Taft by the Numbers
606 students come to our 226-acre campus from 33 states and 44 countries to be taught by 129 faculty members with 94 advanced degrees, in classes averaging 11 students, for a 1:5 teacher-student ratio.
| Our Students | |
|---|---|
| Boys | 313 |
| Girls | 293 |
| Boarding | 504 |
| Day | 102 |
| Lowermids (9th) | 105 |
| Mids (10th) | 158 |
| Uppermids (11th) | 161 |
| Seniors (12th) | 182 |
| International Students | 20% |
| Students of Color | 33% |
| Alumni/ae of Record | 9,673 |
| Admissions | |
|---|---|
| New student applications | 1,704 |
| New students enrolled | 201 |
| From private schools | 35% |
| From public schools | 45% |
| Our Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | 129 |
| Male | 70 |
| Female | 59 |
| Average age | 44 |
| Advanced degrees held | 94 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 5 to 1 |
| Our Academics | |
|---|---|
| Average Class Size | 11 |
| Academic Courses | 200 |
| Advanced Placement | |
|---|---|
| 382 students took a total of 926 AP exams | |
| AP Subjects | 29 |
| Seniors writing AP exams | 96% |
| Median AP score | 4 (out of 5) |
| SAT | |
|---|---|
| Class of 2018 (114 tested) | |
| Mean SAT EBRW | 680 |
| Middle 50% | 640-720 |
| Mean SAT Math | 690 |
| Middle 50% | 630-770 |
| Tuition & Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | $61,200 |
| Day | $45,600 |
| Receiving financial aid (FA) | 35% |
| Total grants | $9,036,000 |
| Number of FA grants | 210 |
| Average (FA) award | $43,500 |
| * Endowment per Student | $402,554 |
| * Endowment at 6/30/2017 | $238,311,822 |
| * Annual Operating Budget | $49,008,493 |
| * Average Cost per Student | $82,785 |
| Sources of Income | |
|---|---|
| * Annual Fund Gifts | 9% |
| * Endowment | 19% |
| * Tuition, Fees, & Auxiliaries | 72% |
| Annual Fund | $4,893,445 |
| Capital Fund | $7,207,836 |
| Total | $12,101,280 |
| Alumni/ae participation | 43% |
| Current Parent participation | 92% |
* Items marked with an asterisk reflect values for the 2017-18 academic year. These numbers will be updated in September 2018.
College Matriculation
Over the past five years (2014–2018), Taft students have enrolled at 185 different colleges and universities in 32 states, the District of Columbia, and eight foreign countries. During that same period, five or more students enrolled at the following:
Amherst, 6; Babson, 8; Bates, 10; Boston College, 9; Boston University, 15; Bowdoin, 6; Brown, 17; Bucknell, 13; Carnegie Mellon, 6; Chapman University, 5; Colby, 6; Colgate, 20; Colorado College, 7; Columbia, 10; Connecticut College, 9; Cornell, 17; Dartmouth, 13; Duke, 8; Elon, 9; George Washington, 12; Georgetown, 29; Hamilton, 11; Harvard, 10; Johns Hopkins, 6; Lafayette, 5; Lehigh, 5; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 8; McGill, 5; Middlebury, 12; New York University, 17; Northeastern, 9; Occidental, 10; Princeton, 5; Southern Methodist, 16; St. Lawrence, 10; Stanford, 7; Stonehill College, 6; Trinity, 19; Tufts, 20; Tulane, 7; Union College, 11; University of California Los Angeles, 5; University of Chicago, 6; University of Miami, 5; University of Notre Dame, 6; University of North Carolina, 8; University of Pennsylvania, 15; University of Richmond, 15; University of Southern California, 10; University of St. Andrews, 16; University of Vermont, 7; University of Virginia, 23; Wake Forest, 7; Wesleyan, 12; Williams, 6; Yale, 9