Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy
Academia Phillipiana[1]
Address
Map
180 Main Street

,
Massachusetts
01810

United States
Coordinates42°38′50″N 71°07′54″W / 42.6473°N 71.1316°W / 42.6473; -71.1316
Information
School type
Motto
  • Latin: Non Sibi ("Not for Self")
  • Latin: Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning")
  • Youth From Every Quarter
  • Knowledge and Goodness
Established1778 (1778)
FounderSamuel Phillips Jr.
CEEB code220030
NCES School ID00603199
PresidentAmy Falls
Head of SchoolRaynard S. Kington
Teaching staff232
Grades912, PG
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment1,149 (2022-23)
 • Boarding students848
 • Day students282
Student to teacher ratio7:1
Campus size706 acres (3 km2)
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)
  •   Navy
  •   White
Athletics conference
MascotGunga, the gorilla
Team nameBig Blue
RivalPhillips Exeter Academy
AccreditationNEASC
NewspaperThe Phillipian
YearbookPot Pourri
Endowment$1.32 billion (June 2023)
Tuition$69,600 (boarding)
$53,950 (day)
AffiliationsESA
TSAO
Former pupilsOld Phillipians
Websiteandover.edu

Phillips Academy (also known as PA, Phillips Academy Andover, or simply Andover) is a co-educational college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located in Andover, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The academy enrolls approximately 1,150 students in grades 9 through 12, including postgraduate students. It is part of the Eight Schools Association and the Ten Schools Admissions Organization.

Founded in 1778, Andover is one of the oldest high schools in the United States. It has educated a long list of notable alumni through its history, including American presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, foreign heads of state, members of Congress, five Nobel laureates and six Medal of Honor recipients.

Andover is highly selective, accepting just 9% of applicants for the 2022–2023 school year. Along with its athletic rival Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover is one of only two co-ed high schools in the United States to both admit students on a need-blind basis and provide financial aid covering 100% of students' demonstrated financial need. 45% of Andover students receive financial aid.

  1. ^ Sherwood Owen Dickerman, De argumentis ... (Halle, 1860) p. 107; abbreviated "Phillip. Acad." on the official seal

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