SAS in Short

Our World

• BRAND NEW Outdoor Learning Complex

• Qualified students may take classes at the University of the South

• 550-acre campus

• Loving and friendly community

• One residential faculty member for every three boarding students

• 25 teams in 10 sports

• Varsity mountain biking and club climbing teams

• Visiting artist program

• SAS Art Gallery

• Film making, songwriting, and music recording courses

• Outdoor adventure and place-based learning

• Cumberland Scholars Program

• Learning Resources Center

• Winterim

• Senior Year Creedal Statement

Our Students

• Co-educational

• Grades 6-12

• 7-12 Grade Boarding

• 5- and 7- day boarding available

• 146 upper school students

• 65 middle school students

• 30% upper school Students live on campus

• 13 States and 11 Countries Represented

Academia and Outcomes

• Average class size: 15 students

• 100 Courses Offered

• 50% of seniors graduate with college credit

• 2017-2025 graduates matriculated to 120 colleges 

Our Teachers

• 7:1 Student:Teaching Faculty Ratio

• 81% hold advanced degrees

• 1 in 5 full-time faculty hold a P.h.D

• 8 years average SAS tenure

• 18 years average teaching experience

• 63% teaching faculty live on campus

Our Commitment to Affordable Education

• 50% receive need-based financial aid

• $2.1M Awarded in 2020

Our History

• One of the Oldest Episcopal Boarding Schools in the U.S.

• 1868 Sewanee Military Academy established 

• 1905 St. Andrew's School established

• One of the first Southern boarding schools to integrate

• 1981 Merger Creates St. Andrew's-Sewanee School