St. Andrews School
Sewanee, TN

St. Andrews School
290 Quintard Road
Sewanee , TN
918-598-5651

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee was founded in 1868 as an extension of the University of The South , Sewanee, aimed at educating boys in the tradition of the Episcopal Church. The school’s first students ranged in age from 12 to 19 years, and during the school’s first year it was known as the Junior Department of the University of The South .

In 1869 there were enough boys enrolled to organize the Sewanee Grammar School , thus the Junior Department of the University of The South ceased to exist. Sewanee Grammar School operated until 1908 when its name was changed to Sewanee Military Academy .

In 1905 another school, St. Andrew’s School, was founded by members of the Order of The Holy Cross. In addition to theses two schools, a girls school, St. Mary’s, was founded near Sewanee in 1896. St. Mary’s ceased operation in 1967 at which time Sewanee Military Academy opened its doors to female students.

In 1971 Sewanee Military Academy --then a fully coeducational school--abandoned its name and became Sewanee Academy . Eventually, in 1981, Sewanee Academy and St. Andrew’s School merged to form the present St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School.