Rhodes Preparatory School
Overview
Independent school
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school
School
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located at 11 West 54th Street
54th Street (Manhattan)
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in Manhattan
Manhattan
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, New York City
New York City
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, USA. There was a lower school with students in seventh and eighth grades and an upper school for students from grades nine through twelve. For a brief period in its history, there were also fifth and sixth grade classes. There was also an evening school for adults.
Rhodes was a college preparatory school.
