St. Andrew's School 2009-10

Founded in 1929

Headmaster: Daniel T. Roach, Jr.

Co-Educational, all boarding, Episcopal
Serving III-VI Forms (9-12th Grades)

Students:

Enrollment: 305
50% Boys
50% Girls

Average Class Size: 11
Student-Teacher Ratio: 5 to 1

States and Territories Represented: 23
International countries: 14

Admission Statistics:

Each year approximately 425 students apply for 80 openings.
About 30% of these applicants are offered admission.
Sixty new students are offered places in the III form (9th grade), twenty students are offered new places in the IV form (10th grade), and a few places are offered to new V formers (11th grade) if space is available. Our applicants come from public, private, parochial or foreign schools and some are home-schooled.

Expenses 2009-10

Financial Aid:

(does not faculty tuition remission) 

Endowment:

Curriculum:

90 available courses, 35 Advanced Study courses (see Academics)

Academic Departments:

English; History; Mathematics; Modern Languages: Chinese, Spanish, French; Classical Languages: Greek, Latin; Religious Studies; Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science; Visual and Performing Arts

College Matriculations:

Classes of 2006 - 2009 Greatest number of matriculations:

• Williams: 10
• University of the South: 9
• Boston College: 9
• Davidson: 8
• Vassar: 8
• Franklin and Marshall: 8
• University of Virginia: 7
• Hamilton: 7
• Carnegie Mellon: 7
• Brown University: 6
• George Washington: 6

Campus Resources:

Irene du Pont Library, fully automated, 35,000 vols., access to University of Delaware Library; A. Felix du Pont, Jr. Memorial Chapel; Forbes Theater; Amos Science Building; O'Brien Arts Center; 220 Computers, 95% Mac, 5% PC, campus wide broadband Internet access for entire school; 2200-acre campus; 2-acre organic garden.

Athletic Facilities:

Facilities include 11 athletic fields, a 5K cross-country course, state-of-the-art six-lane swimming pool, 5 squash courts, 2 basketball courts, 2 wrestling rooms, a cardiovascular fitness room, a weight-training room, 17 tennis courts, and the Kip duPont Boathouse, which houses 20 shells and provides easy access to the 1500-meter crew course on Noxontown Pond.