Stats at a Glance

List of 12 items.

• Shipley Overview

  • Coeducational, Pre-K–12 day school, founded in 1894.
  • Accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  • Michael G. Turner, Head of School

• Average Class Size

  • LS 11-18
  • MS 14-18
  • US 14

• Faculty

  • 142 full- and part-time faculty
  • 75 percent with graduate degrees

• Student/Faculty Ratio: 7:1

• Total Enrollment, 2020-2021: 780

  • Lower School - 213
  • Middle School - 199
  • Upper School - 368

• Academics

  Shipley offers a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum. Beginning in Lower School, students develop a strong academic foundation and students as young as Pre-K learn to think critically about the world around them while encouraged to explore their interests and creativity. Our curriculum Pre-K through 12 sets the stage for students to acquire the skills to be effective and engaged learners at every stage of development. They learn to analyze, synthesize and think critically, to ask listen carefully and ask questions, to communicate clearly and persuasively, and to cooperate and collaborate with others. These are the foundational skills that will prepare them for future success throughout school and in their lives.

   

  Our Middle School program embraces the world of the adolescent, recognizing that they are developing physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually. When guidance and empathy fit into the context of an academically challenging curriculum, our Middle School students are able to get to know themselves as learners, and as people, through critical thinking and creative exploration.
   

  The Upper School curriculum challenges students to discover their passions and their potential, and to take their education to the next level. Students are encouraged to see how ideas overlap across academic disciplines, building interdisciplinary knowledge and gaining the confidence and self-awareness that will carry them through college and the future.

• College Counseling

  At Shipley, the college search involves much more than getting into the “right” college. Learn more about Shipley's College Counseling Program.

• Athletics

  Member, Friends Schools League

  Shipley is committed to character building on the playing fields and to ensuring that all student athletes receive a positive experience in their development.
  
  Upper School competitive team sports:
  

  • Fall – soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, crew, volleyball
  • Winter – basketball, squash (Independent League), swimming
  • Spring – lacrosse, baseball, softball, tennis, crew, golf

  Middle School competitive team sports:
  

  • Fall – soccer, field hockey, tennis
  • Winter – basketball, squash, swimming
  • Spring – lacrosse, baseball, softball, tennis

  Shipley Athletics Championships 2012 - 2018
  

  • 15 FSL Championships
  • 6 Volleyball Independent League Championship
  • 3 Crew Boats Medaled at Nationals
  • 4 PAISAA State Title

• Performing and Visual Arts

  Performing and Visual Arts

  • Full schedule of theater productions and music performances
  • Recent productions have included The Election, Macbeth, Into The Woods, Godspell, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and several festivals of One Act Plays, 
  • 9 New Steinway pianos, including a 7 foot "concert" B-Model
  • Art is offered as a major course, including AP Studio Drawing and 2-D Design
  • Consistent awards in the Annual Montgomery County High School Art Exhibition
  • A wide range of performing opportunities: choirs, an a cappella group, jazz band, orchestra, and handbells
  • A completely renovated and improved main-stage theater, and a "grey box" performance space in the new Shipley Commons
  • New rehearsal spaces for choir and band, as well as a recording studio and practice rooms

• Graduation Requirements and Recommended Course of Study

  Subject	Credits
  English	4
  History	2  (One must be US History)
  Mathematics	3
  Science	2 (1 Life, 1 Physical)
  Performing Arts	1/2 (By the end of Grade 10)
  Fine Arts	1/2 (In Grade 9)
  World Language	3 (Consecutive Credits in 1 Language)
  Interdisciplinary Studies	1 Credit
  Grade Level Seminars	2 Each Year (Includes three-week Senior Service Project
  Physical Education/Athletics	Yearly Requirement
  Community Service	40 hours over 4 years

    
  Graduation Requirements
  

  • The required student load in grades 9 through 12 is five major courses each year. The minimum graduation requirement is 20 courses.
  • There are 16 specific credits required, as well as non-credited yearly requirements such as Physical Education and Grade Level Seminars
  • 40 hours of community service are required for graduation.
  • Though two units of history and science are required, it is recommended that students take three credits of each.
  • It is recommended that students pursue mathematics through the senior year.

• Number of Honors Courses 2018-19: 67

• Tuition, 2021-22

  Pre-K	$24,435
  Kindergarten	$28,075
  Grades 1 & 2	$31,615
  Grades 3, 4, & 5	$33,970
  Grades 6, 7, & 8	$37,620
  Grades 9, 10, 11, & 12	$40,750