History and Campus
- Established: 1961
- Campus: 33 acres in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
- Last Building Addition: Library (LEED certified Gold) 2006
- Last Building Renovation: Middle School Classrooms 2015, Upper School Classrooms 2016
- Recent Campus Project: Sun Mountain Field 2014; Solar Installation 2018
- Volumes in Library: 13,202
Enrollment
- Total: 345
- Grades: 7-12
- Students of Color: 37% of enrollment
- Average Class Size: 16
- Faculty to Student Ratio: 1:9
2023-2024 Tuition
- $26,000
2023-2024 Tuition Assistance
- Students receiving: 32%
- Total Grants: $1,754,192
- Average Grant: $15,804
- Malone Family Foundation Scholarship: Provides tuition assistance to gifted and talented students with financial need. Santa Fe Prep is the only Malone school in New Mexico.
2023-2024 Operating Budget & Endowment
- Operating Budget: $11,777,092
- Endowment Market Value (as of 6/30/23): $23,422,676
- Endowment per Student: $68,8990
2022-2023 Support
- Annual Fund: $568,000; Parent Participation: 76%
- New Gifts to Endowment: $561,000
- Support for Breakthrough Santa Fe: $239,360
- Support for Tuition Assistance (above Annual Fund): $160,000
2023-2024 Academic Faculty
- Total: 41
- Academic Faculty Holding Advanced Degrees: 80%
Accreditation
- Accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
- Member, National Association of Independent Schools
Breakthrough Santa Fe
- Supported over 530 students in SFPS since 2004
- Over 90% directly enroll in college each year
- Charter partner of the Davis New Mexico Scholarship: 50 New Mexican students receive full college scholarships each year
School Program
- Academic Courses: 65
- Honors & AP Course: 12
- Fine Art and Performing Art Classes: 24
- Athletic teams: 43; 1 State Championship in 2021-2022
- Community Service (TAP): 12 half days
- Activities and Clubs: 25 (Upper School) and 22 (Middle School)
Class of 2023
- National Merit Finalists: 5
- National Hispanic Scholars: 2
- National Indigenous Scholars: 2
- LANL Foundation Scholars: 4
- Davis NM Scholars: 2
- Cum Laude Society: 10
- SAT Average: 1390
- ACT Average: 26
- Test Optional Impact: 37 of 49 students tested
- 70% of early action and 42% of early decision applications were accepted
- $33,968 is the average grant awarded per student/per year at the school each chose to attend
Most Competitive College Matriculation 2019 – 2023
American (2), Amherst (2), Barnard (2), Bates (2), Boston U (2), Bowdoin (2), Brandeis
(2), U of British Columbia, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Cal Poly SLO (2), Carleton (2), Carnegie
Mellon, UChicago (2), Claremont McKenna, Colby, Colgate, Colorado College (4),
Cornell, Dartmouth (3), Franklin & Marshall, George Washington, Grinnell (2), Lafayette
(2), Macalester, Middlebury (3), MIT, NYU (3), NYU Shanghai, Northeastern,
Northwestern, Oberlin (3), Occidental (5), Oxford, Pitzer (4), Princeton (2), Reed (6),
Richmond (2), Scripps, Skidmore (3), Smith, Stanford (2), Swarthmore, Trinity College,
Trinity College Dublin, Trinity University, Tufts (3), UCLA, USC (2), Vanderbilt, Vassar (2),
Wake Forest, Wash. U St. Louis (2), Wesleyan, Williams (3)