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Facts at a Glance
Enrollment Statistics
- 541 students
- 70% boarding students | 30% day students
- 19 states | 19 countries
- 36% students receive financial assistance
- 24% international students
- 15% students of color
- Teaching faculty: 80
- Total faculty: 108
- 7:1 student-teacher ratio
- 71% faculty hold advanced degrees
- Average tenure: 10 years
- Average class size: 12-14
- Academic courses offered: 172
- AP, Post AP, and Advanced Topics Courses: 32
- Honors courses offered: 16
- Naval Honor Certification Program
- Senior Project program
- Independent Study options
- Waterfront campus (88 waterfront acres)
- Marine Science offerings
- Nautical Science offerings
- Aquaculture classes
- Sailing and crew sports
- Research and Environmental Education Focus Program (REEF)
- 92-foot double-masted sail training schooner and research vessel: the SSV Tabor Boy
- 142 floating assets, including:
- 65 sailboats (Opti prams, FJs, Z420s, Sunfish, RS Quests)
- 26 rowing crafts (kayaks, crew shells, whaleboat)
- 22 powerboats
- 29 docks/piers
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- 88 acres with 43 buildings, including:
- 16 dormitories
- 3 theaters, including the Will Parker ’04 Black Box Theater and the Fireman Center for Performing Arts (650-seat auditorium with orchestra pit)
- Braitmayer Art Center, home to fine art studios, digital and darkroom photography facilities, and ceramics kilns
- Observatory
- 65 on-campus faculty houses
- LEED Gold Certified science laboratory wings
- Marine and Nautical Science Center (located in a salt marsh on the water)
- Athletics facilities include:
- Fish Athletic Center, including Field House, squash and basketball courts, fitness room, rowing tank, and Beebe Grill
- Stone Gymnasium
- Travis Roy Hockey Rink
- 8-acre Turf Complex with baseball diamond, football field, soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse facilities
- Regulation track
- 16 dormitories
- Average 18 student residents per dorm
- 76 faculty members live on campus
- 24/7 Health Center
- 40+ faculty pets on campus
- 11 fire pits on campus (great for s'mores!)
- 39 residential & day student proctors
- 2 student co-heads of school
- 15-21 activities in a typical weekend
- 75 pizzas fresh-made daily in our gas-fired pizza ovens
- 1,500 ice cream cones every week
- 38,400 chocolate chip cookies served at lunch each year
- Gluten-free station in dining hall
- Allergy-friendly campus
- Soft-serve ice cream
- Special meals include Holiday Breakfast, Thanksgiving Dinner, International Night, and Super Bowl Dinner
- Salad bar/fresh fruit bar
- Daily homemade soups
- Member of the ISL, with 17 teams competing
- Interscholastic sports: 26 (60+ total teams)
- Athletic facilities:
- Field House
- 8 playing fields (3 turf, 5 grass)
- 8 tennis courts
- 8 squash courts
- 2 boathouses (sailing and crew)
- 9 crew shells
- 4 basketball courts
- Rowing tank
- Hockey rink
- Fitness Center
- Training room
- Wrestling room
- Dance studio
- 65 Sail boats (Z420s and FJs for racing; Quests, Sunfish and Prams for recreational sailing)
- Sail Training Schooner (SSV Tabor Boy)
- Whale boat
- Vocal, dance & instrumental performance opportunities:
- Fall & Spring Dance Recitals
- Winter & Spring Concerts
- Winter Musical
- Madrigal Singers
- Competitive Dance Team
- And more...
- 13 private music instructors
- 6+ theatrical productions each year
- Dance studio
- Arts courses include:
- Acting
- Lighting Design
- Directing
- Digital and Black & White Photography
- Digital Arts
- Ceramics, including Advanced Ceramics/Glazing
- Studio Art
- Applied Music
- Fine arts facilities:
- Drawing and painting studios
- Art gallery
- Printmaking tools and printing presses
- 14 electric potter's wheels
- 3 electric kilns
- Downdraft gas kiln
- Glaze lab
- Wood-fired kiln
- Outdoor Raku kiln
- Slab roller
- Pug mill and extruder
- Digital arts & photography programs:
- Black-and-white photo lab
- 7 professional-grade Nikon camera kits
- 10 Nikon DSLRs
- Large format digital printer
- Large format camera (4x5)
- Darkroom
- Media Lab with access to Adobe Suite, G1 Mac minis, and Procreate on iPad Pros (with Apple Pencils)
- 28 Wacom Intuos drawing/graphics tablets
- Photography studio lighting
- Community service:
- 22+ South Coast Service Partners
- After-school and club programs
- All-school opportunities
- Special Olympics of MA
- International Global Studies Program
- Global travel and exchanges (including summer language grants, academic and homestay exchanges)
- Non-denominational chapel program
- Student Leadership program
- Student-led clubs and activities, student government, proctor programs, peer mentoring, and peer tutoring
- Student-led publications, such as newspaper, yearbook, and literary magazines
- Advising and academic support programs
- College Counseling resources include:
- College Process Preparation (free test prep and diagnostic testing)
- Free professional financial aid advice
- On-campus college fairs and college rep visits
