Gow School

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| name = The Gow School

| image = The Gow School Campus.jpg

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| established = 1926

| founder = Peter Gow, Jr.

| head_name = Head of School

| head = John Munro

| type = Independent

| state = 2491 Emery Road
South Wales, New York 14139

| country = USA

| coordinates = {{Coord|42.708809|-78.582627|display=inline,title}}

| campus = Rural, {{convert|100|acre|km2|1|adj=on}}

| enrollment = 130{{cite web |title=The Gow School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00941795 |website=Private School Universe Survey |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdate=6 October 2020 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123001954/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00941795 |url-status=dead }}

| enrollment_as_of = 2022–23

| faculty = 32.3 {{FTE}}

| ratio = 4:1

| grades = 5–PG

| colors = Crimson and navy blue

| mascot = Raven

| accreditation = New York State Association of Independent Schools{{cite web |title=Gow School |url=https://www.nysais.org/page.cfm?p=148 |website=School Directory |publisher=New York State Association of Independent Schools |access-date=4 September 2021 |quote=Unless designated as "Associate, Association, or Provisional", all schools are Full members of NYSAIS. Only Full Member schools are accredited by NYSAIS.}}

| ceeb = 335290

| us_nces_school_id = 00941795

| revenue = $12,450,580 {{cite web |title=IRS form 990 |url=https://pp-990.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/05_2021_prefixes_13-20/161034793_202006_990_2021052518186513.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA266MJEJYTM5WAG5Y%2F20210904%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210904T021648Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=3bd8271332c74f3cb69e9b824efae3e6dfcbfbb555eb73e2a4af904320b32a10 |website=ProPublica |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=September 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904022315/https://pp-990.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/05_2021_prefixes_13-20/161034793_202006_990_2021052518186513.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA266MJEJYTM5WAG5Y/20210904/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210904T021648Z&X-Amz-Expires=1800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=3bd8271332c74f3cb69e9b824efae3e6dfcbfbb555eb73e2a4af904320b32a10 |url-status=dead }}

| fees = $2,500 (bookstore deposit) {{cite web |title=Financial Aid & Tuition |url=https://www.gow.org/admissions/financial-aid-tuition |website=The Gow School |access-date=4 September 2021}}

| tuition = $77,500 (boarding), $57,500 (day)

| homepage = [http://www.gow.org/ www.gow.org]

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The Gow School is a college-prep boarding and day school located in South Wales, New York, United States, a hamlet close to Buffalo. It is for students, grades 6–12, with dyslexia and similar language-based learning disabilities, such as include developmental coordination disorder, auditory processing disorder, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and disorder of written expression. Students may also have attention (ADD or ADHD) or executive function difficulties. The school was founded in 1926 by educator Peter Gow, along with insight from his colleague, neurologist Dr. Samuel T. Orton.{{Cite book |title=Peterson's summer opportunities for kids and teenagers. |publisher=Peterson's |year=1991 |isbn=9780878669721 |edition=8th |location=Princeton, New Jersey |pages=504}}

In 2020, former students came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct in the late 80's and early 90's.{{cite web | url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2020/12/16/alumnus-of-the-gow-school-sues-for-negligence | title=Survivor of Alleged Sexual Abuse Accuses Gow School of Negligence }}{{cite web | url=https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/gow-school-responds-to-sexual-abuse-allegations-by-former-students/amp/ | title=Gow School responds to sexual abuse allegations by former students | date=December 15, 2020 }}