Choate Rosemary Hall - Statistical Profile

Statistical Profile

Choate enrolls 630 boarding and 220 day students representing 39 states and 46 countries. 31 percent of students identify themselves as persons of color. For the 2011–2012 year there were 1,987 applicants of whom 20 percent were accepted, with a 66 percent acceptance yield. The 2011–2012 tuition and fees are $46,420 for boarders and $35,350 for day students. Financial aid totaling $10 million was awarded to 34 percent of the student body, the average award being $35,500 for boarders and $23,800 for day students.

The teaching faculty numbers 122 of whom 67 percent hold advanced degrees. Ninety percent of teaching faculty live on campus. There are in addition 49 administrative faculty. The student-faculty ratio is 6:1, and the average class size is 12.

In fiscal year 2011 Choate's endowment was $286.5 million. In November 2006 the school inaugurated a capital campaign with a target of $200 million and by the campaign's close in 2011 gifts and pledges of $220 million had been secured.

Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim chaplains serve Choate's campus ministry. Services include Christian fellowship, Protestant evening services, Roman Catholic mass, Buddhist meditation, Hillel, Spiritual Alternatives, Reflections Program, and other student worship groups.

The school fields 81 interscholastic athletic teams in 32 sports. Choate's historical archrival in athletic competition is Deerfield Academy. The final weekend of the fall season is Deerfield Day (at Deerfield it's called Choate Day), when the two schools compete in every sport at varsity and sub-varsity levels.

On July 1, 2011, Dr. Alex Curtis succeeded Edward Shanahan as headmaster of Choate. Shanahan had served as head for twenty years from 1991, when he arrived from Dartmouth College. Curtis was selected by unanimous vote of the Choate board on November 4, 2010. Before Choate, Curtis was headmaster of Morristown-Beard School for seven years. He grew up in England, was educated at St. Paul's School in London, at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, and at Princeton, where his doctorate was in art and archaeology. While at Princeton, Curtis was head coach of women's rugby.