The Darrow School
Address
110 Darrow Road New Lebanon , New York 12125 United States
Information
Type	Private, day, boarding, college preparatory
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian
Founded	1932
Status	Open
Chairperson	Edwin Selden
Head of school	Andrew J. Vadnais
Staff	52
Teaching staff	31
Grades	9-12, PG
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	110
Average class size	8-9
Student to teacher ratio	4:1
Hours in school day	7
Campus size	365 acres (1.48 km)
Campus type	Rural
Houses	Ann Lee, Brethrens', Hinckley, Neale, Meacham
Color(s)	Maroon & White
Song	"Simple Gifts"
Athletics	Basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, ultimate frisbee, outdoor education, alpine skiing, fitness
Athletics conference	HVAL, NEPSAC
Mascot	Duck
Nickname	Ducks
Team name	Darrow Ducks
Accreditation	MSACS
Publication	Peg Board
Endowment	$3 million
School fees	Boarding fee: $365 Day fee: $50
Tuition	Boarding: $67,950 Day: $42,800
Affiliation	NAIS, TABS, NYSAIS, NYBSA
Website	www.darrowschool.org

Darrow School is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory school located in New Lebanon, New York. The school serves boarding and day students in grades 9-12 and PG (post-graduate).

Darrow opened in the fall of 1932 as the Lebanon School for Boys. In 1938 president Charles S. Haight died and C. Lambert Heyniger purchased the school, becoming its headmaster and treasurer. Heyniger was a Princeton alumnus who had taught as a missionary in China and then pursued graduate study at Columbia University before joining General Motors. He renamed the school in the Shaker tradition, after a family prominent among the religious colony.

In 1963, three Darrow students set a fire and destroyed the century-old dining hall and fire leveled the 156-year-old gymnasium. Both fires threatened dormitories housing 175 pupils. The boys had hoped school officials would send all the pupils home until repairs were made.

In late 2023, the school's precarious financial situation almost led to closure.

The campus is situated on the original site of the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, a National Historic Landmark. It spans over 365 acres of land, with 26 buildings, tennis courts, playing fields, ponds, orchards, pastures, marshlands, and a vast forest.

The school currently enrolls 110 students from across the United States and beyond.

Student participate in a number of competitive and non-competitive sports:

The strong visual traces of Shaker austerity stand in contrast with the modern and less conventional morés of some affluent students raised in such different moral settings. In an interview, teacher Ed Noggle stated that a fascination with ghosts resulted. "These young people," Noggle says, "are very much of this world, very sensual, sexual beings. It has always been a matter of 'Ha, ha, what would the Shakers do if they could see all this? They'd roll over in their graves.'"

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (September 2023)

• Gerald A Cann, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Class of 1949
• Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr., Apollo 12 commander and third man to walk on the Moon, Class of 1949
• Michael Flomen, artist, attended 1969-1971
• August François von Finck, German businessman
• Sam Harper, screenwriter of Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Class of 1974
• William H. Hudnut III, mayor of Indianapolis
• Christopher Lloyd, actor
• Donald Cushing McGraw, Jr., businessman, Class of 1943
• Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, radio personality, Class of 1978
• David Henry Sterry, writer

• Antonio Anderson
• Frederic M. Wheelock
• Leah Penniman

• Official website