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Crossroads Academy

95 Dartmouth College Highway, Lyme, NH, 03768-0376 -

School Notes Overview:

Crossroads Academy is an independent day school committed to academic and moral excellence. To promote academic excellence, we teach the skills and information embodied in the Core Knowledge Sequence. To promote moral excellence, we teach an understanding and an appreciation of the character traits found in the Core Virtues Program. We inspire in our students those academic and moral virtues conducive to a love of learning and a desire to act honorably....

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School Overview:

	Crossroads Academy
School Type	Elem. Or Sec. with a Special Program Emphasis
School Membership(s)	New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Kindergarten - 8
Year Founded	1991
County	Grafton County, NH
Student Body
Total Students	140 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(NH) School Avg.
% Students of Color	12%	7%
Students by Grade
	Kind - 10 students
	Grade 1 - 10 students
	Grade 2 - 18 students
	Grade 3 - 18 students
	Grade 4 - 16 students
	Grade 5 - 18 students
	Grade 6 - 16 students
	Grade 7 - 20 students
	Grade 8 - 14 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	24 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	42%
Average Class Size	16
	This School	(NH) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:10	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Yearly Tuition Cost	$13,980
% on Financial Aid	22%
Average Financial Aid Grant	$7,585
Acceptance Rate	75%
Head of School	Jean Behnke
Admissions Director	Betsy Warren

School Notes:

Crossroads Academy is an independent, coeducational day school for students in grades kindergarten through eight. Crossroads sequential, classic curriculum is based on the Core Knowledge philosophy as developed by E.D. Hirsch, and the Core Virtues Program, a character education program created by our founding head. Head of School, Jean Behnke, says, "Our practices and our campus support our engaging and experienced faculty in delivering these two programs to our student body. Upon graduation, our students attend the finest public and private high schools in New England." In 2004, Crossroads was accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), whose visiting committee noted, "Students at Crossroads Academy appear happy to be there…(they are) actively engaged in their work with a sense of fun, respect, curiosity and enthusiasm." Crossroads enrolls over 140 students from a forty-mile radius of Upper Valley communities including Lyme, Hanover, Orford, Lebanon, Piermont, Haverhill, Grantham, Pike, Newport, Enfield, Orange, Grafton, and Canaan in New Hampshire, and Norwich, Thetford, Randolph, Quechee, Corinth, Tunbridge, Waterford, Woodstock, and South Pomfret in Vermont.
Profile last updated: 09/10/2009

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Layoffs at Kimball Union Academy (Valley News)
posted on February 21, 2009 at 02:16:29 pm
Meriden -- Faced with a 25 percent drop in its endowment and an expected decline in enrollment, Kimball Union Academy is cutting 12 jobs in order to ride out the recession while also bolstering financial aid for remaining students.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (03768)	School Zip (03768)	(NH) State Average
Population (Approximate)	1,931 people	1,235,735 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	60%	37%
Population Average Age	42 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.5 persons	2.5 persons
Median Household Income	$54,545	$52,816
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	6.5 rooms	5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	46 years old	40 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	79% / 21%	66% / 34%