Saint Andrew's School (Florida)

Saint Andrew's School
Saint Andrew's School Coat of Arms
Saint Andrew's School Coat of Arms
Location
3900 Jog Road

Boca Raton
,
Florida
33434

United States

26°23′09″N 80°08′44″W / 26.3857°N 80.1456°W / 26.3857; -80.1456
Information
TypePrivate, College-prep, Day & Boarding
MottoSemper Stellas Spectemus (Latin)
(Let us always look to the stars)
DenominationEpiscopal Church
Established1961
FounderEpiscopal School Foundation
GradesPre-K–12
GenderCo-education
Campus size
81 acres (330,000 m2)
ColorsRed, White   
Athletics conference
FHSAA
MascotScotty
NicknameScots
AccreditationCognia (AdvancED); FCIS; IBO
YearbookTartan
AffiliationsRound Square; NAIS; NAES; NACAC; Johns Hopkins CTY
Websitewww.saintandrews.net

Saint Andrew's School is a private Episcopal pre-kindergarten through grade 12 day and boarding school in Boca Raton, Florida. Founded in 1961 as an all-boys boarding secondary school, it transitioned to a coeducational institution in 1971 and later expanded its academic programs to include both middle and lower school divisions.

Saint Andrew's enrolls approximately 1,340 students, including about 110 boarding students from more than 26 countries. The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme at all grade levels, with Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework available in the Upper School. Its 81-acre campus includes academic, arts, athletic, and residential facilities. The school competes in interscholastic athletics under the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), with more than fifty state team championships and two national championships.

Saint Andrew's is accredited by Cognia and the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS).

History

Saint Andrew's School was founded in 1961 by the Episcopal School Foundation as a boarding school for boys.[1][2] Fifty acres of land was donated by the ARVIDA Corporation and the Butts family on condition that a Christian school be established there,[3][4] and early financial support came from Alexander D. Henderson Jr. and his wife, Lucia Maria Henderson.[3] The Rev. Hunter Wyatt-Brown Jr. served as its first headmaster and the Rev. Raymond M. O'Brien as its first chaplain.[1][2][5][6] The school opened on September 21, 1962, with 122 boarding and day students, including boys from as far away as Rio de Janeiro, Lima, and British Honduras.[4][1]

By 1971, the campus had grown to 70 acres,[7] and the school admitted its first female day students; the first female boarding students followed a year later, in 1972.[2][8] Further expansion came in stages: a Middle School (grades 6–8) opened in 1994, a Lower School (kindergarten through grade 5) in 2000, and a Junior Kindergarten (pre-K) program in 2008. Together, these additions transformed Saint Andrew's from a single-sex boarding school into a coeducational pre-K–12 day and boarding school.[2]

Student body

As of 2026, Saint Andrew's reports a total enrollment of 1,340 students, comprising approximately 420 in the Lower School , 275 in the Middle School, and 640 in the Upper School.[9][10][11][12] The school's 110 boarding students come from more than 26 countries, and international students make up about 5 percent of total enrollment.[9] Approximately 26 percent identify as students of color, and 18 percent of the student body receives financial assistance.[9]

Academics

All three divisions of the school offer an International Baccalaureate curriculum, alongside Honors and Advanced Placement coursework in the Upper School.[1] The curriculum spans STEM, humanities, world languages, and interdisciplinary studies.[1] In 2010 the school joined Round Square, a network of schools focused on experiential learning, leadership, service, and international understanding.[13][14]

The school offers performing arts (band, chorus, dance, guitar, orchestra, and theatre), visual arts (painting, drawing, ceramics, and multimedia), and media arts (film, multimedia communications, and broadcasting) across all divisions.[15]

Saint Andrew's operates a College Guidance Office to support college admissions counseling; nearly all graduates enroll in four-year colleges and universities.[15]

Athletics

Saint Andrew's fields more than 20 interscholastic teams across the Middle and Upper School divisions, competing under the Florida High School Athletic Association. The school has won two national championships—in boys' tennis (1989–90) and squash (2023–24)—along with more than fifty state team championships and more than eighty individual state titles in sports including tennis, swimming, lacrosse, golf, water polo, cross country, track and field, basketball, and soccer.[15]

Campus

Saint Andrew's occupies an 81-acre campus in a residential area of Boca Raton, Florida, about five miles from the Atlantic Ocean.[1] The grounds feature tropical landscaping, banyan trees, and a central pond, with residence halls near the center of campus accommodating approximately 100 Upper School boarding students, supported by residential faculty apartments and common spaces.[1]

