Horace Mann School

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Horace Mann School
Address
231 West 246th Street The Bronx , New York 10471 United States
Coordinates	40°53′36″N 73°53′52″W / 40.8933°N 73.8978°W / 40.8933; -73.8978
Information
Type	Private school
Motto	Latin: Magna est veritas et prævalet (Great is the truth and it prevails[1])
Established	1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Head of school	Thomas M. Kelly
Teaching staff	210.0 (FTE) (2015–16)[2]
Grades	PK–12
Enrollment	1,793 (2021–22)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	8.1 (2015–16)[2]
Campus type	Urban[2]
Color(s)	Maroon   White
Athletics conference	Ivy Preparatory School League NYSAISAA
Mascot	The Lion[1]
Nickname	Lions
Newspaper	The Record
Yearbook	The Mannikin
Affiliations	New York Interschool
Website	www.horacemann.org

Horace Mann School (also known as Horace Mann or HM) is a private, independent college-preparatory school in the Bronx, founded in 1887. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from the New York metropolitan area from nursery school to the twelfth grade. The Upper, Middle, and Lower Divisions are located in Riverdale, a neighborhood of the Bronx, while the Nursery School is located in Manhattan. The John Dorr Nature Laboratory, a 275 acres (111 ha) campus in Washington Depot, Connecticut, serves as the school's outdoor and community education center.^[3]