Sayre School

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Sayre School
Location
Lexington, KY, U.S.
Information
Religion	none
Headmaster	Clayton G. Chambliss[1]
Enrollment	647 total (K-12)[2]
Faculty	71 full time 4 part time[2]
Average class size	14 students[2]
Student:teacher ratio	9:1
Average ACT scores (2007)	25.1 average[3] 100% scored 17 or higher 90% scored 21 or higher 63% scored 24 or higher 37% scored 27 or higher 10% scored 30 or higher[4]
Type	Private
Campus	Urban; 10 buildings[5]
Athletics	10 Interscholastic Sports (grades 9-12)[6]
Mascot	Spartan
Established	1854
Homepage	www.sayreschool.org

Sayre School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Lexington, Kentucky. The school enrolls almost 650 students from preschool to twelfth grade and has around 70 full time faculty members.^[2]

The school is by far the most expensive one in the Lexington region,^[7][8] charging $7,000 to $16,000 a year for tuition. Tuition rates increase with the level of education, meaning that Sayre charges students in its high school, or Upper School, the most.^[9]

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 People 3.1 Notable alumni 4 Athletics 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

David A. Sayre, a New Jersey silversmith who migrated to Lexington where he eventually became a successful banker, founded the school as an all female boarding school in 1854—over a decade before the University of Kentucky first opened its doors.^[10] Originally called Transylvania Women's College, the school remained an all female institution until 1876.^[11] In the late 1800s the school began a college program giving out associate degrees, and to this day the pillars outside the main entrance state "Sayre College."^{[citation needed]} Sayre dropped its associate degree program because the area was already serviced by two other colleges, the University of Kentucky, and Transylvania University.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Academics

The Sayre School consists of three academic divisions, covering grades K-12. The Lower School consists of a preschool program, offered in both the traditional and Montessori methods^[12], and grades 1-5. The Middle School covers grades 6-8, and the Upper School has grades 9-12, like a traditional high school. The Upper School offers 17 Advanced Placement courses, and of the 30% of students who took the AP exams, 69% earned a passing score of 3 or higher.^[13]

[edit] People

Since Sayre is no longer a boarding school, most of its students reside in Lexington, Kentucky or its nearby counties, such as Bourbon, Jessamine, and Woodford counties. However, some students have come from areas, such as Fleming and Estill counties, that are more than an hour commute away.^[2] Specifically, students that come from outside Fayette County make up 27% of the students in the Upper School and 18% of the students in the Middle School.^[4][14]

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable past Sayre students include Laura Clay, Katherine Pettit, and Ashley Judd--who did not complete her secondary education at Sayre.^[15][16]

Laura Clay, a leader in the women's suffrage movement and daughter of Cassius Clay, went to Sayre.

Actress Ashley Judd, who has appeared in over twenty different movies, attended Sayre.

[edit] Athletics

Sayre's sports teams are called the Spartans. Notably, the school has a "no-cut" policy for its sports teams, meaning that any student can participate on an athletic team, regardless of ability, if he or she wishes to do so.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sayre School website

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