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School Overview
School Focus
College Preparatory
College Preparatory
Grades Offered
9-12, PG
9-12, PG
School Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
ADD/ADHD Support
No
No
Year Founded
1874
1778
Campus Size
300 acres
500 acres
Students Body
Enrollment
736
1154
% Students of Color
35%
59%
% International Students
14%
15%
% Students Boarding
70%
75%
Average SAT Score
1352
1446
SAT range (25th-75th percentile)
1220 - 1510
n/a
Average ACT score
29
31
Offers Post-Grad Year
Yes
Yes
Academics and Faculty
Saturday Classes
No
No
Frequency of Saturday Classes
Weekly
Less than once a month
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Average Class Size
11
13
Student-Teacher Ratio
4:1
7:1
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
70
n/a
ESL Courses Offered
No
No
% Faculty with Advanced Degree
n/a
84%
Summer Program Offered
Yes
Yes
Finances
Endowment Size
$250 million
$1326 million
Tuition (Boarding Students)
$68,420
$73,780
Tuition (Day Students)
n/a
$57,190
Avg. Financial Aid Grant
n/a
$45,000
Admission
Application Deadline
Jan. 15
Feb. 1
Accepts Standardized Application
Yes
No
SSAT Required
No
Yes
Acceptance Rate
18%
13%
Director of Admissions
Jake Dellorco
Jill Thompson
Associate Director of Admissions
Liz Stewart
n/a
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
70
n/a
Sport
Total Sports Offered
18
28
Sports
Alpine SkiingBaseball
BasketballCross Country
EquestrianField Hockey
FootballGolf
Ice HockeyLacrosse
SoccerSoftball
SquashSwimming and Diving
TennisTrack and Field
VolleyballWater Polo
BalletBaseball
BasketballClimbing
CrewCross Country
Cross Country RunningCycling
DanceDiving
Field HockeyFootball
GolfIce Hockey
LacrosseNordic Skiing
SoccerSoftball
SquashSwimming
TennisTrack
Track and FieldUltimate Frisbee
VolleyballWater Polo
Winter TrackWrestling
Extracurricular
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
35
178
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Club or Organization:
Arts and Music Programs:
Agricultural ProctorsBrothers in Unity (affinity group for students identifying as black and male)
Christian Fellowship ClubDarwin Club (outdoor club)
Debate SocietyEnvironmental Action Group
Environmental ProctorsJewish Student Union
Literary Magazine (The Loom)Math Team
Model UNMultiX (affinity group for students identifying as multiracial)
Pa'lante (affinity group for students identifying as Latinx)PASA (Pan Asian Student Alliance)
Peer CounselorsPelican Service Organization
Pelican Support Network (PSN - peer mentors)PRISM (Multiculutural Student Organization)
Robotics TeamScience Team
Shultz Fellows (political discussion group)Sisters' Circle (affinity group for students identifying as black and female)
Spectrum (LGBTQ Organization)Student Council
Student Newspaper (The Log)Yearbook Club (The Confluence)
Arts and Music Programs:
A CappellicansChamber Music
Chamber SingersChorus
Guitar EnsembleJazz Ensemble
Musical RevueOrchestra
Wind Ensemble
Club or Organization:
Arts and Music Programs:
Recreational Athletic Programs:
3D Printing ClubAcademy Manor Nursing Home volunteers
ActiveMinds AndoverActivism
AdoptaPlatoonAfro-Latino-American Society (Af-Lat-Am)
Alianza (Latino Student Alliance)Amnesty International Club
and Mentoring (DREAM)Andover Ambassadors
Andover Japanese ConnectionApp Development
ARC BuddiesArchaeology and History Club
Asian SocietyAstronomy Club
Babel Foreign Language MagazineBacktracks Magazine
Baking ClubBancroft Elementary Teachers Aides
Big Idea ClubBirding Club
Blue Key SocietyBoss Magazine
Bread & Roses community kitchen volunteersBread Loaf Pen Pel Program
Bread Loaf Writing WorkshopCalliope (female a capella)
Campuses against CancerCatholic Student Fellowship
Chess ClubChinese Language & Culture Club
Chinese Taiwanese Student AssociationChristian Fellowship Club
Classical Physics ClubClassics Club
Clutch CollaborativeCommunity Awareness For Everyone (CAFE)
Computer Science ClubConstructed Languages Club
Courant Art & Literary MagazineCulinary Appreciation Club
Culture Politics & Religion (CPR)Cyber Security and Forensics Club
Dear Sam Wellness ClubDeerfield Dance Club
Deerfield Scroll -- Student NewspaperDisability Rights
Diversity Task ForceDocumentary Society
Drug Alcohol Awareness CommitteeEAT Club
Eco-ActionEducation
ElementsEntrepreneurship Club
Environmental Action GroupFashion Design Club
Figure Skating ClubFilm Makers Society
Finance & Politics of SportsFinance Club
FitnessFrench Club
Frontline Political MagazineGames Club
Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA)German Club
Girls Global HealthGirlUp Andover!
Global Health InitiativeGlobal Nomads
Grill ClubHindu Student Union
Indo-PakInternational Club
International Review online publicationJapanese Animeshon Club
Jewish Student UnionJunto
Justice NOWModel UN
Modern Engineering ForumMotorsports Club
Moviemakers ClubMuslim Student Union
Non sibi SocietyNuestros Pequenos Hermanos (Friends of the Orphans)
Out of the BlueOver the Hills and Farther Away
OXFAMPA Democrats
PA Liberal ActionPA Republican Society
PhilomatheanPhilosophy
Photography ClubPhysical Health Information Team
Physics ClubPolitical Union
Pot Pourri YearbookProject V.O.I.C.E. (ESL)
Psychology ClubQuiz Bowl
Real World Challenge aeronauticsRed Cross
Robotics ClubScience & Technology Club
Science and Medicine Journal ClubScience Club
Science Club for GirlsSe Puede After-School Tutoring Program
SIS Female Empowerment programSketchy comedy writing club
South East Asian ClubSpanish
Speech ClubSports Forum
Sports Medicine ClubStudent Activities Board
Student Anti-Genocide CoalitionStudents in Medicine
TechmastersThe Childrens Place volunteers
The Fellowship (FOCUS)UNICEF Club
VOICE-Foreign Language MagazineWomen's Forum
Word slam poetry clubWPAA Radio
Youth Development Organization volunteers
Arts and Music Programs:
Andover Art SocietyAndover-Lawrence String Program
Architecture ClubArt Exchange
Art for ExpressionArt Music Society
Azureblue.print
Classical Music ForumDJ Factory-Electronic Music Production
DramaLabsDrum Line
Footnotes tap dance groupFrisbee Club
GospelHandbell Choir
HypnotiqMusic MDs
Unaccompanied MinorsUnder the Bed
Yorkies
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Ballroom Dance SocietyBlue Strut
Cluster Ultimate FrisbeeCoed Crew
Cross CountryDance Instruction
Disc GolfDouble Dutch
Fencing ClubFIT (Fundamentals in Training)
Hip Hop ClubInstructional Swim
Intramural HockeyIntramural Sports
Outdoor PursuitsPaddle Tennis Club
PilatesPing Pong Club
SkatingSLAM cheer team
SpinningSports and Games Club
Squash instructionTennis Instruction
Volleyball InstructionYoga