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Abbot Hall (Phillips Exeter Academy)

Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy Seal.png
Location
20 Main Street
Exeter, New Hampshire
United States
Information
Type Independent, day & boarding
Motto Non Sibi
(Not for Oneself)
Finis Origine Pendet
(The End Depends Upon the Beginning)
Χάριτι Θεοῦ
(By the Grace of God)
Established 1781
Founder John Phillips
Principal Lisa MacFarlane
Faculty 217
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 1,079 total
865 boarding
214 day
Average class size 12 students
Student to teacher ratio 5:1
Campus Town, 672 acres (2.72 km2)
132 buildings
Color(s) Lively Maroon and Grey
         
Athletics 22 Interscholastic sports
62 Interscholastic teams
Athletics conference NEPSAC
SSL
Team name Big Red
Rival Phillips Academy Andover
Accreditation NAIS
TABS
Average SAT scores 696 verbal
712 math
699 writing
Newspaper The Exonian
Yearbook PEAN
Endowment $1.1 billion (as of June 2016)
Annual tuition

$46,905 (boarding)

$36,430 (day)
Affiliations Eight Schools Association
G20 Schools
Ten Schools Admissions Organization
Alumni Exonians
Website

Coordinates: 42°58′48″N 70°57′04″W / 42.98000°N 70.95111°W / 42.98000; -70.95111

$46,905 (boarding)

Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is a coeducational independent school for boarding and day students between the 9th and 12th grades. Located in Exeter, New Hampshire, it is one of the oldest secondary schools in the United States. Exeter is noted for its innovation and application of Harkness education, a system based on a conference format of student interaction with minimal teacher involvement. It has the largest endowment of any New England boarding school, which as of June 30, 2016, was valued at $1.15 billion.

Phillips Exeter Academy has educated generations of the upper-class New England establishment and the American political elite, but has introduced many programs to diversify the student population, including free tuition for families whose income is $75,000 or less. In 2015–2016, over 45% of students received financial aid from grants totaling over $19M. The school is selective, with an acceptance rate of 17% for the 2017–2018 school year, and nearly a third of graduates go into the Ivy League.

Management of the school's financial and physical resources is overseen by trustees drawn from alumni. Day-to-day operations are headed by a principal, who is appointed by the trustees. The faculty of the school are responsible for governing matters relating to student life, both in and out of the classroom.

The school's first enrolled class counted 56 boys; in 1970, when the decision was made to implement co-education, there were 700 boys. Present-day enrollment stands at over 1,000 of a roughly equal ratio from both sexes. Students are housed in 26 single-sex dormitories, each supervised by a dormitory head selected from the faculty.

Exeter is a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization and the global G20 Schools group.


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