Facts at a Glance

List of 5 items.

• Faculty/Academic Program

  •  Teaching faculty: 78
  •  Student/teacher ratio: 7:1
  •  68% faculty hold advanced degrees
  •  Average class size: 12-14
  •  Courses offered: 149
  •  Honors Courses: 16
  •  AP, Advanced Topics Courses: 27
  •  Post AP Courses: 5
  •  Naval Honor Certification Program
  •  Senior Project Program
  •  Independent Study Options
  • 67% Class of 2018 attending most/highly competitive colleges

• Campus Assets

  • 88 acres/43 buildings
  • 8 athletic fields, 8 tennis courts, regulation track
  • Turf Complex:  8 acres, including a baseball diamond, football field, soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse facilities.
  • LEED Gold Certified science laboratory wing
  • Marine and Nautical Science Center located in a salt marsh on the water
  • 3 theaters, including the Will Parker '04 Black Box Theater
  • Observatory
  • 3 ceramics kilns, digital and darkroom photography facilities, two media labs
  • 1 wood-fired ceramics kiln (off campus)
  • 3 waterfront docks
  • 113 boats including 70 sailboats: fleets of: opti prams, FJs, Z420s, Sunfish, RS Quests; 22 rowing crafts: kayaks, crew shells (9), a whaleboat (!); and 21 powerboats 
  • 15 dormitories, 65 on-campus faculty houses, minimum of four faculty on duty in each dormitory, average residential dormitory: 18 students
  • 92-foot sail training schooner and research vessel: SSV Tabor Boy

• Athletic Program

  •  Member of the ISL
  •  Interscholastic sports: 26
  •  Interscholastic teams: 62
  •  Field House: 1
  •  Playing Fields: 8
  •  Artificial Turf Fields: 3
  •  Tennis Courts: 8
  •  Squash Courts: 8
  •  Boathouses: 2 (sailing and crew)
  •  Crew Shells: 9 (1 is a four)
  •  Basketball Courts: 4
  •  Rowing Tanks: 1
  •  Hockey Rink: 1
  •  Fitness Center: 1
  •  Training Room: 1
  •  Wrestling Room: 1
  •  Dance Studio: 1
  •  Sail Boats: 69 (18 Z420s and 8 FJs for racing; Quests, Sunfish and Prams for recreational sailing)
  • 1 Sail Training Schooner: SSV Tabor Boy
  • 1 Whale boat

• Studio, Digital & Performing Arts

  • Mixed Chorus, Chamber Singers, Madrigals, Men's and Women's a capella group
  • Music Ensemble, String and Wind Ensembles, Jazz Band, student-created bands
  • Faculty Choir
  • Arts courses include: acting, lighting design, directing, digital and black & white photography, digital arts, ceramics, advanced ceramics/glazing, studio art, independent music lessons
  • Braitmayer Art Center includes three kilns, dark room, studio art, and ceramics studios.
  • Wood-fired kiln (off campus)
  • Mac Laboratory and Digital Arts program including Adobe InDesign, Photoshop. 
  • Dance Studio and a three season dance program, including an award-winning competitive spring dance team (two performances each year)
  • Over six drama productions each year, including at least one large scale musical

• Additional/Unique Programs

  •  Community service: after-school and club program, all-school opportunities
  •  Global Service Learning Trips
  •  Non-denominational chapel program twice a week
  •  Research and Environmental Education Focus Program (REEF)
  •  SSV Tabor Boy Program and Orientation at Sea on Tabor Boy
  •  Student Leadership Program
  •  Student-led clubs, government, proctor program, peer mentoring, peer tutoring
  •  Student-led publications: newspaper, yearbook, and literary magazine
  •  International "Global Studies" Program
  •  Advisor and Class Dean Program
  •  College Counseling:  Click here for college matriculation list
  •  College Process Preparation: Free Test Prep and Diagnostic Testing
  •  Free Professional Financial Aid Advice
  •  Two On Campus College Fairs and College Rep visits