Marlborough School

An elite all-girls private school in Hancock Park, Los Angeles.

For over 130 years, Marlborough School has been educating the girls of California’s most prominent families — with such last names as Spielberg, Goldwyn, Bloomingdale, Ahmanson, Booth (of the Los Angeles Times), and Munger (of Berkshire Hathaway).

Approximately 37 percent of the graduating class is accepted by Ivy League colleges or Stanford. The school has ranked as high as sixth for S.A.T. scores nationwide.

The prestige of Marlborough, however, was tarnished when in 2015 it was revealed that a male teacher who had headed the English department had had sex with at least two students, and even caused underage pregnancies and miscarriages/abortions.

After Barbara Wagner, the current head of school is Laura Hotchkiss.