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Canterbury High School Profile

 

Class Rank

Compared with larger and nonpublic school, Canterbury's secondary school enrollment is relatively small, selective and homogeneous in academic ability. Class rank is not considered a representative measure of a student's academic abilities and is not computed for college admission purposes.

Standardized Testing

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - Class of 2007 Results

  • 100 percent of the Class of 2007 participated

EXAM
Canterbury Median
Indiana
National
SAT Writing  628  483  494
 SAT Math
617   507  515
 SAT Reading
 624  497 502 


    American College Test (ACT

    • 94 percent of the Class of 2007 participated
    EXAM
    Canterbury
    Median
    Indiana
    National
    Composite 27.0 21.7 21.


      SAT II Subject Testing - Classes of 2007 and 2008

      EXAM
      Canterbury Mean
      National Mean
      Biology (molecular)
      697 661 
      Biology (ecology)
       661 612 
       Chemistry 681  656 
       English Literature
      669  614 
       French 674  584 
      Math
      Level I
      640 580 
       Math
      Level II
      672  678 
       Physics 758  669 
       Spanish 661  589 
       U.S. History
      662  615 

       

      Advanced Placement (AP) Testing

      The AP exam is required for all students enrolled in AP courses.

      • 113 students wrote 245 AP exams during May 2007
      • 95 percent earned 3 or higher out of a possible score of 5
      • 69 percent earned score of 4 or 5

      National Merit Scholars

      Typically, about one-fourth of the students in each graduating class are recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program either as finalists, semifinalists or commended scholars. The Class of 2007 saw 14 of its 72 graduates so recognized. For the past eight years, Canterbury has also had nine National Achievement Scholars.

      High School Curriculum

      The curriculum is exclusively college preparatory. The school year follows a 4-4-1 calendar, with the last month of the year designated as May Term, featuring mini-courses for underclassmen and off-campus internships for seniors.

      Courses are considered to be at least an honors-equivalent level, and students generally are scheduled in heterogeneous classes in the core courses. Because of varying degrees of preparation, ability and interest, however, some students will be accelerated in mathematics and foreign language during their freshman year, and some may elect to take two science or social studies classes as they move through the curriculum.

      In each of the five core subject areas (English, Math, Language, Science and Social Studies) the regular track for all students is listed first. If there are any accelerated options in a given area for a particular year, those options are listed in italics. The following reflects the curriculum for the 2006-2007 school year.

       curriculum

       ***Senior Seminar is an interdisciplinary academic program. Students take courses in ethics, diversity and the humanities to fulfill this requirement.

      All courses are one credit per semester except PE, Health, Intro to Computer and Religion, which are one-half credit each and are not used in calculating GPA. AP courses are weighted 1.2; advanced classes 1.1; and core courses taken on schedule (honors) 1.05.

       

      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)
      • Education Records Bureau (ERB)
      • Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE)

       

       
      Canterbury High School Profile

      College Attendance

      Over the last five years, Canterbury graduates have applied to 344 colleges and universities. The following is a representative listing of the more than 136 institutions where recent (2003-2007) Canterbury graduates have matriculated.

      Albion College
      Allegheny College
      Babson University
      Ball State University
      Bellarmine University
      Biola University
      Boston College
      Brown University
      Bryn Mawr College
      Bucknell University
      Butler University
      Carnegie Mellon University
      Case Western Reserve University
      Centre College
      Colgate University
      College of the Atlantic
      College of Charleston
      Cornell University
      Creighton University
      Davidson College
      Denison University
      DePauw University
      Dickenson College
      Duke University
      Earlham College
      Eastman School of Music
      Eckerd College
      Elon University
      Emory University
      Franklin College
      Furman University
      George Washington University
      Georgetown University
      Georgia Institute of Technology
      Hampden-Sydney College
      Hanover College
      Harvard University
      Hillsdale College
      Hope College
      Indiana University
      Indiana State University
      Indiana/Purdue-FW
      James Madison University
      Knox College
      Lawrence University
      Lehigh University
      Loyola Marymount University
      Loyola University Chicago
      Manchester College
      Marquette University
      Marshall University
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
      Messiah College
      Miami University (OH)
      Michigan State University
      Mount Holyoke College
      Murray State University
      New York University
      North Western University
      Norwich University
      Oberlin College
      Ohio Northern University
      Ohio Wesleyan University
      Princeton University
      Purdue University
      Radford University
      Rhodes College
      Rice University
      Smith College
      Saint Mary's College (IN)
      Southern Methodist University
      Stanford University
      Syracuse University
      Taylor University
      Trinity University
      Tufts University
      Tulane University
      University of Akron
      University of California (Berkeley)
      University of Central Florida
      University of Chicago
      University of Dayton
      University of Indianapolis
      University of Miami
      University of Michigan
      University of Mississippi
      University of New Mexico
      University of North Carolina
      University of Notre Dame
      University of Pennsylvania
      University of Pittsburg
      University of Richmond
      University of Rochester
      University of South Florida
      University of Saint Francis
      University of the South
      University of Southern California
      University of Tampa
      University of Vermont
      University of Washington
      U.S. Air Force Academy
      U.S. Military Academy
      U.S. Naval Academy
      Valparaiso University
      Vanderbilt University
      Vassar College
      Wabash College
      Wake Forest University
      Washington Lee University
      Washington University (MO)
      Wellesley College
      Williams College
      Wittenberg University
      Xavier University (OH)
      Yale University
       
       


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