With another school year off and running, Suburban Life takes an in-depth look at the area’s foremost private high schools. Although a school cannot be assessed solely on student SAT scores, college-advancement rates and student-to-faculty ratios, such benchmarks can offer significant insight into a given school’s ability to nurture its students’ academic success; on-campus intangibles that foster a student’s athletic development and social growth, for example, must also be considered. In the following pages we’ve compiled an inventory of critical data so you can determine how the private schools in our coverage area are meeting the educational needs of the greater student body.
Data was compiled using resources from the National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Review and school websites, as well as interviews with school administrators. Suburban Life Magazine has used its best efforts to gather the information for this list but does not guarantee that the information provided is complete or accurate.
BUCKS COUNTY
Archbishop Wood Catholic High School
655 York Road, Warminster
Total Students: 1,156; Senior Class: 296
Student/Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 516, Verbal - 526, Writing - 529
Tuition: $5,100 per year
Graduation to a 4-year College: 75%
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
611 Wistar Road, Fairless Hills
Total Students: 940; Senior Class: 200
Student/Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $5,350 (Catholic Student), $6,450 (Non-Catholic)
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
George School
1690 Newtown Langhorne Road, Newtown
Total Students: 532; Senior Class: 141
Student/Faculty Ratio: 7/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 540/670, Verbal - 530/660, Writing - 550/670
Tuition: $42,920 (Boarding Student), $30,850 (Day Student)
Graduation to a 4-year College: 99%
Holy Ghost Preparatory School
2429 Bristol Pike, Bensalem
Total Students: 517; Senior Class: 128
Student/Faculty Ratio: 10/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 630, Verbal - 610, Writing - 620
Tuition: $15,400
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Middle Earth Academy
299 Jacksonville Road, Warminster
Total Students: 50; Senior Class: 10
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: Unavailable
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Plumstead Christian School
5765 Old Easton Road, Plumsteadville
Total Students: 152; Senior Class: 34
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 551, Verbal - 559, Writing - 562
Tuition: $10,050
Graduation to a 4-year College: 81%
Solebury School
6832 Phillips Mill Road, New Hope
Total Students: 220; Senior Class: 42
Student/Faculty Ratio: 6/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 564, Verbal - 541, Writing - 555
Tuition: $42,900 (Boarding), $28,900 (Day)
Graduation to a 4-year College: 98%
Villa Joseph Marie High School
1180 Holland Road, Holland
Total Students: 385; Senior Class: 88
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 552, Verbal - 563, Writing - 602
Tuition: $10,250
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
CHESTER COUNTY
CFS - The School at Church Farm
1001 E. Lincoln Hwy., Exton
Total Students: 174; Senior Class: 30
Student/Faculty Ratio: 5/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $25,000 (Boarding), $15,000 (Day)
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Coventry Christian Schools
962 E. Schuylkill Road, Pottstown
Total Students: 353 students; Senior Class: 22
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 566, Verbal - 570, Writing - 559
Tuition: $6,840
Graduation to a 4-year College: 95%
Delaware Valley Friends School
19 E. Central Ave., Paoli
Total Students: 187; Senior Class: 45
Student/Faculty Ratio: 6/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $35,200
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Upattinas School
429 Greenridge Road, Glenmoore
Total Students: 93; Senior Class: 26
Student/Faculty Ratio: 11/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $13,020
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Valley Christian School
200 Airport Road, Coatesville
Total Students: 100; Senior Class: 6
Student/Faculty Ratio: 10/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: Unavailable
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Villa Maria Academy High School
370 Old Lincoln Highway, Malvern
Total Students: 454; Senior Class: 110
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $14,100
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
DELAWARE COUNTY
Academy-Notre Dame De Namur
560 Sproul Road, Villanova
Total Students: 515; Senior Class: 94
Student/Faculty Ratio: 7/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math – 530/640, Verbal – 530/630, Writing – 550/670
Tuition- $18,700
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Archbishop John Carroll High School
211 Matson Ford Road, Radnor
Total Students: 986; Senior Class: 226
Student/Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $5,350
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Archbishop Prendergast High School
401 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill
Total Students: 834; Senior Class: 182
Student/Faculty Ratio: 23/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $4,860
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Cardinal O’Hara High School
1701 South Sproul Road, Springfield
Total Students: 1,917; Senior Class: 459
Student/Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $5,130
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
480 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr
Total Students: 395 (Total), 180 (High School); Senior Class: 49
Student/Faculty Ratio: 7/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 595, Verbal - 600, Writing - 610
Tuition: $7,500 - $14,995
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Delaware County Christian School
462 Malin Road, Newtown Square
Total Students: 333; Senior Class: 74
Student/Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $11,880
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Malvern Preparatory School
418 S. Warren Ave., Malvern
Total Students: 615 (Total), 475 (High School); Senior Class: 118
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 620, Verbal - 597, Writing - 590
Tuition: $25,650
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Monsignor Bonner High School
