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St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy

Doane Academy
DoaneLogo.jpeg
Address
350 Riverbank,
Burlington, New Jersey 08016
United States
Information
Type Independent day school
Motto Right Onward
Religious affiliation(s) Episcopal
Established 1837
Founder George Washington Doane
Headmaster George B. Sanderson
Asst. Headmaster Tim Sadar
Chaplain Rev. Paul Briggs
Faculty 37
Grades Pre K – 12
Gender Coeducational
Enrolment 236 (2016-2017)
Student to teacher ratio 6.3:1
Campus size 13 acres (5.3 ha)
Campus type Suburban, riverside
Color(s)      Navy blue
     Carolina blue
     White
Athletics Baseball, Softball, Soccer, Tennis, Cross Country, Rowing, Basketball
Athletics conference Penn-Jersey Athletic Association
Mascot Sparty
Team name Spartans
Endowment $25,000,000
Annual tuition $18,400pa
Affiliation Episcopalian
Alumni Society of Graduates of St. Mary's Hall and Doane Academy
Website
Doane Academy - As Seen From the Delaware River.jpg
Doane Academy from the Delaware River

Coordinates: 40°04′44″N 74°52′02″W / 40.079025°N 74.867174°W / 40.079025; -74.867174

Doane Academy is a coeducational, independent day school located in Burlington, New Jersey. It was founded in May 1837 by Episcopal Bishop George Washington Doane, initially as a girls' school, but became co-educational upon merging with a boys' school in 1974. The current headmaster is George Sanderson. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989, and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Episcopal Schools.

The academy was founded as St. Mary's Hall by the Right Reverend George Washington Doane, second Episcopal bishop of New Jersey. It opened on May 1, 1837 with 52 pupils. Founded to offer an education equal to that of boys, it accepted girls and young women as undergraduates and postgraduates, and was the first all-girls academic boarding school in the United States.

Bishop Doane raised capital for the new school by issuing shares of stock, but a severe financial depression hit the United States just as the school was opening. Saint Mary’s Hall survived, financed mainly from the personal funds of Eliza Green Perkins Doane, the Bishop’s wife. She received a $9,500 annual dowry from the estate of her late first husband, which she donated to the school.


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