Academics
The faculty includes about 80 full-time and 35 part-time members. In 2008, Headmaster Keith E. Shahan announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2008-09 academic year after 23 years in the job. The school announced in October 2008 that Shahan would be replaced on July 1, 2009, by Andy Abbott, an English teacher and the school's head of college counseling. Shahan now heads the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) (which accredits independent schools) in Chicago.
With a total student body of 600 students, each class contains about 100 students. Nearly all students go on to attend four-year colleges, including a substantial number to Ivy League schools.JBS official site: Matriculation (Each Ivy League school accepted at least one member of the class of 2009.) The school has more than 6,200 living alumni. Admission is based on school records, recommendations, entrance examination results, and a personal interview. The primary admission level is grade seven, but applicants are considered for grades eight through 10 as openings permit.
In 2009, according to the school site, tuition and fees cost $20,400. The school budget was about $15.8 million, of which about 12 percent came from the endowment and more than $1.8 million in gifts. The school disbursed $1.78 million in financial aid, allowing about 20 percent of the students to receive grants, loans, or both. From 1986 to 2008, the endowment rose from $7.5 million to almost $48 million. The school is accredited by the ISACS.
Since 1995, 4 of Missouri's 22 Presidential Scholars are John Burroughs graduates.
John Burroughs School ranks among the top high schools in the country concerning standardized testing. Twenty-four members of the Class of 2011 were named National Merit/Achievement Semifinalists, and another 17 received letters of commendation. For the past eight years, Burroughs has had the highest percentage of semifinalists in the State of Missouri. The median SAT scores for the Class of 2010 were 710 on math, 710 on writing and 680 on critical reading. The median ACT score for the Class of 2010 was 32, the highest median ACT score in the state of Missouri.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)