By and large, families that send their kids to Beecher Prep (which is a private middle school) are educated and upper-class, though not uniformly.

Is Beecher Prep a school?

Beecher Prep School is the school that many of the students attend in Wonder. It is named after Henry Ward Beecher, who was a nineteenth century abolitionist and human rights advocate.

What is the school called in Wonder?

Due to his condition, August has been home-schooled by his mother; however, wanting him to experience a larger world, his parents enroll him into Beecher Prep, a private school, for the start of fifth grade.