General Information
As of 2011, Total enrollment is 527, with an average of 12 students per class and a student to faculty ratio of 6:1.
Upper School students normally take five major academic courses per year. Courses include English, History, Language, Mathematics, and Science. In addition, Religion is required once each year. The whole school runs on a trimester schedule, each trimester lasting 12 weeks. Both year-length and trimester-length classes are available.
St. Andrew’s participates in the Bethesda Independent Schools’ Consortium that enables the school to extend its course offerings. Admission to a consortium course is competitive and open to eligible seniors. Each seminar meets three times per week before school. Students also attend one evening seminar per month to meet with experts related to the topics covered.
The school is also a member of College Entrance Examination Board, Cum Laude Society, National Association of College Admissions Counseling, National Association of Independent Schools, National Association of Episcopal Schools, and Potomac & Chesapeake Association of College Admissions Counseling. It is fully accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools, Maryland State Department of Education, and Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Advanced Placement classes are available in 14 different disciplines.
St. Andrew's has a vibrant exchange program, having participated in many different homestay programs throughout the world. Every winter a contingent from South Africa comes and stays with current students, educating the school about their culture and doing fundraising in the area for their program, which was founded by a St. Andrew's faculty member. In the spring, a dozen students from a sister school in Honduras stay and take classes.
- Ethnicities
- African American: 6%
- Asian American: 3%,
- Caucasian: 76%
- International: 4%
- Latino/Hispanic: 4%
- Middle Eastern: 1%
- Multiracial: 3%
- Native American: 1%
- No Declaration: .2%
- Religious background
- Episcopal: 30%
- Jewish: 12%
- Other Protestant Denominations: 25%
- Roman Catholic: 20%
- Other: 7%
- No Declaration: .004%
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