Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy
The Official Seal of Phillips Exeter Academy
Location
20 Main Street Exeter, New Hampshire 03833
Information
Type	Independent day boarding college preparatory
Motto	Latin: Non Sibi ("not for oneself") Latin: Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Greek: Χάριτι Θεοῦ ("By the Grace of God")
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian
Established	1781; 244 years ago (1781)
Founder	John Phillips Elizabeth Phillips[nb 1]
CEEB code	300185
Principal	William K. Rawson
Faculty	217
Grades	9–12, PG
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	1,078[nb 2]
Average class size	12 students
Student to teacher ratio	6:1
Campus size	700 acres (280 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Lively Maroon and Grey
Athletics	22 Interscholastic sports 62 Interscholastic teams
Athletics conference	NEPSAC
Team name	Big Red
Rival	Phillips Academy (Andover)
Accreditation	NAIS TABS
Newspaper	The Exonian
Yearbook	PEAN
Endowment	$1.6 billion (June 30, 2024)
School fees	Books & Supplies: $900[2]
Tuition	Boarding: $67,315 Day: $52,577[3]
Affiliations	Eight Schools Association G30 Schools Ten Schools Admission Organization
Alumni	Old Exonians
Website	exeter.edu

Phillips Exeter Academy (often called Exeter or PEA) is a independent, co-educational, college-preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire. Established in 1781, it is America's sixth-oldest boarding school. It educates roughly 1,100 boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12, as well as postgraduate students.

Exeter is one of the nation's wealthiest boarding schools, with a financial endowment of $1.6 billion as of June 2024, and houses the world's largest high school library. The academy admits students on a need-blind basis and offers free tuition to students with family incomes under $125,000. Its list of notable alumni includes U.S. President Franklin Pierce, U.S. Senator Daniel Webster, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and three winners of the Nobel Prize.

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