About Us

Why All-Girls?

All-Girls Education Matters

An all-girls environment is key to the academic achievement of our students. It fosters confidence and sharpens their focus on learning and growth in an atmosphere of freedom to pursue learning and test their intellectual and creative limits in exciting ways.
 

 

Elizabeth Black, Dean of Faculty & Curriculum

An Oakcrest liberal arts education recognizes that to educate a young woman in and according to her humanity is also to educate her in and according to her femininity. The education does so by integrating objective intellectual work with the formation of the person and interests of the young person.

60%

Of girls' school graduates report higher confidence than their co-ed peers.




6

Times more likely that girls' school grads consider majoring in math, science, and technology compared to girls who attend coed schools.



80%

Of girls’ school grads have held leadership positions since graduating from high school.




45%

Of all women graduating from single-sex schools rate their public speaking ability as high compared to 39% of women graduates from coed schools.


What the Research Shows

The Girls' School Advantage

Students Speak

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