300 East seminary Street
Mercersburg, PA 17236

Mercersburg Academy is an independent college-preparatory school in south-central Pennsylvania, located on a 300-acre rural campus between two mountain ranges.

Approximately 440 boarding and day students from 22 nations attend Mercersburg Academy. Classes range in size from one to 18. The average class has 12 students, and the student to faculty ratio is five to one. About sixty-eight percent of Mercersburg's 97 faculty members hold advanced degrees.

The Pennsylvania prep school typically offers approximately 35 advance placement and honors courses each year. The normal course load is 5 credits per term for all grade levels--with almost all courses earning one credit per term.

Quick Facts

Students come to Mercersburg from 28 nations, 28 states and the District of Columbia.

There are about 54 percent boys enrolled.

Mercersburg Academy's school year is divided into three terms.

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