GA Quick Facts

• Founded 1759
• The oldest, non-sectarian, continuously run, independent day school in America.
• PreK-12, College Preparatory
• Located in Fort Washington, PA
• Accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS)
• Member of the PAIS-BOA consortium of schools
• Total Enrollment for 2023-24: 1,222
• Senior Class Enrollment: 142

• Michael H. Jordan, President of Board of Trustees
• Rich Schellhas 1760, Head of School
• Nidhi McVicar, Assistant Head of School
• Dr. Molly MacKean, Head of Upper School
• Jonas Jeswald, Head of Middle School
• Sue Szczepkowski, Head of Lower School
• David Pannepacker, Chief Finance and Operating Officer
• Laura Martin, Director of Admission, Enrollment and Financial Aid
• Brooke Record, Director of Institutional Advancement

• GA has a total of 168 full-time faculty members
• 66% of faculty have an advanced degree
• 61% of faculty are  female,  39% male
• 23% of faculty are people of color

• 2023-24 Enrollment: 1,222
• Lower School Students: 371
• Middle School Students: 280
• Upper School Students: 571
• Boys: 624
• Girls: 595
• Non-Binary: 3
• 2023-24 Retention: 97%
• Students Receiving Financial Aid: 34%
• Geographic Distribution: Students come from 90+ different area towns that represent Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, Chester, and Philadelphia counties. See transportation information here.

• 100% of seniors who want to attend a 4-year college receive admission College Profile
• 37 student-athletes from the Class of 2023 are currently playing for a Division I, II, or III team
• Top colleges & universities attended by the most graduates in the last five years - Penn State (46), University of Pennsylvania (27), Elon (20), Villanova (19), Lehigh (18), Syracuse (18), Drexel (18), and Pitt (17). Class of 2023 College List

• Average Class Size:
  Lower School: 12-18
  Middle School: 14-16
  Upper School: 14-16
• Physics 9th Grade: Yes
• Foreign Languages: Chinese (Mandarin), French, Latin, Spanish, German (US elective)
• Honors Classes: 34
• AP Classes: 14
• Harkness Table Method
• SAT Overall (Middle 50%) - 1190-1405
• SAT Evidenced Based Reading and Writing ( Middle 50%) - 595-695
• SAT Math (Middle 50%) - 580-710
• ACT Composite Score (Middle 50%) - 25-33
• Academy Scholars Program
• Senior Projects
• Writing Center

• Art Across the Academy
• Design Thinking
• Nature Program
• Beard Center for Innovation

• Students of color make up 31% of the school population
• 31% for Lower School
• 32% for Middle School
• 30% for Upper School
• Faculty and administration of color: 22%
• Learn more about our Diversity Commitment

• 81 Athletic Teams (Middle School & Upper School).
• Belfry Club: The nation's oldest, continuously-run high school dramatic club.
• The Academy Monthly: One of the oldest student run literary magazines in the country, founded in 1885.
• Ye Primer: First published in 1895 as a record of the senior class, the yearbook has expanded to include the whole school, and captures the life of the student body, faculty and staff with pictures, articles, and senior pages.
• MS Clubs
• US Clubs
• Publications

Germantown Academy has faculty and student exchange programs with schools in the following cities (prior to Covid):

• Beijing, China
• Krakow, Poland
• London, England
• Seville, Spain
• Freiburg, Germany
• Freiburg, France