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Key Facts

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: 12,835

Enrollment

  • Total: 344
  • Grades: 7-12
  • Students of Color: 40% of enrollment
  • Average Class Size: 14
  • Faculty to Student Ratio: 1:8

2022-2023 Tuition

  • $24,400

2022-2023 Tuition Assistance

  • Students receiving: 31%
  • Total Grants: $1,664,198
  • Average Grant: $15,352
  • 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.

2022-2023 Operating Budget & Endowment

  • Operating Budget: $10,968,654
  • Endowment Market Value (as of 7/31/22): $22,716,411
  • Endowment per Student: $66,036

2021-2022 Support

  • Annual Fund: $617,069; Parent Participation: 83%
  • New Gifts to Endowment: $724,121
  • Support for Breakthrough Santa Fe: $221,991
  • Support for Tuition Assistance (above Annual Fund): $246,168

2022-2023 Academic Faculty

  • Total: 43
  • Academic Faculty Holding Advanced Degrees: 70%

Accreditation

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

Breakthrough Santa Fe

  • Supported over 500 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: 63
  • Honors & AP Course: 13
  • Fine Art and Performing Art Classes: 14
  • Athletic teams: 45; 1 State Championship in 2021-2022
  • TAP/ExEd Days: 8 days of service and experiential learning
  • Activities and Clubs: 24 (Upper School) and 25 (Middle School)

Class of 2022

  • National Merit Finalists: 4
  • National Hispanic Scholars: 2
  • National Indigenous Scholars: 2
  • LANL Foundation Scholars: 3
  • Davis NM Scholars: 2
  • Cum Laude Society: 11
  • SAT Average: 1273
  • ACT Average: 28.6
  • 66% of early action/early decision applications were accepted
  • $31,202 is the average grant awarded per student/per year at the school each chose to attend

Most Competitive College Matriculation 2018 – 2022

American (2), Amherst (2), Barnard (3), Bates (3), Boston U (2), Bowdoin (2), Brandeis, U of British Columbia, Brown (2), Bryn Mawr, Bucknell, Cal Poly SLO, Carleton (2), Carnegie Mellon, UChicago, Claremont McKenna (4), Colby, Colorado College (9), Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth (3), Denison, Franklin & Marshall, George Washington (3), Gettysburg, Grinnell (2), Lafayette (2), Macalester (2), Middlebury (3), MIT, NYU (3), Northeastern, Northwestern (2), Oberlin (3), Occidental (4), Oxford, Pitzer (6), Princeton, Reed (6), Richmond (2), Scripps (2), Skidmore (3), Smith, Stanford, Swarthmore, Trinity College, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity University, Tufts (3), Tulane (2), UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, USC (2), Vanderbilt, Vassar (2), Wake Forest, Wash. U St. Louis, Wesleyan, Williams (4)