SAS in Short

Our Awesomeness

• Loving and Friendly Community

• One residential faculty member for every three boarding students

• Qualified Students take Classes at the University of the South

• 25 Teams in 10 Sports

• Varsity Mountain Biking and Club Climbing Teams

• Visiting Artist Program

• SAS Gallery

• Film Making, Songwriting, and Music Recording Courses

• 550-Acre Campus

• Outdoor Adventure and Place-Based Learning

• Cumberland Scholars Program

• Learning Resources Center

• Winterim

• Senior Creedal Statement

Our Students

• Co-educational

• Grades 6-12

• 8-12 Grade Boarding

• 146 Upper School students

• 65 Middle School students

• 30% Upper School Students Live on Campus

• 13 States and 11 Countries Represented

Our Studies

• 15 Average Class Size 

• 100 Courses Offered

• 32% of seniors graduate with college credit

• 99% Graduates Enroll in 4-year Colleges and Universities

• 2017-2021 Graduates Matriculated to 120 Colleges 

Our Teachers

• 7:1 Student:Teaching Faculty Ratio

• 53% Hold Advanced Degrees

• 3 PhDs with University Teaching Experience

• 8 years average SAS Tenure

• 13 years average Teaching Experience

• 63% Teaching Faculty Live on Campus

Our Mission

• 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