Just the Facts

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Summary information for the
2012-2013 academic year:

Grades 9-12

Enrollment – 410 students

     Webb School of California - 209 boys
     Vivian Webb School - 201 girls
     International - 22%

Average Class Size – 15 students

Student Body – Ethnically, religiously, socio-economically and geographically diverse. This year's student body hails from 17 states - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas; as well as from 19 different countries - Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, and United Kingdom.

Faculty –  54 faculty; all hold four-year degrees; 85% hold advanced degrees; 7 hold doctorates; 80% live on campus; 8:1 student to faculty ratio

Advanced Placement - 15 classes: Calculus AB and BC, Stats, Physics B and C, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, English Language, English Literature, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, French Language, US History, and World History. 46% of the students in grades 10, 11 and 12 are enrolled in AP classes. 181 students took 495 exams this past year.

Residential Life – 6 dorms for boys; 4 dorms for girls

Athletics A member of the California Interscholastic Federation, Webb fields 42 teams in 15 sports. Boys’ Athletics: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Water Polo, Wrestling. Girls’ Athletics: Basketball, Cross Country, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Water Polo. Coed teams: Badminton.

Notable Resources – Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology; Copeland Donahue Theater; Webb Observatory with Celestron-14 telescope; a scanning electron microscope; classrooms outfitted with SmartBoards; KWEB radio station; Mary Stuart Rogers Sports Center with state-of-the-art track and  football field; Les Perry Gymnasium and McCarthy Fitness Center;  Sutro Aquatics Center; wireless technology; dorms, classrooms, labs and library all linked by WEBBIE network.

Accreditation and Memberships – Western Association of Schools and Colleges; National Association of Independent Schools; The Association of Boarding Schools; Western Boarding School Association; California Association of Independent Schools; National Association of College Admission Counselors; Secondary Schools Admission Test Board

Nondiscrimination Policy– The Webb Schools admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. The Webb Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law in administration of their educational policies, tuition assistance, athletic, and other school-administered programs, or any other basis in law.