Tabor Academy
School Notes Overview:
Tabor Academy is a coeducational, rigorous, college preparatory boarding and day school. Tabor enrolls students demonstrating academic ability, strong motivation, sound character, emotional stability, and a willingness to participate fully in the school community. Tabor's academic, artistic, athletic, and community programs provide distinctive opportunities for students to achieve genuine understanding and significant skills and to identify and pursue personal goals. As "the school by the sea," Tabor sustains a unique maritime heritage that embodies, in all its programs, the qualities a seagoing life requires: thoughtful preparation for and awareness of the wider world, perseverance, courage, good humor, a sense of direction, and humility. The mission of Tabor Academy is to inspire a life-long love of learning, to instill a passion for the highest standards of achievement, to encourage personal responsibility, and to foster care for others and committed citizenship....
School Overview:
Tabor Academy |
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| School Membership(s) |
National Association of Independent Schools Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE) The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) |
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| Religious Affiliation | Nonsectarian | ||
| Grades Offered | Grades 9 - 12 | ||
| Year Founded | 1876 | ||
| County | Plymouth County, MA | ||
| Student Body | |||
| Total Students | 504 students | ||
| Student Body Type | Co-ed | ||
This School |
(MA) School Avg. |
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| % Students of Color | 8% | 21% | |
| Students by Grade | |||
| Grade 9 - 84 students | |||
| Grade 10 - 150 students | |||
| Grade 11 - 131 students | |||
| Grade 12 - 139 students | |||
| Academics and Faculty | |||
| Total Classroom Teachers | 86 teachers | ||
| % Faculty with Advance Degree | 65% | ||
| Average Class Size | 12 | ||
| Number of AP Courses | 20 | ||
| List of Courses Offered | Link to List of Courses | ||
Advanced Courses |
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| World History | US History | ||
| Statistics | Spanish Literature | ||
| Spanish Language | Physics C | ||
| Physics B | Latin Literature | ||
| German Language | French Literature | ||
| French Language | European History | ||
| Environmental Science | English Literature | ||
| English Language | Economics | ||
| Chemistry | Calculus BC | ||
| Calculus AB | Biology | ||
| Average SAT score | 1220 | ||
| Matriculation Data | Link to Matriculation Data | ||
| Classroom dress code | Formal | ||
This School |
(MA) School Avg. |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio | 1:6 | * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16 | |
| School Days in Calendar Year | 165 days | 180 days | |
| Hours in School Day for Students | 7 hours | 6 hours | |
| Finances and Admission | |||
| Admission Deadline | Jan. 31 | ||
| Tuition Notes | Boarding 43,500 Day 31,100 | ||
| % on Financial Aid | 30% | ||
| Average Financial Aid Grant | $30,000 | ||
| Acceptance Rate | 45% | ||
| Head of School | Jay S. Stroud | ||
| Admissions Director | Andrew L. McCain | ||
| Admissions Associate | Eric C. Long | ||
| Sport | |||
| Total Sports Offered | 16 | ||
Sports |
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| Baseball | Basketball | ||
| Crew | Cross Country | ||
| Field Hockey | Football | ||
| Golf | Ice Hockey | ||
| Lacrosse | Sailing | ||
| Soccer | Softball | ||
| Squash | Tennis | ||
| Track and Field | Wrestling | ||
| Extracurricular | |||
| Total Extracurricular Organizations | 24 | ||
Extracurriculars |
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| Admissions Tour | Astronomy Club | ||
| Bowsprit Literary Magazine | Chorus | ||
| Community Service | Dance | ||
| Drama | Environmental Awareness (EA@TA) | ||
| Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) | Habitat for Humanity | ||
| Honor Society | Jazz Band | ||
| Literary Magazine | Math Club | ||
| Mock Trial | Model UN | ||
| Newspaper | Peer Listening | ||
| Proctors | Radio Station | ||
| SADD | Speech/Debate | ||
| Student Activities Committee | Student Council | ||
School Notes:
- 347 boarding students; 157 day students
- 24 states and 17 countries represented
- 53 interscholatic teams
- 7 singing ensembles
- 4 instrumental ensembles
- 4 drama productions
- Profile last updated: 09/10/2009
In the News:
- St. John’s Prep second quarter honor roll (Tri-Town Transcript)
posted on March 20, 2010 at 12:58:20 pm
Tri-Town students have earned academic honors from St. John's Prep, Pingree, Phillips Exeter, Emmanuel COllege, UMass, Hofstra, Taber Academy and Westfield State. - Sports notebook - March 18 (Wareham Courier)
posted on March 17, 2010 at 05:42:10 pm
See what's new in local and area sports. - Sports notebook - March 18 (The Marion Sentinel)
posted on March 17, 2010 at 05:34:41 pm
See what's new in local and area sports. - Swiss doctor to speak on biological remedy to Lyme disease (The Marion Sentinel)
posted on March 16, 2010 at 03:32:42 pm
The Paracelsus Biological Medicine Network, a Program of the Marion Institute will offer a free public lecture “Lyme Disease: Healing with Biological Medicine” from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 21. - Young family killed in Belize plane crash eulogized (The Marion Sentinel)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 04:15:18 pm
Hundreds of mourners turned out Friday morning in Tabor Academy’s Wickenden Chapel for a funeral service for four members of a young family killed late last month in an airplane crash in Belize.
School Zip Statistics:
| About This Zipcode (02738) | School Zip (02738) |
(MA) State Average |
| Population (Approximate) | 5,123 people | 22,850,914 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree | 59% | 43% |
| Population Average Age | 43 years old | 36 years old |
| Average Household size | 2.5 persons | 2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income | $61,250 | $52,878 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household | 6.5 rooms | 5.5 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure | 51 years old | 58 years old |
| Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (02738) |
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| % Owning / % Renting | 79% / 21% | 59% / 41% |
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Nearby Schools:
- Kennedy-donovan Center School - 31 students - 9.9 mi. away - view location
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