Brandon Hall School

Definition of Terms 2016 School Data	Brandon Hall School	Boarding School Avg.
School Focus	College Prep	College Preparatory
Grades Offered (Boarding)	7-12	9-12
Grades Offered (Day)	6-12	9-12
School Type	Co-ed	Co-ed
ADD/ADHD Support	Yes	Yes
Supports Learning Differences (LD)	Yes	Yes
Religious Affiliation	Non-denominational	Non-denominational
Year Founded	1959	1910
Campus Size	27 acres	110 acres

Student Body

Enrollment	170 students	298 students
% Students of Color	20%	20%
% International Students	20%	20%
% Students Boarding	50%	68%
Average SAT Score	1800	* National Avg. »View
Average ACT score	22	*National Avg. » View
Offers Post-Grad Year	No	No

Academics and Faculty

Saturday Classes	No	No
Classroom Dress Code	Formal (Khaki shorts or pants, plaid skirt, navy skort, BHS polo shirt , white or blue oxford, tie or bowtie)	Casual
Average Class Size	8 students	12 *National School Avg. » 20
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:6	1:7
# of AP / Advanced Courses Offered	9	16
ESL Courses Offered	Yes	Yes
% Faculty with Advanced Degree	80%	70%
Summer Program Offered	Yes	Yes

Finances

Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students)	$57,500	$51,700
Yearly Tuition (Day Students)	$29,750	$28,500
Tuition international students	$65,720	$47,000
% Students on Financial Aid	20%	35%
Avg. Financial Aid Grant	$10,000	$21,582
Merit Scholarships Offered	No	No

Admission

Application Deadline	None / Rolling	Jan. 15
Accepts Standardized Application	No	No
SSAT Required	Yes	Yes
Acceptance Rate	70%	57%
Director of Admissions	Kirsten Knowles

Course Listings

List of Courses Offered

Link to List of Courses

AP / Advanced Courses

# of AP / Advanced Courses Offered	9	16
Courses	AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Descriptive Statistics, AP Economics, AP Government, AP Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics

Sports

# Interscholastic Sports Offered	12	14
Sports	Baseball, Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Equestrian, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Wrestling

Extracurriculars

Total Extracurricular Organizations	11	23
Extracurriculars	Art Club, Book Nook Club, History of Film Club, International Club, International Thespians, Literary magazine, Radio Controlled Vehicles (RC) Club, Recreational Badminton, Science Fiction Club, Scrabble Club, Transportation and Communications Club

College Matriculation

Year: 2014	10 Most Popular College Choices (# Enrolled)
	University of Mississippi	3
	Emory University	2
	Indiana University	2
	Michigan State University	2
	Georgia Southern University	1
	Loyola Marymount University	1
	Spelman College	1
	University of Colorado-Boulder	1
	University of Georgia	1
	Vassar College	1
	Link to Matriculation Data

School Notes

Brandon Hall School, founded in 1959, offers students excellent educational opportunities, prepares them for the next stages of their academic lives, college and eventually their career endeavors. We welcome boarding students, day students and international students, and 100 percent of our graduates are accepted to college. Our community embraces diversity, celebrates individual strengths, fosters global citizenship, encourages athleticism and the arts, and inspires creativity-where every student`s dream to attend college becomes reality.
Brandon Hall Academics and Programs are designed to help students grow in 5 Intelligences.
STEAM Intelligence
We focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math education that will prepare students for the rapid pace of innovation in our world.
Global Intelligence
The world is "flattening," and co-dependencies among cultures, beliefs and attitudes are increasing. We provide our students with the confidences to thrive in this global world.
Environmental Intelligence
Caring for our global, collective home will require our students to gain an increasing understanding of why the environment matters and how to be responsible for its wellbeing.
Wellness Intelligence
Exercise and nutritional attentiveness are essential to a healthy mind and learning, and caring for one`s own health allows students to care for others. This is why sport and exercise opportunities, along with a healthy diet, are intrinsic at BHS.
Giving Intelligence
The "why, what, when and how" of giving and service comes both by learning and by experience. We provide for both during a student`s education at BHS.
Our Performance Standards articulate a rigorous progression of academic expectations for our students. In a global environment of quickly evolving knowledge of how students learn and constant technological innovation, our educational community is wholeheartedly committed to maintaining an integrated, coherent, and adaptively current academic curriculum, aligned with the school`s mission and the highly valued attributes and skills of our graduates. We encourage students to develop distinct habits of mind and appreciate learning through a combination of inquiry, experimental design and professionalism, putting a gradual emphasis on student independent work, creative thinking and effective oral and written communication. We motivate our students to ultimately think like scientists, historians, engineers, writers, artists, and mathematicians. We believe that motivation for learning comes from within the student, and it is our purpose to guide our students on a journey to discover who they are as learners in this world.
Brandon Hall also offers an array of academic support services, counseling and college advisement to help students succeed academically and throughout their lives.
LD types supported: Mild Learning Differences through our Learning Support Center
School accreditations: AdvancEd (formally Souther Association of Colleges and Schools/SACS), Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC)