At Ransom Everglades, every day is An Exploration
The Ransom Everglades Journey
Learning at RE is a continuous exploration. It is guided by each student’s curiosity and encouraged by master faculty. RE students learn to ask hard questions, think critically and collaborate across disciplines. They benefit from RE's 120-year tradition of experiential learning, the school’s breathtaking location on Biscayne Bay, and cutting-edge facilities and pedagogies.
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RE at a Glance
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1246
Students Enrolled in Grades 6-12 -
8:1
Student to Teacher Ratio -
14
Average Class Size -
64%
Students Identify as Multicultural -
$8.5
Million Awarded in Financial Aid Annually -
27
Varsity Sport Teams -
55+
Courses in the Performing and Visual Arts -
60+
Student Led/Faculty Supported Interest Affinity Groups
The RE Identity:
Who We Are
Ransom Everglades students care about their communities and the environment. They are proud to serve the underserved, protect the endangered and stand up for justice. They value integrity and inclusion. When they enter the world, they are global citizens, fully equipped to solve challenging problems and, in the words of founder Paul Ransom, leave the world better than they find it.Learn More
Recent News and Events
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Upper school academic teams excel at fall invitational
Ransom Everglades upper school academic teams claimed first, second and fourth places at the South Florida Fall Invitational on October 11 on the Ransom Campus. Twelve teams from South Florida and Florida's southwest coast competed in the event, a qualifying tournament for the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) national championship in Atlanta in May. The winning team of Parker Jelke '27, Noah Veras '29, Julian Jelke '29 and Alex Tevelow '28 and the second-place finishers Jack Gonzalez '28, Harlan Hoenig '28, Ethan Moskovitz '27 and Selin Kaleli '28 advanced to nationals with their results.Read More -
Youthful robotics teams score recognition at regional competiton on campus
Two young robotics teams from Ransom Everglades claimed major awards at the VEX V5 Robotics Competition “Push Back at Ransom Everglades” October 19 at the Anderson gymnasium. An all-girls team of ninth graders – Bea Hill ’29, Esha Nagalla ’29, Alex Brandrick-Morris ’29, Ruthie Newton ’29, Julia Bernstein ’29 and Chloe Weintraub ’29 – received the Judges Award and a team of ninth graders (and one sophomore) – Israel Garcia ’28, Noah Veras ’29, Sidney Schwartz ’29, Dylan Kantesaria ’29 and Porter Sanderson ’29 – won the Create Award.Read More -
Health Information Project gets underway for the 10th year at Ransom Everglades
Ransom Everglades juniors and seniors known as "Peer Health Educators" kicked off the 10th year of the Health Information Project (HIP) at Ransom Everglades. Wearing identical blue shirts, the students headed to ninth-grade classrooms to begin a health and wellbeing curriculum they will administer throughout the 2025-26 school year. The student leaders underwent weeks of training with HIP, ensuring they can provide peer-to-peer instruction on topics ranging from substance abuse to mental health to nutrition.Read More
Take the Next Steps
Students at Ransom Everglades get comfortable stepping outside of their comfort zones, and learn to love the adventures every day at Ransom Everglades brings. They experience the exhilaration of discovery and make friends for life while accomplishing goals beyond their wildest imagination.
Interested in learning more about this journey, or beginning your own? Click below for more information.
Interested in learning more about this journey, or beginning your own? Click below for more information.
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
Accreditations and Memberships
FCIS | SAIS | NAIS | NACAC | SACAC | ACCIS |College Board | CSEE | INDEX | One Schoolhouse
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.
Ransom Everglades School®, The RE Way™, RE Pathways™ and Bowden Fellowships in the Humanities™ are trademarks of Ransom Everglades School.
Ransom Everglades School®, The RE Way™, RE Pathways™ and Bowden Fellowships in the Humanities™ are trademarks of Ransom Everglades School.