Canterbury School vs. Greensboro Day School
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School Overview
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Top Rankings
Canterbury School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in North Carolina for:
Greensboro Day School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in North Carolina for:
Category
Attribute
SAT Score
Student Body
AP Courses
Sports offered
Extracurriculars
School History
Overview
Canterbury School prepares PreK-8th grade students to be capable problem solvers, creative thinkers, effective communicators, responsible citizens, and respected leaders.
Our motto -- To Learn, To Love, To Serve: To Live -- reflects our belief that students learn valuable lessons for living through academics, spiritual nurture, and service to others. Our Episcopal identity provides rigorous academics and a unique inquiry-based approach to learning.
We challenge students' minds and nourish their spirits in a close-knit community where all students are known and loved.
Greensboro Day School provides the most dynamic, comprehensive pre-K through 12th grade academic environment in the Triad.
Our mission is to develop the intellectual, ethical, and interpersonal foundations students need to be constructive contributors to the world.
We deliver a dynamic academic program that keeps students interested, active, and engaged.
Academic challenge is matched with support from an expert and caring faculty, ensuring that every student is known as an individual.
We offer a wide variety of opportunities in extracurriculars, athletics, and the arts.
Students can pursue their passions and discover new ones, learn to work together, and build lasting friendships.
Grades Offered
NS-8
NS-12
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
No
No
Learning Difference Programs
No
No
Year Founded
1993
1970
Students Body
Total Students
318 students
985 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
67%
-
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
26
184
Kindergarten Students
32
63
Grade 1 Students
24
50
Grade 2 Students
25
41
Grade 3 Students
38
52
Grade 4 Students
27
44
Grade 5 Students
36
47
Grade 6 Students
41
73
Grade 7 Students
33
71
Grade 8 Students
36
67
Grade 9 Students
-
77
Grade 10 Students
-
66
Grade 11 Students
-
79
Grade 12 Students
-
71
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
29 teachers
110 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
49%
65%
Average Class Size
17
16
Number of AP Classes
n/a
25
Teacher : Student Ratio
1:11
1:9
Average SAT score
n/a
1320
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
(1st-4th Khaki or navy on bottom, collared shirts on top, no logos; and 5th-8th solid colored bottoms with collared, no logo shirts)
(1st-4th Khaki or navy on bottom, collared shirts on top, no logos; and 5th-8th solid colored bottoms with collared, no logo shirts)
Casual
(Dress code)
(Dress code)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
None / Rolling
Tuition Cost
$19,898
$27,970
Tuition Notes
Canterbury offers indexed tuition that considers each family\'s unique financial situation. Families may pay from $3,443 to $17,715 for K-8. PreK options begin at $6,000 for 5 half days.
$13,250-$27,970
% on Financial Aid
35%
26%
Average Financial Aid Grant
$9,600
n/a
Admissions Director
Preston Fogartie
Crissy Anderson
Admissions Associate
Sally King
n/a
Sports
Total Sports Offered
8
14
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
10
19
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Chess Club, Dance Classes, Drama Club, Individual music lessons, Latin Club, Microeconomics Club, Middle School Spring Musical, Outdoor Education (climbing wall, ropes course, etc.), Sports skills clinics, STEM Club
Art, Band, Chorus, Cum Laude Society, Diversity Club, Drama, Gardening, Honor Board, Mandarin Chinese, Moot Court, National Honor Society, Operation Smile, Piano, Pottery, StageCraft, Strings, Student Council, Student Philanthropy Council, Yearbook