The Haverford School
Grade Level: Preschool, Elementary, Middle School, High School/College Prep School
Type:
Day
Gender:
Boys
About
The Haverford School uses a best-for-boys approach to help identify and fuel every boy's passion. At Haverford, boys’ innate competitiveness, energy, and sense of humor are welcomed and encouraged.
We blend boys’ natural exuberance with a research-backed curriculum to develop the full academic, artistic, athletic, and moral potential of every student.
Starting in pre-kindergarten, students study the School’s guiding virtues — including empathy, respect, courage, and more — in age-appropriate experiences and discussions.
The result is boys learning and growing in every division, both in the classroom and out. For example:
- More than 3/4 of Haverford fifth graders test above the 75th percentile in reading and math, as compared to national norms.
- Every Middle School student learns core executive functioning skills like organization, self-regulation, and motivation, vital to developing their own sense of responsibility and accountability before high school.
- In Upper School, Haverford’s graduating seniors overwhelmingly have their choice of college or university; 92% of the Class of 2024 was accepted to one of their top three college choices.
Awards or Certifications:
Accredited by PAIS
What is your teaching or educational philosophy?
Haverford students benefit from a relational teaching philosophy, focused on building and maintaining strong relationships between with their teachers, coaches, advisors, and their peers. Through rigorous academics, an award-winning arts program, and first class athletics program, boys are encouraged to step outside their comfort zones, take a healthy risks, and embrace new opportunities alongside faculty and staff members who are experts in teaching boys. Beyond the classroom, boys learn about the School's 24 virtues — which include traits like courage, honesty, respect, and empathy — to inform what it means to be a helpful member of their community.
What is your mission statement?
The Haverford School community prepares boys for life by developing men of character, intellect, and compassion who will transform our world.
Enrollment
950