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Rosslyn Academy

1946 establishments in Tanganyika1967 establishments in Kenya20th-century establishments in TanzaniaAssemblies of God schoolsBoarding schools in Kenya
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Rosslyn Academy is a private Christian school in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. It is an international, coed, day school with a North American curriculum and classes from preschool to twelfth grade. Enrolment is approximately 650, with a graduating senior class of approximately 60 students each year. Approximately 40 percent of the students are North American, and more than 53 nationalities are represented in the school. Teachers at Rosslyn are typically required to be North American certified, but come from a number of different nationalities, with the majority being North American. The average class size at Rosslyn is 20 students, with a teacher to student ratio of 1:9. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Nairobi, in Gigiri, on a beautiful 40 acre campus close to the United States Embassy and the United Nations Headquarters for Africa. The site was originally part of a coffee plantation.

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