St. Andrew's is a private, Episcopal, co-educational 100% boarding school near Middletown, Delaware. It is one of only three co-ed college preparatory schools in the United States where all students board. St. Andrew's has 318 students, and is highly selective, accepting 18% for the 2021–2022 school year.
Despite its relatively small student body, it has one of the largest secondary school campuses in the United States, spanning 2,200 acres. In 2024, Architectural Digest named St. Andrew's one of the "World's 9 Most Beautiful Boarding Schools." St. Andrew's offers 130 courses each year, in 10 disciplines.
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Tuition and financial aid
Since the founding of the school in 1929, St. Andrew’s has been a boarding school that meets 100% of demonstrated need. In 2020-2021, student tuition cost was $62,150 for the 2021–2022 school year, with 47% of students receiving some form of financial aid. St. Andrew's granted approximately $7.2 million in financial aid in 2022–2023, with a grant average of $49,102.
History
St. Andrew's was founded in 1929 by A. Felix du Pont (1879–1948). He was a member of the du Pont family. The school was founded to provide a top education for boys of all socio-economic backgrounds, regardless of their families' ability to pay. St. Andrew's was originally a boys' school, but became coeducational in 1973.
It is a member of Mid-Atlantic Boarding School Group (MABS).
Film appearances
The 1989 coming-of-age drama film Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, and Ethan Hawke was filmed almost entirely on the school grounds. The school was known as Welton Academy in the movie.
It also served as the filming location of the young President Bartlet's boarding school in the television series The West Wing episode entitled "Two Cathedrals" (number 44).
Campus facilities
Indoor athletic facilities
Three basketball/volleyball courts
Indoor track
Performance studio & weight room
Cardiovascular fitness room
Sports medicine & rehab center
Locker rooms for all teams plus faculty
Durkin Fleischer Squash Center, which houses nine regulation squash courts
Basketball court
Indoor rowing facility
2,800 square-foot wrestling room
Six lane, 25 yard swimming pool
Outdoor athletic facilities
1,500 meter, six lane crew course on Noxontown Pond
Kip duPont Boathouse
14 tennis courts
More than eleven miles of cross-country trails
Five soccer fields
Four lacrosse fields
Two field hockey fields
Two baseball diamonds
Practice and game football fields
Notable alumni
Bulent Atalay (1958), physicist and author
Ben Bentil (2014), professional basketball player
Dennis C. Blair (1964), former Director of National Intelligence for President Barack Obama and former United States Navy four-star admiral
Eric Boateng (2005), British Olympian, member of the British Olympic Association's Athletes' Commission, professional basketball player, former center for Arizona State Sun Devils, 2005 McDonald's All-American and Gatorade State Athlete of the Year
William R. Brownfield (1970), Assistant Secretary of State; United States Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, Colombia
Erin Burnett (1994), host of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN
Gardner Cadwalader (1966), Olympic rower, competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Moira Forbes (1997), publisher of ForbesWoman
Roy Foster (1967), Irish academic, educator and historical writer
Terrell L. Glenn Jr. (1976), American Anglican bishop
Gregory Gourdet (1993), chef, author, restauranteur and Top Chef finalist
Hume Horan (1951), diplomat and ambassador to five countries
Doug James (1969), American songwriter, known for "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
Lydia Kiesling (2001), American author and literary critic