Spence School

The Spence School is an American all-girls private school in New York City, founded in 1892 by Clara B. Spence. Spence has about 740 students, with grades K-4 representing the Lower School, 5-8 representing the Middle School, and 9-12 representing the Upper School.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: all-girls private school in New York City
  • Also known as: Miss Spence’s School” and “The Spence School

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
The , often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 between 88th and 89th Streets on the of in New York City. is situated 630 feet southwest of Spence School.

Museum
The is an art museum housed at 1109 , in the Felix M. Warburg House, along the Museum Mile on the of , . is situated 500 feet north of Spence School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper East Side and Upper West Side.

The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

Neighborhood
, also known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of in , north of the and bounded by 96th Street to the south, to the west, and the and to the east and north.

Spence School

Latitude
40.78405° or 40° 47′ 3″ north
Longitude
-73.9571° or 73° 57′ 26″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2MV+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357620803
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
6329830
Wiki­data ID
Q7575953
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Spence School” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: школа Спэнс
  • French: Spence School
  • Japanese: ザ・スペンス・スクール
  • Japanese: スペンス・スクール
  • Japanese: スペンス校
  • Luxembourgish: Spence School
  • Swedish: Spence School

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