Key Facts

History and Campus

  • Established: 1961
  • Campus: 33 acres in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
  • Last Building Addition: Library
  • Last Building Renovation: Main School Building 2008
  • Volumes in Library: 14,501

Enrollment

  • Total: 305
  • Students of Color: 29% of enrollment
  • Average Class Size: 11
  • Faculty to Student Ratio: 1:6

Malone Foundation

The Malone Scholarship program provides tuition assistance to gifted students with financial need. Santa Fe Prep is the only school in New Mexico, and one of 48 schools nationally, to have received a $2 million endowment grant from the foundation to establish this scholarship—a true indication of the strength and breadth of Prep’s education.

Tuition

  • 2013-2014 Tuition: $19,473 *(For international students may vary)

2012-2013 Tuition Assistance

  • Students receiving: 32%
  • Total Grants: $799,740
  • Average Grant: $9,299

2012-2013 Operating Budget

  • $6,900,000

Endowment

  • Market Value (as of 6/30/12): $8,300,000
  • Endowment, Per Student: $27,100

2011-2012 Voluntary Support

  • Annual Campaign: $624,402
  • Other restricted gifts: $687,559

2012-2013 Faculty and Staff

  • Total: 48
  • Academic Faculty Holding Advanced Degrees: 71%

Accreditation

  • Accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
  • Member, National Association of Independent Schools

BREAKTHROUGH SANTA FE

  • Supported over 200 under-served SFPS students
  • 95% have gone on to attend college

School Program

  • Academic Courses: 59
  • Fine Art and Performing Art Classes: 25
  • Athletic teams: 30
  • Community Service Requirement: at least 50 hours each year
  • Activities and Clubs: 20 (Upper School), 10 (Middle School)

Advanced Placement Examinations (2012)

  • Average Score: 4.5 out of 5
  • 93% received a 4 or higher

Class of 2012

  • SAT Averages: Reading: 631, Math: 613, Writing: 623
  • ACT Average: 27.4
  • Accepted to colleges ranked most or highly competitive by Baron's Profiles of American Colleges: 77%

Most Competitive College Matriculation 2008 - 2012

Barnard College (2), Bates College, Boston University, Bowdoin College (2), Brandeis University (2), Brown University (3), Bryn Mawr College, Bucknell University (2), University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago (3), Colby College, Colgate University, Colorado College (10), Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College (2), The George Washington University (4), Harvard University (2), Haverford College (2), Kenyon College (2), Macalester College, Purdue University (School of Engineering), McGill University, Middlebury College (5), New York University (2), Occidental College, University of Pennsylvania , Pitzer College (6), Princeton University, Reed College (5), Rhodes College, Rice University, University of Richmond, Scripps College (3), Skidmore College (3), Smith College, University of Southern California (2), Southern Methodist University, St. John's College (2), Stanford University (3), Trinity College (3), Tufts University, Tulane University (5), Vanderbilt University , University of Virginia, Wake Forest University, Wesleyan University (4), Whitman College (3), Williams College (5)