] in [[Miami, Florida]], United States. It was formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys.<ref name="Klepser 2002 p.59">Klepser (2002) p.59</ref>

The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the College Entrance Examination Board, the [[Global Online Academy]], and the [[Mastery Transcript Consortium]], among other educational organizations.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} 

== History ==
Paul C. Ransom, an educator and New York lawyer, opened Pine Knot Camp in 1896 as a school for boys in [[Coconut Grove]]. In 1902 Ransom constructed a campus in the Adirondacks of New York to create the Adirondack-Florida School, the first migratory boarding school. Ransom emphasized a curriculum based on experiential learning. Students attended classes on the Florida campus in the winter and on the New York campus in fall and spring.<ref>Klepser (2002) p.58</ref><ref name="Parks and Munroe 2004 p. 131">Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131</ref> The school suspended operations during World War II; after the war the school reopened in 1947. In 1949 the Adirondack campus was shut down and the school continued in Coconut Grove as the Ransom School for Boys.<ref>Klepser (2002) p. 59</ref><ref>Blanc (1979) pp. 58-59 and p. 84.</ref> The Ransom School for Boys changed from a boarding to a day school in 1972;<ref>Blanc (1979) p. 95.</ref> Its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, began in 1955 founded by Marie B. Swenson.<ref>Lovejoy (1969) p.41</ref> The schools merged and adopted the current name in 1974.

Ransom Everglades has partnerships with organizations such as Breakthrough Miami,<ref>{{cite web|title=Breakthrough Miami|url=https://www.breakthroughmiami.org/portal/our-sites|website=Breakthrough Miami - Our Sites|access-date=8 January 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center, Booker T. Washington High School,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Odzer|first1=Ari|title=Exchange Program Allows South Florida Students to Trade Places|url=http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Exchange-Program-Allows-South-Florida-Students-to-Trade-Places-365469381.html|access-date=8 January 2017|agency=NBC 6|publisher=2017 NBCUniversal Media, LLC|date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> ARC of South Florida,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Falco|first1=Tom|title=Swoop-A-Thon at Ransom to raise funds for The Arc|url=http://coconutgrovegrapevine.blogspot.com/2013/11/swoop-thon-at-ransom-to-raise-funds-for.html|access-date=8 January 2017|publisher=Coconut Grove Grapevine|date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> MUVE and the Reclamation Project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reclamation Project - Ransom Everglades School|url=http://www.reclamationproject.net/?MDRansom|website=The Reclamation Project|publisher=Xavier Cortada|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> After an [[2010 Haiti earthquake|earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010]], students at Ransom Everglades raised almost $30,000 in relief funds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ransom Everglades Students Applauded For Generosity To Haiti|url=http://www.med.miami.edu/news/ransom-everglades-students-applauded-for-generosity-to-haiti|website=University of Miami Miller School of Medicine|access-date=9 January 2017|date=March 9, 2010}}</ref>

== Campuses ==
The school occupies two campuses. The "Upper School" (Ransom Campus) serves grades nine through twelve and is located on Main Highway on the shore of [[Biscayne Bay]], the site of the original Pine Knot Camp. This makes it the oldest South Florida school still in its original location.<ref name="Parks and Munroe 2004 p. 131"/> The original site of the Everglades School for Girls is now the "Middle School" campus (Everglades Campus), serving grades six through eight and located on South Bayshore Drive, about one and a half miles from the Upper School.

Three early twentieth century buildings still stand on the Ransom campus. The [[Ransom School "Pagoda"|''pagoda'']] was built in 1902.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Miami Planning Department|url=http://www.historicpreservationmiami.com/pagoda.html|website=Miami Historic Sites and Districts|access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> Once the whole school, the building serves as the Head of School's office, an event and study space, and faculty offices. In 1973, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="Klepser 2002 p.59"/><ref name="Parks and Munroe 2004 p. 131"/><ref>[http://www.historicpreservationmiami.com/pagoda.html Historic Preservation Miami web site article on the Ransom School pagoda]</ref> Like the Pagoda, the "Ransom Cottage" is on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1906, the cottage has been used as the infirmary, the Headmaster's residence, and the band room. Restored in 1998, now the cottage is a conference room and meeting space.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Neilsen|first1=Kirk|title=Cottage Beaten, Held for Ransom|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/cottage-beaten-held-for-ransom-6359343|access-date=8 January 2017|agency=Miami New Times|date=January 28, 1999}}</ref> In June 2016, Ransom Everglades acquired the La Brisa property adjacent to the Ransom Campus. The 6.9-acre campus includes a restored 1920s home that sits 23 feet above sea level.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dixon|first1=Lance|title=Ransom Everglades School buys one of South Florida's most expensive properties|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coconut-grove/article85047097.html|access-date=8 January 2017|agency=Miami Herald|date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> According to Penny Townsend, the then-Head of School, the acquisition of the campus would allow the school to "improve [its] facilities, add vital greenspace and continue [its] long tradition of respecting, protecting and learning from the treasures of Old Florida and Miami's precious coastal ecosystems."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baumgard|first1=Josh|title=Ransom Everglades Scoops $40M La Brisa, Coconut Grove's Priciest Listing|url=http://miami.curbed.com/2016/6/17/11959668/ransom-everglades-la-brisa-coconut-grove|website=Miami Curbed|date=17 June 2016|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref>

