St. John's School (Texas)
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Houston, TX United States |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Faith and Virtue |
| Religious affiliation(s) | no religious affiliation |
| Established | 1946 |
| Head of School | Mark Desjardins |
| Faculty | 193 |
| Enrollment | 1,325 |
| Average class size | 135 (Upper School) 120 (Middle school) 60 (Lower school) 42 (Kindergarten) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 (Upper School) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Scarlet and Black |
| Nickname | Crusaders (1946–1949) Rebels (1949–2004) Mavericks (2004–present) |
| Average SAT scores | 2020-2300 (mid 50%) (2400 scale) |
| Average ACT scores | 30-34 (mid 50%) |
| Website | sjs |
St. John's School (also known as St. John's or SJS) is a coeducational independent school in Houston, Texas, United States, presenting a 13-year sequence of university preparatory training. The School was founded in 1946 and is a member of the Houston Area Independent Schools, the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS), and the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC). Though situated adjacent to St. John the Divine church, St. John's claims no religious affiliation. It has been coeducational since its founding and has produced many notable alumni. Noted for its selectivity and academic rigor, St. John's has been described by Forbes.com as one of "America's Elite Prep Schools" and listed by the Wall Street Journal as among schools in the United States with the largest percentages of graduates attending a handful of highly selective universities.
St. John's is a not-for-profit entity and receives no state or federal funding. Tuition for the 2016–2017 school year is $27,545 for Upper School students (grades 9 through 12), $26,000 for Middle School students (grades 6 through 8), and $22,975 for Lower School students (kindergarten through grade 5). Many students receive partial to full need-based scholarships, as the School has a need-blind admissions policy.
As of June 2014, SJS's endowment is $71,554,760.
Toward the close of World War II, W. St. John Garwood and other prominent Houstonians sought to create in Houston a "school of exacting standards" in the development of individual, spiritual, ethical, intellectual, social, and physical growth of its students. In January 1946, Alan Lake Chidsey, former headmaster of both the Pawling School (today the Trinity-Pawling School) and the Arizona Desert School and the post-war Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Chicago, was asked to fly to Texas to speak at a gathering of interested members of the Houston community. Frontrunners of the idea, Mr. and Mrs. W. St. John Garwood, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Merrick Phelps, Mr. R. E. Smith, Mr. J. O. Winston, Jr., and the Reverend Thomas Sumners of the Church of St. John the Divine Episcopal Church were among those present at the meeting. At Mr. Chidsey's persuasion, Mrs. William S. Farish immediately committed to her involvement with the School, and many others followed.
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