GENERAL INFORMATION

 

Date Founded: 1926 by Rev. Dr. Aaron C. Coburn

 

Headmaster: Timothy B. Golding

 

Dean of Admissions: Gary Taylor

 

Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian heritage, although Wooster serves students from many faiths and religious traditions.

 

Accreditation: New England Association of Schools and Colleges: http://www.neasc.org/ 

 

Memberships:

Size of Campus: 125 acres

 

Number of Buildings: 15

 

 

ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

 

Enrollment: 346 boys and girls in grades K -12

  • Lower (K-5): 101
  • Middle(6-8): 94
  • Upper (9-12): 151

Number of Boys:  174

 

Number of Girls: 172

 

Ethnic Diversity: 19.4%

 

CT towns represented:

Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Easton, Fairfield, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Sandy Hook, Sherman, Southbury, Southport, Stamford, Waterbury, Weston, Westport, Wilton 

 

NY towns represented:

Bedford, Brewster, Carmel, Goldens Bridge, Hopewell Junction, Katonah, Mahopac, North Salem, PAtterson, Pawling, Pleasantville, Pound Ridge, Purdys, Somers, South Salem, Waccabuc, Yorktown Heights

 

Number of countries: 12

 

 

FACULTY INFORMATION

 

Number of full time faculty: 78

 

Number of full time faculty with advanced degrees:(50%)

  • Master's Degrees: 37
  • PhD's: 2

Number of classes taught by a teacher:

  • Middle & Upper: 4-5 classses

 

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

 

Student:Teacher Ratio:

  • Lower: 14 :1
  • Middle: 13:1
  • Upper: 10: 1

Class Size: 12 - 16 students per class

 

Mean SAT scores for Classes of 2001- 2007:

  • Verbal: 608
  • Math: 592

Number of AP courses: 18

 

Number of other Advanced/Honors courses: 12

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Tuition: 2007-08 Academic Year

  • K: $17,050
  • 1: $18,100
  • 2-5: $18,855
  • 6-8: $24,710
  • 9-12: $26,490
  • Year Abroad: $33,240

Financial Aid:

  • 105 students received some form of need-based financial aid for the 2007-2008 academic year.
  • Over $1.7 million dollars was awared to qualified applicants
  • The average Financial Aid award for the 2007-08 school year was $16,785.

 

COLLEGE GUIDANCE

 

100% of students are accepted to four year colleges and universities.

 

In 2008, 24 of our 37 seniors received early college acceptance to the following colleges and universities:

 

Bard; Boston College; Brown University; University of Chicago; University of Connecticut; Eckerd  College; Elizabethtown College; Elon University; Florida Southern College; Gordon College; Greensboro College; University of Hartford; Hendrix College; Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Indiana University at Bloomington; Lehigh University; Lynchburg College; Macalester College; Marietta College; University of New England; Providence College; Purdue University; Quinnipiac University;; Roanoke College; Ross-Hulman Institute of Technology; Stony Brook University; Suffolk University; Swarthmore College; Tufts University; Tuland University; Ursinus College; University of Vermont; Washington College; Winthrop University; Worcester Polytechnic University.

 

 

 

Members of the class of 2007 were accepted at the following colleges and universities:

 

Adelphi, American, Amherst, Auburn, Bard, Bennington, Binghamton, Boston College, Boston University, Bryn Mawr, California College of the Arts, Cambridge University, Carnegie-Mellon, Champlain, Clark, Clarkson, Colgate, College of New Jersey, Connecticut College, DeSales, Dickinson, Drew, Drexel, Duke, Elmira, Emory, Fairfield, Franklin and Marshall, Franklin Pierce, Georgetown, Gordon, Goucher, Guilford, Hamilton, Hartwick, Hobart and William Smith, Ithaca, Johns Hopkins, Johnson & Wales, King’s College London, LaSalle, Lasell, Maine College of Art, Manhattanville, Merrimack, Mount Holyoke, Muhlenberg, New England College, New York University, Pace, Penn, Pratt, Purdue, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Roger Williams, Rowan, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Skidmore, Simmons, St. Olaf’s, Southern Methodist, Stony Brook, SUNY Morrisville, Trinity (Hartford), Union, University of Chicago, University of Connecticut, University of Edinburgh, University of Evansville, University of Hartford, University of Maryland, University of Mary Washington, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of New Haven, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Redlands, University of Rhode Island, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), University of Vermont, University of Virginia, University of Warwick, Villanova, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Union, Wake Forest, Western Connecticut State, Western New England, Wheaton, Williams, Worcester Polytechnic Institute