High School Profile
Canterbury School, founded in 1977, is an independent day school for students age 2 to Grade 12 serving northeast Indiana. Its campuses are located in Fort Wayne, Indiana’s second largest city and the economic and cultural hub of a growing and diversifying 11-county region.
Canterbury’s mission is to “Maximize the potential of young people by providing a challenging, enriching, and supportive learning environment in which students build the foundation for a life of purpose, passion, and meaning.”
Canterbury School Facts
Accreditation
Independent Schools Association of the Central States (2019)
School Memberships
National Association of Independent Schools, Cum Laude Society, National Association for College Admissions Counseling, Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools
Malone Schools Foundation
In 2009, Canterbury School was selected as a Malone School, receiving an endowment to provide capable students with financial aid and access to Malone Schools Online Network courses. Canterbury is the only Malone School in the state of Indiana and one of 50 nationwide.
Special Features of the Canterbury Experience
National Testing
Awards & Honors
Student honors include the Faculty Prize, Deans’ Award, and Distinguished Progress. Award winners and commendations appear on transcripts. A student may receive these awards once before Grade 12. Each spring up to 20 percent of the senior class and 10 percent of the junior class may hold membership in the Cum Laude Society.
Grading and Reporting Policies
The high school curriculum consists of courses that, with few exceptions, are taught at the honors, advanced, Advanced Placement, or college level. Student transcripts reflect a weighted GPA based on the following scale:
- Advanced Placement (AP) and college-level (CL) courses: 1.2
- Advanced (AD) courses: 1.1
- Honors (H) courses: 1.05
- All other (R) courses: 1.0
Highest possible grade is an A. Canterbury does not compute class rank. Canterbury reports grades on an A-F scale and does not use A+.
Canterbury School complies with all best practices articulated in NACAC's Guide to Ethical Practice in College Admission.
College Matriculation 2019-2024
The following 127 institutions enrolled at least one member of the classes of 2019 to 2024. Numbers in parenthesis indicate multiple enrollments; institutions in bold enrolled at least one member of the Class of 2024.
Allegheny College, AMDA College of the Performing Arts, Amsterdam University College, Arizona State University, Auburn University, Ball State University (11), Baylor University (2), Belmont University (2), Beloit College, Benedictine College, Berklee College of Music, Boston College (2), Boston University, Bowling Green State University, Bradley University, Bucknell University, Butler University (3), California College of the Arts, Case Western Reserve University (7), Cedarville University, Clemson University, Colgate University (2), Colorado Mesa University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College (2), Davidson College, Denison University (3), DePaul University (5), DePauw University, Dickinson College (2), Duke University (4), Elon University (2), Emory University (3), Fordham University (2), Franklin and Marshall College, Franklin College (2), George Washington University, Georgetown University, Georgia Institute of Technology (2), Grace College, Harvard University (3), Haverford College (2), Hillsdale College, Hofstra University, Hope College (3), Howard University, Indiana University Indianapolis (3), Indiana University Bloomington (84), Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, Iowa State University, Johns Hopkins University, Johnson & Wales University, Kenyon College (3), Lake Forest College, Lawrence University (2), Lehigh University (2), Loyola University Chicago (5), Manchester University, Marian University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGill University, Miami University-Oxford (7), Michigan State University (2), New York University (3), Northwestern University, Oberlin College (2), Pace University, Pennsylvania State University, Pomona College, Princeton University, Purdue University Fort Wayne (13), Purdue University West Lafayette (49), Rice University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Saint Mary's College, Sarah Lawrence College, Savannah College of Art & Design (3), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Spring Arbor University, Swarthmore College, Syracuse University (2), Texas Christian University, The King's College, Trine University (5), United States Air Force Academy, United States Naval Academy, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, University of Alabama, University of Arizona (3), University of California-Santa Cruz, University of Central Florida, University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati (8), University of Colorado Boulder (2), University of Florida (3), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (3), University of Miami (2), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (6), University of Mississippi, University of Notre Dame (4), University of Pennsylvania, University of Puget Sound, University of Richmond (3), University of Rochester, University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne (5), University of San Diego, University of South Carolina, University of South Florida, University of Southern California, University of Tampa (2), University of Tennessee (4), University of Virginia (2), University of Washington (3), University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wyoming, Valparaiso University (3), Vanderbilt University (2), Villanova University, Virginia Tech, Wabash College (3), Wake Forest University, Washington University in St Louis (2), Western Washington University, Whitman College, Willamette University, William & Mary, Xavier University (2), Yale University