== Athletics ==
The school has an athletic program with over 70 teams among 18 interscholastic sports.<ref>Peterson's (2008) p.482</ref> Ransom Everglades has fielded state championship teams in water polo (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019),<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Michael|title=Ransom Everglades girls win third consecutive water polo state title|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/article72287607.html|access-date=7 January 2017|agency=Miami Herald|date=April 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fhsaa.org/node/38125|title=2019 Boys & Girls Water Polo Championships Matchups|date=May 11, 2019|website=Florida High School Athletic Association}}</ref> soccer (2015, 2016),<ref>{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Michael|title=Ransom Everglades wins first boys' soccer state championship|url=http://www.mathisfun.com/games/tanks.html|access-date=27 March 2019|agency=Fake Agency|date=February 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Daley|first1=Bill|title=Ransom Everglades wins first boys' soccer state championship|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/article59718266.html|access-date=7 January 2017|agency=Miami Herald|date=February 11, 2016}}</ref> tennis (2014, 2018),<ref>{{cite news|title=Ransom Everglades Wins Florida Class A State Championship|url=http://www.hstennischampionships.com/2014/04/ransom-everglades-wins-florida-class.html|access-date=7 January 2017|agency=DecoTurf High School Tennis Team Championships|date=April 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190145/http://www.hstennischampionships.com/2014/04/ransom-everglades-wins-florida-class.html|archive-date=2017-01-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ransom Everglades star clinches state singles, doubles titles|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/article210180429.html|access-date=17 May 2018|agency=The Miami Hereald|date=2 May 2018}}</ref> and volleyball (2013).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fernandez|first1=Andre|title=Ransom Everglades rules state in Class 4A volleyball|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/prep-miami-dade/article1957446.html|access-date=7 January 2017|agency=Miami Herald|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref>

