St. Andrew's School (Delaware)
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Middletown, Delaware United States |
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| Type | Private, boarding |
| Motto | "Pistis Kai Episteme" ("Faith and Learning") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
| Established | 1929 |
| Headmaster | Daniel T. Roach |
| Faculty | 76 |
| Enrollment | 310 |
| Average class size | 12 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
| Campus | 2200 acres |
| Color(s) | Cardinal red white |
| Athletics | 21 varsity interscholastic teams |
| Athletics conference | Delaware Independent School Conference |
| Mascot | Cardinal, Saint, & Griffon |
| Average SAT scores (2012) | 1320 verbal + math |
| Endowment | $197M |
| Website | www.standrews-de.org |
St. Andrew's is a private, Episcopal, co-educational boarding school in Middletown, Delaware. Enrollment for the 2015–2016 school year was 310 students in grades nine to twelve. Following the tradition of other boarding schools, students refer to their "form" rather than "grade." Freshmen are III Formers, while seniors are VI Formers. All students are required to board, living in dorms on campus separated by sex and form. VI Formers live in underclassmen dorms acting as residential leaders in charge of dorm life.
At the start of the 2015–2016 school year, St. Andrew's School had 41% students of color and 17% international students.
The school has a current admissions rate of 28%, with a 58% yield rate and a median SSAT of 83% during the 2015–2016 school year.
St. Andrew's offers a full course liberal arts curriculum.
The culmination of a student's English studies is the Senior Exhibition in which students read a work of literature provided by their instructor, develop a thesis on that work in the form of a 10–15 page paper, and defend the thesis before members of the English Department. The Senior Exhibition process has been compared to a university thesis defense, differing in length requirements. The Senior Exhibition aims to use the skills developed by the students through their careers, focusing on their ability to think critically.
St. Andrew's has an endowment of $197 million. Student tuition cost was $55,000 for the 2015–2016 school year. c.46% of students receive some form of financial aid. St. Andrew's dispensed approximately $6.1 million in financial aid in 2015, with a grant average of $42,688.
St. Andrew's was founded in 1929 by A. Felix du Pont (1879–1948). He was a member of the du Pont family, which made its fortune in the chemical industry. The school was founded to provide a top education for boys of all socio-economic backgrounds, regardless of their families' ability to pay. St. Andrew's was originally a boys' school, but became coeducational in 1973. The school has a student-run Student Leadership Diversity Conference (SDLC), which addresses issues of racial and ethnic diversity. St. Andrew's has also had a Gender and Sexuality Alliance since the early 2000s that provides social support to LGBT students.
St. Andrew's is located on 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of land, much of which is dedicated nature preserve. The school also leases tracts of land to farmers, with the contractual agreement that they will farm the land in a sustainable, environmentally conscious way. In the center of this land is Noxontown Pond, which is used for crew in the spring. It is also open to fishermen.
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