Academics & Leadership

Our small classes of 13 are just one of the things that make our academic program strong. At Baylor students quickly find peers who value academic achievement and are surrounded by a faculty committed to helping them reach their full academic potential. Our diverse curriculum includes AP and Honors courses, and a wide array of electives. Beginning in grade six and all the way through the senior year, students also have an adviser.

Leadership Plays a Key Role

At Baylor, we believe the roots of leadership extend beyond a year of service as team captain, a club leader, or a student officer. While these roles and opportunities are certainly significant, our Leadership Baylor Program is woven into the curriculum at each grade level, so students can discover their own unique leadership potential.

For a complete overview of the Leadership Baylor Program, click here.

What does it all add up to?

100 percent of our graduates attend colleges and universities - many of them are some of the country's most prestigious institutions. Our alumni are scientists, senators, Pulitzer-Prize winners and critically acclaimed novelists. Want to know more? Click on the program overviews, curriculum, and other links in this section and throughout our website - we'll let you do the math!

Baylor's iPad Initiative

Taking the lead in 21st century teaching and the effective use of technology in the classroom, Baylor announced that all students will be required to purchase or lease an iPad beginning fall of 2012. As the first phase of the iPad initiative the school has already purchased 110 of the tablets for teachers, librarians, and academic support staff so they can begin preparing for the introduction of the devices to students next year. Professional development throughout the coming year will focus on effective use of the iPad in the classroom. For more information, click here.

How does Baylor lead?

With a clear, innovative curriculum, taught by some of the nation's leading educators. Beyond academics we blaze trails in everything from community service to the arts. Our greatest strength? An extraordinary awareness of each child's individual promise.

High Alumni Satisfaction

In a recent survey of Baylor alums over the last four decades, among both day and boarding students, the primary reason for attending Baylor was academic quality.

In the decade of the 1990s, alums felt that they received good to excellent preparation for college in every academic area at the school; on a 5-point scale, departments received ratings from 4.0 to 4.6.

In the decade of the 1990s, alums rated faculty, on the same 5-point scale, as well-versed in their subjects (4.7), developing close relationships with students (4.7), able to teach their subjects (4.6), and able to motivate students (4.5).