Since the early 2000s, the school has completed more than $30 million in construction and renovation projects, including Justin Hall, Henderson Hall, Parker Library, the Dr. Albert Cohen Family Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and the Kessler Digital Media Institute.[16] Under the school's 2015 campus master plan, Henderson Hall was renovated and Parker Library was returned to the building where it was originally located when the school opened in 1962.[17]

Academic and administrative facilities

Suprenant Hall

Academic facilities include the Schmidt Family Science Center; the Dr. Albert Cohen Family Center for Entrepreneurial Studies; the Kessler Digital Media Institute; the Moabery Early Years Learning Center, which serves Junior Kindergarten and early-childhood programs; and Parker Library.[18][1][3][17]

Justin Hall, completed in 2019, houses the school's Advancement Office.[16] Suprenant Hall, built in 1963 as a student union, provides additional instructional and administrative space.[2]

In 2025 the school opened Charles and Hagerty Hall, a 26,000-square-foot academic building constructed as an expansion of the former Rooks Hall.[19] The $25 million facility contains 17 classrooms, specialized testing spaces, administrative offices, the Stern Family Learning Center, the Afsaneh Z. Siadat Faculty Collaboration Center, and the Shibe Flagler Macfarland Family Student Terrace.[19]

Arts and athletic facilities

Performing arts programs are housed in Wight Hall – The Center for Performing Arts, a 35,000-square-foot facility that opened in 2005 as Andrews Hall before later being renamed.[20] At its center is the 655-seat Roberts Theater, used for major productions, concerts, and assemblies.[20] The building also includes a black box theater and dedicated practice studios for band, orchestra, percussion, guitar, and choral groups, along with renovated collaboration and backstage spaces.[20]

Athletic facilities include the Stoops Family Gymnasium, the Shapiro Family Adventure Gymnasium with indoor climbing walls, the Scott Family Gymnasium, and the Malnik Family Athletic Center, along with the multi-sport Don Jones Memorial Field, a baseball field, a softball field, a competition track, multiple practice fields, a 12-court tennis complex, and the Brockway Family Training and Fitness Center. Aquatic facilities include the Duff Tyler Aquatic Complex and the Reid Family Olympic-size pool.[21]

Chapels

Although affiliated with the Episcopal Church, the school describes itself as welcoming students of all faiths, customs, cultures, and beliefs.[1][22][2]

The campus includes two chapels. The Chapel of Saint Andrew the Apostle, dedicated in April 1967, serves the Middle and Upper School with weekly services officiated by the school's chaplains, and also functions as an active parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida.[23][22][24][25][26]

The Chickee Chapel, an open-air, thatched-roof structure built in 1962 at the suggestion of founding chaplain Raymond M. O'Brien, was constructed by Seminole craftsmen from the Dania Indian Reservation and rebuilt in 2007.[27][2] Beyond its role as a historic campus landmark, it has hosted observances from non-Christian traditions, including a 2025 Tashlich ritual for Rosh Hashanah.[28]

Accreditation and memberships

Saint Andrew's School is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS) and nationally by Cognia.[29][30][15][9][31] It is also authorized as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.[32]

The school is a member of numerous professional and educational organizations, including the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES), the College Board, and the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC).[31][9] [15]

The school is also affiliated with Round Square and the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY).[2]

Faculty and leadership

Head of School H. Proctor Martin standing outside Henderson Hall at Saint Andrew's, 1964

Saint Andrew's lists 166 classroom teachers and 24 administrators.[33][34] Sixty-two percent of teachers and administrators hold a master's degree and eleven percent hold a doctorate.[33][1]

The school is governed by a Head of School (formerly called Headmaster) and a board of trustees, which oversee strategic planning, financial oversight, and institutional governance.[1]

Saint Andrew's has had the following heads of school since its founding:

  1. 1962–1963 – Rev. Hunter Wyatt-Brown Jr.[2]
  2. 1963–1964 – H. Proctor Martin[35][36]
  3. 1964–1971 – Eugene J. Curtis Jr.[37]
  4. 1971–1974 – Frederic L. Burr[38]
  5. 1974–1986 – John Pierce Cotton[2]
  6. 1986–1989 – Rev. William Posey[2]
  7. 1989–2007 – Rev. George E. Andrews II[2]
  8. 2007–2012 – Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek[39]
  9. 2013–2016 – Peter B. Benedict II[40]
  10. 2016–2017 – Dr. James Byer[41]
  11. 2017–present – Ethan W. Shapiro[42]

