Private, college-prep, day school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Isidore Newman School

<p><b>Isidore Newman School</b> is a private, nondenominational, co-educational <a href="/en/University-preparatory_school" title="University-preparatory school" class="mw-redirect wl">college preparatory school</a> located on an <span>11-acre (45,000</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>m</span><sup>2</sup><span>)</span> campus in the <a href="/en/Uptown_New_Orleans" title="Uptown New Orleans" class="wl">uptown</a> section of <a href="/en/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans" class="wl">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/en/Louisiana" title="Louisiana" class="wl">Louisiana</a>.</p>

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt6">Private, college-prep, day school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Isidore Newman School, Address, Coordinates, ...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org notheme" style="background-color: lavender">Isidore Newman School</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Seal_of_Isidore_Newman_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Seal_of_Isidore_Newman_School.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Seal_of_Isidore_Newman_School.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" data-file-type="bitmap" height="160" width="160" alt="Seal_of_Isidore_Newman_School.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender">Address</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; 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-90.1116</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Private_school" title="Private school" class="wl">Private</a>, <a href="/en/University-preparatory_school" title="University-preparatory school" class="mw-redirect wl">college-prep</a>, <a href="/en/Day_school" title="Day school" class="wl">day</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">Discimus Agere Agendo<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><br>(We learn to do by doing)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-denominational</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1903</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="new">Isidore Newman (Germany)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Head of school</th><td class="infobox-data">Dale Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Faculty</th><td class="infobox-data">208 <i>(2021)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grades</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Pre-kindergarten" title="Pre-kindergarten" class="wl">PK</a> – <a href="/en/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade" class="wl">12</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Coeducational" title="Coeducational" class="mw-redirect wl">Coeducational</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of students</th><td class="infobox-data">1055 <i>(2021)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average class size</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Student to teacher ratio</th><td class="infobox-data">6:1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Campus size</th><td class="infobox-data">11 acres (4.5<span>&nbsp;</span>ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colour(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Kelly green, white <br> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#4CBB17; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletics conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Louisiana_High_School_Athletic_Association" title="Louisiana High School Athletic Association" class="wl">LHSAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data">Greenie Gator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname" class="wl">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Greenies</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Accreditation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/National_Association_of_Independent_Schools" title="National Association of Independent Schools" class="wl">NAIS</a> – <a href="/en/Independent_Schools_Association_of_the_Southwest" title="Independent Schools Association of the Southwest" class="wl">ISAS</a> <br> <a href="/en/Southern_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Southern Association of Colleges and Schools" class="wl">SACS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Navigator</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Yearbook</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Absinthe</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Endowment</th><td class="infobox-data">~$37,000,000 <i>(2019-2020)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">~$31,000,000 <i>(2019-2020)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alumni</th><td class="infobox-data">~6,700</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://www.newmanschool.org" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.newmanschool<wbr>.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">The original school name, Isidore Newman Manual Training School, was changed to its current name in 1931.</td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>Jeré Longman of <i><a href="/en/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times" class="wl">The New York Times</a></i> described Isidore Newman as "one of Louisiana’s elite private schools."<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-LongmanHomecoming_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-LongmanHomecoming-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



Isidore Newman School is a private, nondenominational, co-educational college preparatory school located on an 11-acre campus in the uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana. Jeré Longman of The New York Times described Isidore Newman as "one of Louisiana’s elite private schools." 