St. Andrew's was founded in 1929 by Alexis Felix du Pont, Sr. (1879-1948), a member of the prominent Du Pont family. A small Episcopalian preparatory school, St. Andrew's originally was a school for young men but has evolved to about 280 students of all races and both sexes. The school has an endowment of about 170 million dollars, making it the second wealthiest school per capita in the country. It is also unusually socio-economically diverse, having dispensed 3.1 million dollars in financial aid in 2005.
While the school has become more secular in nature, it still retains many of its Episcopal traditions. The campus remains free of drugs and other common teen problems. Academically, St. Andrew's is often considered to be one of the finest schools in the country. It offers an average class size of eleven and state of the art facilities, including a new Arts center built in 2004. While the school is academically challenging in all disciplines, it is especially known for its outstanding English department, chaired by Mrs. Darcy Caldwell.
The current Headmaster is Daniel T. Roach, Jr. who graduated from Williams College.
Although St. Andrew's sends its students to a variety of universities, it is most notably a feeder school for small liberal arts colleges. The Class of 2005 graduated 76 students, five to Williams College and seven to Davidson College. The class of 2005 also graduated quite a few who attend schools in the Ivy League, including three to Harvard University, two to Columbia University, five to the University of Pennsylvania, three to Princeton University, one to Yale University, one to Cornell University, one to Dartmouth College and one to Brown University.