Notable campus events

The Miami Dolphins used the campus as their training camp facility from August 7, 1966, to April 24, 1970, after relocating there from a prior training site in the St. Petersburg, Florida area.[43][2] [44]

The campus was later used as a filming location for training-camp sequences in the 1968 film Paper Lion, based on George Plimpton's book of the same name.[45]

The campus has also hosted notable summer sports programs, including the PGA National Academy of Golf for Juniors, a summer golf camp for youth aged 12 to 18 directed by Gary Wiren, which utilized the school's facilities while playing at the nearby Boca West Golf Club.[46]

In October 2013, Saint Andrew's hosted the Round Square International Conference under the theme "Waves of Change," drawing roughly 500 students and 200 adult delegates from Round Square member schools worldwide.[14][47][13]

Since April 2018, the school has annually hosted TEDxSaintAndrewsSchool, an official TEDx event series featuring live presentations.[48]

In June 2026, Saint Andrew's School served as the inaugural Southeast U.S. host site for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY), offering three-week advanced academic summer day programs for students in grades 2 through 8.[49]

Notable former students

Catalina Pérez playing goalkeeper
Catalina Pérez		 Josh Minott portrait
Josh Minott		 Morgan Pressel portrait
Morgan Pressel		 Don Wilson speaking at event
Don Wilson
Danny Young pitching
Danny Young		 Adam Stewart headshot
Adam Stewart		 Tinsley Ellis performing live
Tinsley Ellis		 Kendra Erika portrait
Kendra Erika
Corina Morariu playing tennis
Corina Morariu		 Michael Yani portrait
Michael Yani		 Vince Spadea playing tennis
Vince Spadea		 Anthony Polite portrait
Anthony Polite

Sports

Business and public life

Arts and entertainment

Finances

Saint Andrew's School has been tax-exempt as a 501(c)(3) organization since 1963.[42] In its IRS Form 990 filing for the fiscal year ending June 2025, the school reported total revenue of $73.3 million against expenses of $62.7 million, for net income of approximately $10.6 million. It reported total assets of $182.3 million, total liabilities of $99.2 million, and net assets of $83.1 million.[42] Program service revenue—chiefly tuition and fees—accounted for the large majority of total revenue, with contributions and investment income making up smaller shares.[42]

The school's net assets grew substantially over the 2010s and 2020s, rising from about $11.6 million in the fiscal year ending June 2011 to $83.1 million by the fiscal year ending June 2025, a period that coincided with the campus master plan and associated capital fundraising.[42][1]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Saint Andrew's School & History of SA.
  3. 1 2 3 New Pelican & McGarry 2021.
  4. 1 2 Boca Raton Historical Society 1981, p. 21.
  5. ↑ Sun Sentinel 2000.
  6. ↑ The Witness 1962, p. 18.
  7. ↑ The Living Church 1971a.
  8. ↑ The Living Church 1971.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Saint Andrew's School & Admission Inquiry Packet.
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  11. ↑ Saint Andrew's School & Middle School.
  12. ↑ Saint Andrew's School & Upper School.
  13. 1 2 Round Square 2013.
  14. 1 2 Sun Sentinel 2013.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Saint Andrew's School & About Saint Andrew's.
  16. 1 2 Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce 2026.
  17. 1 2 Centerbrook Architects & Henderson Hall.
  18. ↑ Saint Andrew's School & Henderson Hall Renovation Gifts.
  19. 1 2 Saint Andrew's School & Charles and Hagerty Hall Dedication.
  20. 1 2 3 Saint Andrew's School & Wight Hall 20th Anniversary.
  21. ↑ Saint Andrew's School & Sporting Facilities.
  22. 1 2 Saint Andrew's School & History & Episcopal Tradition.
  23. ↑ Boca Raton Historical Society 1981, p. 22.
  24. ↑ Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida 2006.
  25. ↑ Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida 2008.
  26. ↑ Boca Raton Historical Society 1981.
  27. ↑ Boca Raton Historical Society 1981, pp. 21–22.
  28. ↑ Saint Andrew's School & Scots in Action.
  29. ↑ Florida Council of Independent Schools n.d.
  30. ↑ Cognia n.d.
  31. 1 2 Cause IQ 2026.
  32. ↑ International Baccalaureate n.d.
  33. 1 2 Saint Andrew's School & Faculty Excellence.
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  61. 1 2 Saint Andrew's School & Athletics Hall of Fame.
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