Fast Facts about Woodside Priory 2006-2007
Student Community: A small school by choice and design.
High School: 253, including 47 boarding students
Middle School: 95
Boys: 55.1%
Girls: 44.9%
Diversity:
Students come from: In addition to the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties and the Monterey Bay area, students hail from all over California, New Jersey, East Coast, Europe, Japan, Korea, India, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China.
25% of students identify themselves as persons of color, multiracial, or international students with foreign student visas.
15% of faculty and administration are persons of color. An additional 3% (Caucasians) emigrated from other countries.
Student-faculty ratio:
About 6:1 including student support staff (such as non-teaching advisors and coaches). Student to full-time-equivalent faculty is about 9:1
Faculty with advanced degrees: 71%
Class size: typically 14-18, usually smaller in grade 10-12 elective classes.
Biggest class: AP Calculus with 22
Smallest class: Advanced Topics in Computer Science and AP Music Theory with 2 students each.
Number of elective classes: 24
Number of H Block (club and activity) classes: 26
High School Academic Test Score Achievement in 2006-2007
National Merit Honors: 13% of qualified seniors (US citizens only) achieved finalist status. Almost 1/3 of the senior class achieved semifinalist, commended or Hispanic scholar status
Advanced Placement Test Scores (May 2006 exams*)
- 86% scored a 3, 4 or 5
- 75% scored a 4 or 5
AP Scholar rankings: Because we are a small school, a small difference in student scores can have a disproportionately big impact on averages.
SAT 1 Scores:
Priory average verbal score - 610
- Average US score - 504
- Average California score - 499
Priory average math score - 633
- Average US score - 533
- Average California score - 516
Priory average writing score - 605
- Average US score - 489
- Average California score - 498