St Andrews School
350 Noxontown Road, Middletown, DE, 19709
(302) 285-4231
St. Andrew’s School develops the independence, character, mind, and spirit of its students to prepare them for lives of citizenship, service, and purpose.
St. Andrew’s School is a private, coeducational, Episcopal boarding school for grades 9 through 12 located on a 2,200-acre campus in Middletown, Delaware. Founded in 1929 by A. Felix du Pont, the school was built on the vision of making excellent education accessible regardless of financial means. Today, the student body numbers around 315, all of whom board on campus, making it one of the few fully residential secondary schools in the United States. Students come from more than 30 states and 15 countries. The average class size is 12 students, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 6:1. Nearly 80% of faculty live on campus, providing a deeply immersive community experience.
FAST FACTS
Head of School:
Joy McGrath
Director of Admissions:
Chris Bates
Gender:
Co-ed
Religious Affiliation:
Episcopal
Total Enrollment:
315
Percent Boarders:
100%
Percent International:
12%
Application Platorm(s):
Gateway and SAO
Testing Plan:
Required
Curriculum
The St. Andrew’s academic program strives to instill in its students habits of thoughtfulness, curiosity, creativity, and independent critical thinking. These core values are expressed in the extraordinary vitality of our academic culture. A visit to campus will reveal classrooms, laboratories, and art studios that are at once lively, playful, and intellectually serious, and students who possess a sense of wonder and who are motivated and deeply engaged in their work. Indeed, it is this high level of academic engagement—a quality most educational research suggest is a precondition for success in college and professional life—that most distinguishes our graduates. At St. Andrew’s, students don’t simply “study” science, art, history; they work, under the careful guidance of our faculty, as apprentice scholars and artists. Through this process, students discover the joys and pleasure of deep learning and authentic inquiry—an experience, we hope, that will sustain them throughout their lives.
Programming
Activities take place in the afternoon between 4:00 and 6:00 PM. Activities include all sports. All students must participate in a sport or activity each afternoon.
Clubs are student-led organizations or groups that meet before evening study hall, on weekends, or during other free periods during the academic day. All clubs have a faculty advisor. All clubs are completely voluntary.
Activity/Sports Requirements
Students are required to participate in at least one afternoon activity each season, with options that include athletics, arts, or service. The school fields 22 varsity interscholastic teams and is particularly known for strong programs in crew, soccer, squash, and lacrosse.
Dress Code
The school maintains a “school dress” standard during the academic day—collared shirts, khakis, skirts/dresses—and formal attire, such as blazers and ties or equivalent business dress, is required for chapel and special events. Casual dress like jeans and sweatshirts is reserved for evenings and weekends.
Seated Meals
Lunches: Family style assigned table groups that rotate every 2-3 weeks. Breakfast & Dinners: Relaxed cafeteria style
Study Hall
Evening study halls are held in dormitories, typically supervised by faculty, to provide structure and academic support.
Saturday Programming
Their website has the programming for each weekend which include activities such as block parties, sports tournaments, watch parties, dances, musicals, family weekends, festivals, etc.
Residential Life
St. Andrew's students live in one of six boys' dorms or eight girls' dorms. Third, IV, and V Form students live in dormitories by gender and by form. Each residence hall is supervised by one or more members of the faculty, known as the dorm parent, who live in a faculty residence attached to the dorm. Sixth Form students live across all dorms and serve as residential leaders (RLs) of each dorm; they work with dorm parents to lead all aspects of dorm life.