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

List of 8 items.

  • 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.
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Recent News and Events

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  • HIP Officers, Chloe Dubose '26, Christopher Harper '26, Olivia Geller '26, Blake Langer '26, Charlotte Mark '26, Andres Casal '26, (Jack Barnes '26, not pictured), and advisor Karen Key

    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.
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  • Speech and Debate - Nova Titan winners and coaches

    RE Speech and Debate off to a strong start in 2025-26

    Speech and debate students from Ransom Everglades scored three first-place trophies and eight finals finishes at the early-season Nova Titan Invitational in Davie, Fla., Oct. 10-11. RE's champions: Gustavo do Valle '26 won first place in Humorous Interpretation, Flavia Contreras '28 scored first place in Dramatic Interpretation and Jackson Berlin '27 claimed first in Informative Speaking.
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  • Austin Sayfie Aagaard '26 for International Thespian Society

    More than 350 inducted into upper school honor societies

    More than 350 Ransom Everglades upper school students were inducted into at least one of 11 academic honor societies during a celebration of honor and excellence at the Lewis Family Auditorium on October 7. School leaders and society advisors lauded the new inductees for their scholarship, leadership, discipline and virtue as each inductee stood in place to be recognized. At the conclusion of the ceremony, students and families headed to the Fernandez STEM Center for photos and refreshments.
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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.

Middle School

2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

Upper School

3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 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.


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