St. Stephen’s Episcopal School (TX)
Overview
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St. Stephen’s Episcopal School is a coeducational school serving 700 boarding and day students in grades 6-12, with boarding in grades 8-12. Since our founding in 1950 by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, we have provided a rigorous college preparatory curriculum in a balanced program of academics, athletics and the arts. Service learning activities, outdoor education and adventures, and study abroad programs enhance this core curriculum, allowing Spartans to connect what they learn in class to the surrounding community and broader world. Spartans come from 25 Texas cities, 10 states and 19 countries. By interacting with classmates from other backgrounds, students learn to see the world through the lenses of others. This helps them develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our world. In this environment, students achieve their full potential by stretching themselves, overcoming obstacles and growing from their experiences as members of a diverse and inclusive community.
Academics
Summary: Deeply committed to intellectual freedom and academic rigor, St. Stephen’s offers a distinctive curriculum that allows students to explore individual interests while developing skills in critical analysis, reasoned discourse and persuasive writing. Students enjoy a personalized learning experience thanks to small class sizes and faculty who are committed to knowing each student as a unique individual. Our academic offerings also give students a shared intellectual experience, bolster their sense of community and reinforce the school’s core values. All Upper School courses at St. Stephen’s are taught at an honors level or higher, and there are no advanced tracks except in mathematics and Spanish. Although the school does not offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses, our faculty design courses whose depth and complexity go well beyond that of the prescribed AP program.
Department Director Kimberly Garey
Student/Teacher Ratio: 8:1
Average Class Size: 17
Summer Programs: Not Offered
Full Time Teachers: 95
Number of AP Courses Offered: 0
Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 77.0%
Number of IB Courses Offered: 0
Noteworthy Information:
Standardized Testing: Classes of 2020-2022
ACT COMPOSITE Mean = 31 Median = 32 Middle 50% = 29-34
SAT COMBINED Mean = 1368 Median = 1380 Middle 50% = 1285-1485