Early Childhood
5601 Covington Road
260-432-7776

Lower School
5601 Covington Road
260-432-7776

Middle School
5601 Covington Road
260-436-7721

High School
3210 Smith Road
260-436-0746

Facts and Stats

Year Founded

Canterbury was founded in 1977.
Canterbury High School opened in 1983.


Campus Locations

Early Childhood, Lower School, Middle School
5601 Covington Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46804

High School
3210 Smith Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46804


Headmaster

Jonathan Hancock


Divisions

Early Childhood
Age 2 through Kindergarten Prep
Director: Paula Pritchard

Lower School
Kindergarten through Grade 4
Director: Judy Anderson

Middle School
Grade 5 through Grade 8
Director: Lars Kuelling

High School
Grade 9 through Grade 12
Director: Bob Schantz


Athletics

  • 17 Indiana High School Athletics Association sports offered,
      8 state championships
  • 18 team semi-state or state finals appearances
  • More than 70 percent of High School students participate in interscholastic sports each year
  • Athletics has an all inclusive policy
  • We "Honor the Game" and promote the Positive Coaching Alliance values

Fine Arts

  • All students in grades K-8 are required to participate in fine arts (music, art, drama, dance)
  • All Lower School students participate in an annual musical
  • Middle and High School students stage at least four full concerts and three dramatic productions each year

Community Service

  • Canterbury students participate in countless service and outreach activities each year, both required and voluntary
  • All Canterbury students are required to participate in daily "work crew" tasks at the end of the school day.

More Key Statistics 2010

  • 100 percent of graduates are typically accepted at and matriculate to 4-year colleges and universities.
  • 100 percent of students take either the SAT or ACT college entrance tests.
  • SAT scores average about 1250 (verbal and math) – 250 points above Indiana averages.
  • ACT scores average 27.5 – compared with the Indiana average of 22.3.
  • Over the past 12 years, 85 students have been recognized as National Merit Scholar Program Semi-Finalists.
  • The class of 2010 received 215 merit awards from colleges totaling more than $6 million and averaging more than $75,000 each.
  • Generally, 97 percent of students in Kindergarten-Grade 11 return to Canterbury for their next school year.
  • About 85 percent of Middle School students and 75 percent of High School students participate in interscholastic athletics.
  • All students in Early Childhood (Cavaliers 3s) – Grade 12 take at least one Foreign Language, and about 20 percent in grades 7-12 take two foreign languages at the same time.
  • All students are required to do community service work from school-based “work crew” programs to local community projects.
  • All students in Kindergarten – Grade 8 take Fine Arts classes and participate in Fine Arts performances, and there is a one-year High School Fine Arts graduation requirement.
  • The student/teacher ratio is 9 to 1, and all students in grades 5-12 have an academic advisor.
  • Approximately 65 percent of fourth graders are reading 2 years above grade level, and 25 percent of third and fourth graders are accelerated by 2 years in mathematics.

Average Class Size

  • Lower School: three classrooms per grade level, 15-18 students per classroom
  • Middle School: approximately 55 students per grade level in three sections
  • High School: approximately 80 students per grade level in five sections
Projected Enrollment 2011-2012
All School 986
Early Childhood 155
Lower School 248
Middle School 243
High School 340

Faculty and Administration

  • Faculty: 115
  • Administrators: 11
  • Student/Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1
  • The 104 teaching faculty have an average of 15 years of teaching experience; 57 have advanced degrees

Institutional Accreditation

  • Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
  • State of Indiana Freeway School

Memberships

  • National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
  • Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)
  • College Board (CB)
  • Educational Records Bureau (ERB)
  • Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE)
  • Malone Scholars Program

Endowment Value

More than $8 million