A girls-only college preparatory school, Miss Porter's School is internationally famous for the superb education it…More offers its students, and also for its history of famous students.</p> <p>The school, located in the historic Farmington Village, was started by Miss Sarah Porter, the daughter of a prominent local family, in 1843, to provide a high-quality education to the young women on the East Coast.</p> <p>The education offered at Miss Porter's, including history, geography, trigonometry and foreign languages, rivaled any boys school with the intent that graduates would go on to care for their families and serve in their communities.</p> <p>Since then, hundreds of young women from around the world have learned and grown at Miss Porter's School, including Jackie Kennedy Onassis.</p> <p>Today Miss Porter's remains focused on offering an unrivaled education and instilling students with a love for community and service.</p>