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Hotchkiss School

Hotchkiss School
Hotchkiss School Seal.png
Location
11 Interlaken Road
Lakeville, Connecticut
(New York metropolitan area)
United States
Information
Type Private, day and boarding
Motto Moniti Meliora Sequamur
((After instruction, let us move on to pursue higher things.))
Religious affiliation(s) Nonsectarian
Established 1891
Head of school Craig W. Bradley, 15th Head of School
Faculty 150
Grades 9–12, PG
Gender coeducational
Enrollment 600 (2015–16):
93% boarding, 7% day;
50% male, 50% female;
17% International students
32% U.S. students of color
Average class size 13 students
Student to teacher ratio 5:1
Schedule Semester
Campus Rural, 827 acres (3 km2)
13 dorms, 2 lakes, 1 forest
Color(s)      Yale Blue and
     White
Athletics 19 interscholastic sports
Mascot Bearcat
Rivals Taft School
Average SAT scores 2110 (2014)
Newspaper The Record
Yearbook The Mischianza
Endowment $455 million (August 2015)
Annual tuition $51,155 (boarding)
$43,475 (day)
Affiliation Eight Schools Association
Ten Schools Admissions Organization
G20 Schools
Founders League
New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC)
New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG)
Round Square
Green Schools Alliance
Former pupils Pythians (even entrance year) or Olympians (odd entrance year)
Website

The Hotchkiss School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut, founded in 1891. The school offers a classical education with grades 9–12 and a postgraduate (PG) option, attracting students across the United States and 34 foreign countries.

Hotchkiss is a member of the Eight Schools Association,Ten Schools Admissions Organization,G20 Schools group, Founders League,New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC),New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS),National Association of Independent Schools, Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG),Round Square,Cum Laude Society, and Green Schools Alliance.

Hotchkiss has a highly competitive 18% admit rate (2013), and one of the largest private school endowments in the country (ranked fifth largest in 2008 by New York Times).

In 1891, Maria Harrison Bissell Hotchkiss, with guidance from Yale President Timothy Dwight V, founded the school to prepare young men for Yale University. In 1892, Hotchkiss opened its doors to 50 male boarding students for $600. Hotchkiss's endowment also precipitated scholarship aid to deserving students. In 1974, the school became coeducational.


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