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Fun Facts
- Nearly 10,000 students are currently enrolled in Midwest Boarding Schools
- Midwest Boarding Schools feature class sizes often 50% smaller than those
found in public schools
- Enrollment in Midwest Boarding Schools increased by 6% last year
- Students in independent schools spend five hours per week more than their
counterparts in public schools studying; that adds up to nearly 200 more hours
studying per school year
- Students in independent schools spend nearly seven hours per week less than
their counterparts in public schools watching television
- Midwest Boarding Schools have had many well known graduates, including Susan St.
James, Jesse Jackson Jr., Gene Siskel, John Paxson, and Hal Holbrook
- The percentage of parents who believe a school's emphasis on "high moral
standards" is essential to their choice of a school in 90%
- The percentage of parents who cite "good preparation for college" as a very
important or extremely important in their choice of a school is 97%
- Midwest Boarding Schools work together to help parents identify the program
or programs capable of meeting their child's needs
- The Midwest Boarding Schools Association is comprised of four schools for girls,
eight schools for boys, and twenty-two coeducational schools
- Seventeen Midwest Boarding Schools offer exciting summer programs
- Six Midwest Boarding Schools feature military components
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