Salisbury School vs. Avon Old Farms School
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School Overview
Top Rankings
Salisbury School ranks among the top 20 boarding schools (out of 277 schools) for:
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Avon Old Farms School ranks among the top 5 all-boys schools (out of 29 all-boys schools) for:
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Community Size
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Overview
The Salisbury faculty know and understand young men, and celebrate what it means to be a boy!
Salisbury provides young men with a quality academic program, nurturing environment, leadership opportunities, and a healthy social environment.
Salisbury instills in boys a vibrant enthusiasm for learning and the self-confidence needed for intellectual, physical, moral and spiritual development.
Our dedicated faculty knows how boys learn and will help each boy to achieve success in his individual pursuits.
Avon Old Farms is expert in educating boys by leveraging relational learning in a very structured and well balanced environment, fostering the character traits needed to be successful throughout one's entire life, all within a unique brotherhood community - guided by traditional Avonian values.
Avon is a Community Where Traditions Live, Where Scholarship Flourishes, Where Boys Become Men.
School Focus
College Preparatory
College Preparatory
Grades Offered
9-12, PG
9-12, PG
School Type
All-boys
All-boys
Year Founded
1901
1927
Campus Size
725 acres
860 acres
Students Body
Enrollment
319
405
% Students of Color
22%
15%
% International Students
19%
17%
% Students Boarding
95%
75%
Average SAT Score
1240
1270
SAT range (25th-75th percentile)
530 - 730
1150 - 1390
Offers Post-Grad Year
Yes
Yes
Academics and Faculty
Saturday Classes
Yes
Yes
Frequency of Saturday Classes
Weekly
Bi-Weekly
Classroom Dress Code
Formal
Formal
Average Class Size
12
12
Student-Teacher Ratio
5:1
6:1
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
17
18
ESL Courses Offered
No
No
% Faculty with Advanced Degree
66%
65%
Summer Program Offered
No
No
Finances
Endowment Size
$100 million
$53 million
Tuition (Boarding Students)
$72,900
$72,300
Tuition (Day Students)
$49,950
$54,900
Tuition (international students)
n/a
$1,000
Avg. Financial Aid Grant
$38,500
$28,000
Merit Scholarships Offered
$1
$1
Admission
Application Deadline
Feb. 1 / rolling
Jan. 15 / rolling
Accepts Standardized Application
No
No
SSAT Required
No
Yes
Average Percentile SSAT
54
60
Acceptance Rate
33%
45%
Director of Admissions
Bill Warder
Patrick Miller
Associate Director of Admissions
Tom Spinella
n/a
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
17
18
Sport
Total Sports Offered
20
13
Sports
Alpine SkiingBaseball
BasketballCrew
Cross CountryCross Country Running
CyclingFootball
GolfIce Hockey
LacrosseMountain Biking
Rock ClimbingSailing
SnowboardingSoccer
SquashTennis
VolleyballWrestling
BaseballBasketball
Cross CountryFootball
GolfIce Hockey
LacrosseSoccer
SquashSwimming and Diving
TennisTrack and Field
Wrestling
Extracurricular
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
16
18
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
FishingInternational Students Organization
Club or Organization:
Big BrothersChess Club
Chinese Culture ClubCommunity Service
ComputersDebate
Dorm PrefectsDramatics
Ecology/Recycling ClubEntrenprenurial Club
Leadership ClassLiterary Magazine
Student GovernmentYearbook
Spirit
Club or Organization:
Big BrothersInternational Club
NewspaperNimrod Club
Social Activities CommitteeSquash Club
Stock Market ClubStudent Activities Association
Student CouncilTechnology Club
Theatre ProductionsToys for Tots
Yearbook
Arts and Music Programs:
HippocreneJazz Club
MusicThe Riddlers