Girard College

Girard College
Location
Information
School typeIndependent, boarding
Opened1848 (1848)
Grades112
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment2016-2017: 311
Elementary School (1-5): 122
Middle School (6-8): 89
High School (9-12): 100
Average class sizeElementary-Middle School: 12-15
High School: 15-18
Athletics conferencePenn-Jersey Athletic Association
Team nameCavaliers
Websitewww.girardcollege.edu
Girard College Complex
LocationBounded by Poplar St., Girard, W. College, S. College, and Ridge Aves., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Area43 acres (17 ha)
Built1833 (1833)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Greek Revival, Collegiate Gothic
NRHP reference No.74001802
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1974
Designated PHMC1992

Girard College is an independent college preparatory five-day boarding school located on a 43-acre campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school was founded and permanently endowed from the shipping and banking fortune of Stephen Girard upon his death in 1831.