The Chapin School

The Chapin School is an American all-girls, private day school located in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Founded by Maria Bowen Chapin, the Chapin School originally opened in 1901, at 12 West 47th Street as "Miss Chapin's School for Girls and Kindergarten for Boys and Girls" with an enrollment of 78 students and seven teachers. Following a move to East 58th Street in 1905 and a later move to East 57th Street in 1910, the school... More

The Chapin School is an American all-girls, private day school located in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Founded by Maria Bowen Chapin, the Chapin School originally opened in 1901, at 12 West 47th Street as "Miss Chapin's School for Girls and Kindergarten for Boys and Girls" with an enrollment of 78 students and seven teachers. Following a move to East 58th Street in 1905 and a later move to East 57th Street in 1910, the school relocated, in 1928, from Midtown Manhattan to its present location on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 100 East End Avenue at East 84th Street. The first Chapin diplomas were awarded in 1908; 1917 marked the last year that boys were included in the school. Its sister schools are the Spence School,an all-girls school, the Brearley School, also an all-girls school, and the Collegiate School, an all-boys school. The name was changed to The Chapin School in 1934. In 2011, Chapin School was rated 2/4 by Charity Navigator. Through Chapin's liberal...

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