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General Information About Devon Prep

Devon Prep at a GlanceThe Last Communion of St. Joseph of Calasanz, by Goya

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Roman Catholic, conducted by the Piarist Fathers

ENROLLMENT: TOTAL - 296 (All Boys) GRADES: 6 through 12

MIDDLE SCHOOL: 67
UPPER SCHOOL: 229

STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO: 10 to 1

STUDENTS PER CLASS: Ranges 4 to 25, Average is 15

TUITION (2007-08): Upper School – $15,200 Middle School – $14,200

LOCATION: 20 acre campus in Devon, on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Devon Prep students hail from Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks
counties as well as parts of Philadelphia.

SAT SCORES OF GRADUATES (3 year avg.): 1267 Total; 633 Verbal, 634 Math

COLLEGE PLACEMENT: 100% accepted to 4-year colleges

ACCREDITATION: Middle States Association

FACULTY: 34 total; 23 men; 11 women; 2 Piarist Fathers; 65% hold Advanced Degrees; 8 are Alumni; 9 are Alumni Parents

ALUMNI: 1,927 alumni living throughout the United States and in 16 countries worldwide, including Pakistan, China and Japan.

Devon Prep alumni have gone on to become attorneys, medical doctors, college professors, CEOs and CFOs, clergy, actors, artists and reporters. Some notable Devon Prep alumni include:

  • Kevin Magee ’72 - Vice President of Fox Network Radio
  • Robert Ambrogi ’67 - Director of the American International School of Johannesburg, formerly served as superintendent of the International School of Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Mark Malseed ’93 - author or several books including The Bureau and the Mole, slated to become a Jerry Bruckheimer film, and two books about the Bush presidency in which he collaborated with Bob Woodward.
  • Dr. Anthony Coletta ’71 - Local surgeon who pioneered laproscopic surgery.
  • Frank M. Lesher’66 - retired Executive Vice President Sony Electronics Corporation.
  • Matt Huenerfauth ’97 - an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College.
  • *One of 20 students nationally to be named USA Today All-USA Collegiate Academic First Team (2001).
    *One of only 12 American students to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship for tuition, housing, living, and travel funds to study in Ireland.
  • Robert Magee ’65 - Chairman and CEO of Totem Ocean Trailer Express
  • Dr. Colin Phoon ’81 - Director of Pediatric & Fetal Echocardiography New York School of Medicine, NYU

ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES: (Available beginning with sophomore year in Upper School) Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus (AB or BC), English/Language, English/Literature, Government, European History, U.S. History, French, German, Spanish, Geography, Computer Science

  • *80% scoring “3” or better on AP Exams
    * On average, nearly 50% of our senior class is named AP scholar
    (Class of 2006: 14 AP Scholars, Class of 2007 - 20 AP Scholars)
  • * Devon Prep is the only Pennsylvania High School recognized in the College Board's Advanced Placement Report to the Nation 2007 for Excellence in Performance and Participation in the AP Physics B Program.

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS: On average, 22% of our graduates are named Finalists, Semifinalists, or Commended Students by the College Board in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. (Class of 2006: 5 Merit Scholars, 2 Scholarship Winners; Class of 2007: 5 Merit Scholars)