Baylor School
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171 Baylor School Road Chattanooga, Tennessee 37405 United States |
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| School type | Private, Boarding, Day |
| Motto | Amat Victoria Curam (Victory Loves Care) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian |
| Established | 1893 |
| CEEB code | 430275 |
| Headmaster | Scott Wilson |
| Faculty | 148 teachers |
| Grades | 6 to 12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 209 Boarding (9-12) 314 Day (6-8) 547 Day (9-12) 1070 Total |
| Average class size | 13 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus size | 670 acres (2.7 km2) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and Grey |
| Athletics | 18 varsity sports |
| Athletics conference | TSSAA |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Average SAT scores | 500 - 640 reading 520 - 660 math 510 - 640 writing |
| Average ACT scores | 23-28 |
| Newspaper | The Baylor Notes |
| Yearbook | The Tower |
| Endowment | $90 million |
| Website | baylorschool.org |
Baylor School, commonly called Baylor, is a private, coeducational prep school on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded in 1893, the school currently sits atop a 680 acres (2.8 km2) campus and enrolls students in grades 6-12, including boarding students in grades 9-12. These students are served by Baylor's 148 members of faculty, over two-thirds of whom hold advanced degrees, including nearly 40 adults who live on campus and serve as dorm parents. Baylor has had a student win the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in math and science and a teacher receive the National Siemens Award for Exemplary Teaching. The school is also an athletic powerhouse, having the best high school sports program in Tennessee and in the top 25 nationwide according to Sports Illustrated. In the past 21 years, Baylor has won a remarkable 157 state championships, including a national record of 16 consecutive victories in women's golf from 1995-2012. They have also repeatedly been named national champions in both men's and women's swimming by Swimming World Magazine. For the 2011-12 school year, Baylor enrolled 1070 young men and women, 20% of whom lived on campus as representatives of 21 states and 24 countries.
Baylor School was founded in 1893 by John Roy Baylor, a graduate of the University of Virginia. He had been hired by leading men of Chattanooga to establish a college-preparatory school for the "young men of the city," and on September 12, Baylor's University School of Chattanooga opened its doors for its first class: a group of 31 boys between ages 10 and 17, each charged a tuition of $100. These classes were originally held in an old house in downtown Chattanooga, located at 101 McCallie Avenue; the school later moved to a location on Palmetto Street, also in the city. The first classes of the school were all-male; in 1900, the school began enrolling young women, but by 1912 had reverted to having an all-male class. The school would not again admit women until 1985, over seventy years later. In 1915, with the help of philanthropist John Thomas Lupton, Baylor moved to its current location overlooking the Tennessee River. That 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus has since expanded to 670 acres (2.7 km2), but the quad in the center of campus has never moved, marking the location of the heart of Baylor School.
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