403 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill
Total Students: 910; Senior Class: 245
Student/Faculty Ratio: 22/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $5,350
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Southside Baptist Academy
40 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Downingtown
Total Students: 126; Senior Class: 8
Student/Faculty Ratio: 10/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
The Phelps School
583 Sugartown Road, Malvern
Total Students: 148; Senior Class: 45
Student/Faculty Ratio: 5/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $21,250
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
West Chester Christian School
1237 Paoli Pike, West Chester
Total Students: 153; Senior Class: 12
Student/Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: Unavailable
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
West-Mont Christian Academy
873 S. Hanover St., Pottstown
Total Students: 376; Senior Class: 29
Student/Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math + Verbal - 1650
Tuition: $6,300
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Westtown School
975 Westtown Road, West Chester
Total Students: 782 (Total), 394 (High School); Senior Class: 110
Student/Faculty Ratio: 7/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 570/710, Verbal - 560/680, Writing - 570/690
Tuition: $43,730 (Boarding),
$27,480 (Day)
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Abington Friends School
575 Washington Lane, Jenkintown
Total Students: 258; Senior Class: 65
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $25,900
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools
2815 Huntingdon Pike, Bryn Athyn
Total Students: 220; Senior Class: 38 (Boys), 36 (Girls)
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 585, Verbal - 571, Writing - 566
Tuition: $17,961 (Boarding), $12,601 (Day)
Graduation to a 4-year College: 96
The Baldwin School
701 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr
Total Students: 560 (Total), 193 (High School); Senior Class: 51
Student/Faculty Ratio: 7/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 580/710, Verbal - 590/700, Writing - 600/730
Tuition: $27,000 - $28,000
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Bishop McDevitt High School
125 Royal Ave., Wyncote
Total Students: 718; Senior Class: 190
Student/Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $5,350 (Catholic), $6,450 (Non-Catholic)
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Calvary Baptist School
1380 S. Valley Forge Road, Lansdale
Total Students: 87; Senior Class: 28
Student/Faculty Ratio: 12/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $4,189
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Christopher Dock Mennonite High School
1000 Forty Foot Road, Lansdale
Total Students: 418; Senior Class: 102
Student/Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $13,950
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Friends’ Central School
1101 City Ave., Wynnewood
Total Students: 379; Senior Class: 93
Student/Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 649, Verbal - 669, Writing - 666
Tuition: $25,400
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Germantown Academy
340 Morris Road, Fort Washington
Total Students: 485; Senior Class: 117
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $22,855
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
1345 Sumneytown Pike, Gwynedd Valley
Total Students: 395; Senior Class: 90
Student/Faculty Ratio: 13/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $13,500
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Haverford School
450 Lancaster Ave., Haverford
Total Students: 935; Senior Class: 85
Student/Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $19,950 - $29,900
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
223 N. Highland Ave., Merion Station
Total Students: 314; Senior Class: 68
Student/Faculty Ratio: 6/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $23,700
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Kennedy Kenrick Catholic High School
250 E. Johnson Hwy., Norristown
Total Students: 570; Senior Class: 145
Student/Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $4,860
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
Lansdale Catholic High School
700 Lansdale Ave., Lansdale
Total Students: 824; Senior Class: 222
Student/Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $5,350
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
La Salle College High School
8605 Cheltenham Ave., Wyndmoor
Total Students: 1,040; Senior Class: 248
Student/Faculty Ratio: 10/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 615, Verbal - 602, Writing - 601
Tuition: $17,200
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Merion Mercy Academy
511 Montgomery Ave., Merion Station
Total Students: 481; Senior Class: 116
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 500/620, Verbal - 530/640, Writing - 570/670
Tuition: $14,150
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Mount Saint Joseph Academy
120 Wissahickon Ave, Flourtown
Total Students: 557; Senior Class: 137
Student/Faculty Ratio: 13/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 612, Verbal - 622, Writing - 646
Tuition: $13,400
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy
35 Hillcrest Ave., Erdenheim
Total Students: 342 (Total), 141 (High School); Senior Class: 39
Student/Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 560, Verbal - 560, Writing - 544
Tuition: $11,295
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
St. Basil Academy
711 Fox Chase Road, Jenkintown
Total Students: 415; Senior Class: 107
Student/Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $9,400
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
St. Pius X High School
844 N. Keim St., Pottstown
Total Students: 553; Senior Class: 148
Student/Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $4,620
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
The Shipley School
814 Yarrow St., Bryn Mawr
Total Students: 833 (Total), 328 (High School); Senior Class: 85
Student/Faculty Ratio: 7/1
Avg. SAT Score: Math - 647, Verbal - 633, Writing - 645
Tuition: $28,995
Graduation to a 4-year College: 100%
Wyncote Academy
7920 Washington Lane, Wyncote
Total Students: 77 (Total), 63 (High School); Senior Class: 26
Student/Faculty Ratio: 8/1
Avg. SAT Score: Unavailable
Tuition: $23,000
Graduation to a 4-year College: Unavailable
