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 278 schools) for:
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Avon Old Farms School ranks among the top 5 all-boys schools (out of 30 all-boys schools) for:
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 Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Cross Country Running, Cycling, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, Sailing, Snowboarding, Soccer, Squash, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Squash, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling
Extracurricular
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
16
18
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Big Brothers, Chess Club, Chinese Culture Club, Community Service, Computers, Debate, Dorm Prefects, Dramatics, Ecology/Recycling Club, Entrenprenurial Club, Fishing, International Students Organization, Leadership Class, Literary Magazine, Student Government, Yearbook
Big Brothers, Hippocrene, International Club, Jazz Club, Music, Newspaper, Nimrod Club, Social Activities Committee, Spirit, Squash Club, Stock Market Club, Student Activities Association, Student Council, Technology Club, The Riddlers, Theatre Productions, Toys for Tots, Yearbook