Porter-Gaud School
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| Location | |
| Charleston, South Carolina, United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°46′27″N 79°57′51″W / 32.77417°N 79.96417°WCoordinates: 32°46′27″N 79°57′51″W / 32.77417°N 79.96417°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Fides, Honor, Scientia |
| Established | 1867 |
| Faculty | 395 |
| Number of students | 900 |
| Campus | 88 acres (360,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Garnet and Gray |
| Mascot | Cyclone |
| Rival | Bishop England High School |
| Average SAT scores | 1310 (M+CR) |
| Endowment | $12.5m |
| Affiliation | Episcopal Church |
| Website | Porter-Gaud School |
The Porter-Gaud School is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school in Charleston, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Porter-Gaud has an enrollment of some 950 students, comprising an elementary school, middle school, and high school, and is located on the banks of the Ashley River. The school has historic ties to the Episcopal Church.
Porter-Gaud was formed in July 1964 from the merger of three schools: The Porter Military Academy (founded 1867), the Gaud School for Boys (founded 1908), and the Watt School (founded 1931). The legal name of the institution remains The Porter Academy.
The Porter Military Academy was formed in 1867 by the Reverend Dr. Anthony Toomer Porter, an Episcopal priest, to educate children orphaned during the Civil War. Established as the Holy Communion Church Institute in 1867, the school was later known as Porter Academy and eventually Porter Military Academy. William Steen Gaud established the Gaud School in 1908. In 1948, Berkeley Grimball purchased the school from Gaud and over the course of 16 years increased the enrollment to nearly 150 as the Gaud School attained a position of eminence among Southern preparatory schools. Ann Carson Elliott, Berkeley Grimball's mother, founded the Watt School in 1931, a coeducational primary school, which served as a feeder school for the Gaud School.
In 1964, the original Porter Military Academy campus in downtown Charleston was sold to the Medical University of South Carolina, and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (now CSX) donated the current 88-acre (360,000 m2) campus on Albemarle Point. In July 1964, the three schools merged and dropped the military program. The new entity, Porter-Gaud School, opened its doors to 435 male students in grades 1–12. As modern school facilities began taking shape across the Ashley River on the property donated by the railroad, classes met at the old Porter campus.
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