City: Savannah, GA

Category: Education

Telephone: (912) 897-4941

Address: 601 Penn Waller Rd.

Description: The secondary division of St. Andrew’s is the only high school on the eastside islands. St. Andrew’s includes classes for prekindergarten and up. About 500 students are enrolled at the coed, nonsectarian, college-prep school, which is on 28 tree-filled acres on Wilmington Island. The guiding principles of the school are high standards, a personalized approach to education, multiple opportunities for discovering talents and interests, small class size, and a strong sense of community. The student-teacher ratio is nine to one, and all graduates attend college. A series of seminars, multiple counseling sessions, and school-arranged tours of various colleges assist students in making their postsecondary decisions. Limited need-based financial aid is available for qualifying families. St. Andrew’s offers a broad range of extracurricular activities, including participation in athletics, with St. Andrew’s competing on the varsity level in the South Carolina Independent School Association because of its proximity to similar-size schools in the Palmetto State. The school’s fine-arts programs are extensive.