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Taft Facts 2010-11

Enrollment

Total: 588
Boys: 301
Girls: 287
Boarding: 480
Day: 108
Lower Mids (9th grade): 92
Mids (10th grade): 156
Upper Mids (11th grade): 157
Seniors: 183

Geographic Distribution

33 states
29 countries

Students of Color

25%

Admissions

New Student Applications: 1,575
New Students Enrolled: 190
Percent from private schools: 41
Percent from public schools: 43
Percent from foreign countries: 16

Tuition

Boarding: $44,975
Day: $33,400

Scholarship Information

Percentage on Financial Aid: 37
Total Grants: $6,500,000
Percent of School Budget: 15
Number of Grants: 221
Average Boarding Grant: $28,700

Faculty

Total: 124
Male: 71
Female: 55
Average age: 46
Advanced degrees: 91

Faculty-to-student Ratio

1:5

Average Class Size

12

Academic Courses

220

Volumes in Library

59,500

Advanced Placement

Subjects: 29
Exams given: 540
Average score: 4.0 (out of 5)
Seniors writing exams: 86%

Class of 2010

Mean SAT I CR: 628
Mean SAT I Math: 640
Mean SAT I Writing: 636

General Finances

Market Value of the Endowment as of 6/30/09: $176,8645,500
Endowment per Student: $300,415
Annual Operating Budget: $39,989,000

Average Annual Cost per Student: $68,008

Sources of Income (percent of budget)

Annual Fund gifts: 9%
Endowment income: 23%
Tuition, fees, and auxiliary income: 68%

Voluntary Support 2008-09

Annual Fund: $3,593,796
Capital Gifts: $7,299,881

Alumni/ae of Record:

8,420

Campus Size

224 acres


College Acceptances

Over the past five years (2006-2010) Taft students have enrolled in the greatest number at the following colleges or universities:

Amherst 12, Boston College 18, Boston Univ. 19, Bowdoin 11, Brown 6, Bucknell 11, Carnegie Mellon 11, Colby 11, Colgate 17, Colorado College 16, Columbia 11, Connecticut College 12, Cornell 20, Dartmouth 10, Davidson 7, Denison 5, Fairfield 7, Franklin and Marshall 7, Georgetown 22, George Washington 18, Gettysburg 11, Hamilton 10, Harvard 6, Hobart and William Smith 6, Johns Hopkins 5, Lehigh 10, Middlebury 16, New York Univ. 16, Northeastern 9, Northwestern 7, Princeton 8, Reed 8, Southern Methodist 9, St. Lawrence 16, Stanford 6, Syracuse 7, Trinity College 21, Tufts 9, Union 5, UC Berkeley 6, Univ. of Chicago 6, Univ. of Colorado 5, Univ. of Miami 5, Univ. of Pennsylvania 17, Univ. of Richmond 9, Univ. of Virginia 9, Vanderbilt 7, Wake Forest 17, Wesleyan Univ. 9, Williams 6, Yale 10.


  • Headmaster - William R. MacMullen '78
  • Assistant Headmaster - H. William Davis III
  • Director of Admissions - Peter A. Frew '75
  • Dean of Students - Carl Carlson
  • Dean of Faculty - Christopher Torino
  • Dean of Academic Affairs - Jon Willson '82
  • Director of Community Service - Elizabeth A. Frew
  • Director of Multicultural Affairs - Greg Ricks
  • Director of Counseling and Community Health - Jean S. Piacenza '75
  • Director of Athletics - David B Hinman '87
  • Director of College Counseling - Terence A. Giffen
  • Director of Communications - Julie S. Reiff
  • Deans of Senior Class - John B. Kenerson '82, Nikki Willis
  • Deans of Upper Middle Class - Ellen Hinman, Will Orben '92
  • Deans of Middle Class - Rachael Ryan, Mark Traina
  • Deans of Lower Middle Class - Bob Campbell '76, Edie Traina
  • Director of Security - Michael Bolton
  • Business Manager - Gil Thornfeldt
  • Director of Development - Christopher Latham
  • Director of Annual Fund - Kelsey K. Pascoe
  • Director of Technology - Mark R. Bodnar
  • Director of Summer School -Tom Antonucci
  • Director of Taft Education Center - David W. Hostage
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