== Notable alumni ==
* [[Butch Brickell]] - racing driver and stuntman<ref>[http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000417.html Butch Brickell obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104035815/http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000417.html |date=2011-01-04 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.historicracing.com/top100.cfm?fulltext=3355&today=on&fromrow=1106 Historicracing.com biography]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Aileen Cannon]] – Colombian-born US [[U.S. federal judge|federal judge]] of the [[U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida|US District Court for the Southern District of Florida]]
* [[Chris Cavanaugh (swimmer)|Chris Cavanaugh]] - Competitive swimmer for the University of Southern California<ref>"Dade's Top Swimming Effort, Boys", ''The Miami Herald'', Miami, Florida, March 29, 1977, pg. 44</ref>
* [[Majandra Delfino]] - actress
* [[Pamela Druckerman]] - writer and journalist
* [[Marc Fein]] - sports broadcaster
* [[Rachel Feinstein (artist)|Rachel Feinstein]] - American artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papercitymag.com/arts/john-currin-art-exhibition-opening-dallas-contemporary-museum/|title=Art Party Mania — Major Exhibition Openings Bring the Power Players Out in Dallas|date=25 September 2019}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Lindsay (writer)|Jeffry P. Freundlich]] (pen name Jeff Lindsay) - writer of the ''[[Darkly Dreaming Dexter]]'' series<ref>[http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17808 Newsbull Jeff Lindsay Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050226065650/http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17808 |date=2005-02-26 }}</ref>
* [[Pamela Golbin]] - curator, author and fashion historian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/the-louvres-pamela-golbin-talks-chanels-rival-madeleine-vionnet-at-wolfsonian-6487493|title=The Louvre's Pamela Golbin Talks Chanel's Rival, Madeleine Vionnet, at Wolfsonian}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Greenfield-Sanders]] - documentary filmmaker and portrait photographer
* [[Lillian Guerra]] - author, historian, and professor at the [[University of Florida]]
* [[Debby Herbenick]] - research scientist in sexuality at [[Indiana University]], sex advice columnist, writer, and blogger
* [[Ashleigh Johnson]] - Olympic gold medalist, member of the 2016 [[United States women's national water polo team]]
* [[Phil Lord and Chris Miller|Phillip Lord]] - director
* [[Mike Malinin]] - drummer for the [[Goo Goo Dolls]]<ref>[http://daz.com/artists/Mike%20Malinin.html Daz biography for Mike Malinin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723225413/http://daz.com/artists/Mike%20Malinin.html |date=2011-07-23 }}</ref>
* [[Robert Malval]] - 5th [[Prime Minister of Haiti]]
* [[Jeanine Mason]] - winner of season 5 of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)|So You Think You Can Dance]]''<ref>[http://fox.com/blogs/dance/2009/06/05/top-20-season-5-so-you-think-you-can-dance/ Official Season 5 So You Think You Can Dance Blog profiling the top 20 contestants] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611145432/http://fox.com/blogs/dance/2009/06/05/top-20-season-5-so-you-think-you-can-dance/ |date=2009-06-11 }}</ref><ref>[http://myrealitytelevision.com/2009/06/sytycd-5-profile-spotlight-jeanine-mason/ My Reality Television article about Jeanine Mason]</ref>
* [[Andres Pedroso]] - tennis player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Andres Pedroso - 2000-01 - Men's Tennis |url=https://goduke.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/andres-pedroso/8187 |website=Duke University |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jay Pierrepont Moffat]] - diplomat, historian, statesman<ref name="Ransom-Everglades School 1981">Ransom-Everglades School. Alumni Directory 1981.</ref><ref>Blanc (1979) p. 42.</ref>
* [[Dan Otero]] - [[New York Yankees]] pitcher
* [[Arlene Sierra]] - composer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music/contactsandpeople/profiles/sierraae.html |title=Cardiff University biography for Arlene Sierra |access-date=2010-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010154451/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music/contactsandpeople/profiles/sierraae.html |archive-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Sam Singer (basketball)|Sam Singer]] (born 1995) - American-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team [[Bnei Herzliya]]
* [[Laurinda Hope Spear]] - founder of [[Arquitectonica]]<ref name="Ransom-Everglades School 1981"/>
* [[Devi Sridhar]] - professor of global [[public health]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]]
* [[Ondi Timoner|(Andrea) Ondi Timoner]]- film director
* [[Jordi Vilasuso]] - Cuban-American soap opera actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/theactors/vilasuso.php |title=Jordi Vilasuso biography at Soapcentral.com |access-date=May 18, 2009 |archive-date=July 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719212110/http://www.soapcentral.com/gl/theactors/vilasuso.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Carlos Watson (journalist)|Carlos Watson]] - television host<ref>[http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/stanford_lawyer/issues/74/sl74_FromSiliconValleyCNN.pdf Nee, Eric (2006) Stanford Lawyer Winter 2006 Issue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609194159/http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/stanford_lawyer/issues/74/sl74_FromSiliconValleyCNN.pdf |date=2007-06-09 }}</ref>
* [[Bruce Weitz]] - actor
* [[Sloan Wilson]] - author<ref name="Ransom-Everglades School 1981"/>

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
{{refbegin}}
* Blanc, Giulio, editor. ''Ransom Everglades; Reflections of a School, 1893-1978''. Miami: Banyan Books (1979)
* Headley, Gwyn (1996) ''Architectural Follies in America''. {{ISBN|0-471-14362-6}}
* Klepser, Carolyn and Arva Moore Parks (2002) ''Miami Then and Now (Then & Now)''. Thunder Bay Press, {{ISBN|1-57145-852-2}}
* Liles, Harriet, editor. ''Miami Diary 1896''. (no place, no publisher) (1996)
* Lovejoy, Clarence Earle (1963) ''Lovejoy's Prep School Guide''
* Peterson's (2008) ''Private Secondary Schools 2008''. {{ISBN|0-7689-2399-9}}
* Pincus, Laura and Arva Moore Parks. (2003) ''Honor & Excellence: A Century Of Ransom Everglades School''. Centennial Press, {{ISBN|0-9741589-1-7}}
* Parks, Avra Moore and Munroe, Ralph (2004) ''The Forgotten Frontier: Florida Through the Lens of Ralph Middleton Munroe''. {{ISBN|0-9741589-2-5}}
* Plasencia, Alex (2011) "A History of West Coconut Grove from 1925: Slum Clearance, Concrete Monsters, and the Dichotomy of East and West Coconut Grove". Clemson University: Tiger Prints  {{ISBN|1-2490715-7-7}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20161127220454/http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2117&context=all_theses]
{{refend}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.miaminewtimes.com/bestof/2006/award/best-private-school-120454 2006 Best Private School awarded by Miami New Times]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531013827/http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/Florida/CoconutGrove/RansomEvergladesSchool.html Privateschoolsreport.com statistics]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110925233436/http://www.ransomeverglades.org/page.aspx?pid=256 Ransom Everglades School history web page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708110253/http://www.c2cschools.com/index.php?section=public&page=view&school=8745 Ransom Everglades Athletics]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926172421/http://www.ransomeverglades.org/page.aspx?pid=334 Ransom Everglades School Tuition]
* {{cite news |work=Wall Street Journal |title=Your Tuition Dollars At Work |url=http://webreprints.djreprints.com/wsj_tuition_040104.pdf |date=April 1, 2004}}
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