The Greenwich Country Day School is a co-educational, independent day school with 840 students enrolled in nursery through ninth grade. It is located on an 80-acre campus in Greenwich, Connecticut. The school is fully accredited by the State of Connecticut through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of NAIS. Country Day was founded in 1926. The original 49 students and 11 faculty members, under the leadership of Headmaster John Lynn Miner, began their fledgling enterprise in a barn on the property of William A. Rockefeller. A year later, enrollment had tripled, and The Greenwich Country Day School found a permanent home on a beautiful estate, which still functions as an integral part of the campus. Today, GCDS defines itself as a rigorous family-school fostering academic excellence.