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Shady Side Academy

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    Grades
    -12

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    Gender
    Coed

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    Students
    928

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    Teachers
    120

School Profile

City
Pittsburgh, PA
Setting
Large suburb
Religion
nonsectarian 
Teachers
115.1 
S/T Ratio*
7.88 
Base Tuition
$43,950 / $28,950 (day school)

Shady Side Academy (Pennsylvania)

Shady Side Academy is a private coed school in Pittsburgh, a large suburb in Pennsylvania. 147 other private schools are located in Allegheny County too, but very few – if any – are boarding schools like Shady Side Academy is. In terms of religious orientation, Shady Side Academy is a nonsectarian school.

The academic school years lasts 167 calendar days and each day students spend 9 hours in class. In 2011, 100% of the graduating senior class went on to 4-year colleges.

115.1 full-time equivalent teachers are on staff to educate the student body of 907 students in grades PK-12. That’s a student-teacher ratio of 7.88. We look more closely at students and teachers in several charts below.

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Associations & Organizations

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • National Association of Independent Schools
  • State/Regional Independent School Association
  • The Association of Boarding Schools


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