GA Quick Facts

• Founded 1759
• The oldest, nonsectarian, continuously run, independent day school in America.
• PreK-12, College Preparatory
• Located in Fort Washington, PA
• Accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS)
• Member of the PAIS-BOA consortium of schools
• Total Enrollment for 2026-27: 1,227
• Senior Class Enrollment: 139

• Michael H. Jordan 1760, President of Board of Trustees
• Rich Schellhas 1760, Head of School
• Dave Samson, Head of Upper School
• Jonas Jeswald, Assistant Head of School/Head of Middle School
• Sue Szczepkowski 1760, Assistant Head of School/Head of Lower School
• Bill Lockard, Chief Finance and Operating Officer
• Laura Martin '82, Director of Admission, Enrollment and Financial Aid
• Brooke Record, Director of Institutional Advancement

• GA has a total of 166 full-time faculty members
• 69% of faculty have an advanced degree
• 60% of faculty are female, 40% are male
• 18% of faculty are people of color
• 93% faculty retention rate
• Faculty average tenure is 13 years

• 2026-27 Enrollment: 1,228
• Lower School Students: 366
• Middle School Students: 296
• Upper School Students: 566
• Boys: 614
• Girls: 612
• Non-Binary: 2
• 2025-26 Retention: 97%
• Students Receiving Financial Aid: 36%
• Geographic Distribution: Students come from 90+ different area towns that represent Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, Chester, and Philadelphia counties. 

• Average Class Size:
  Lower School: 12-18
  Middle School: 14-16
  Upper School: 12-14
• Physics 9th Grade: Yes
• Foreign Languages: Chinese (Mandarin), French, Latin, Spanish, German (Upper School elective)
• Honors Classes: 34
• AP Classes: 9
• Harkness Table Method
• SAT Overall (Middle 50%) - 1160-1400
• SAT Evidenced Based Reading and Writing (Middle 50%) - 600-690
• SAT Math (Middle 50%) - 580-720
• ACT Composite Score (Middle 50%) - 26-32
• National Merit Scholarship Program Recognition (Class of 2026)
  • 10 Commended
  • 7 Finalists
  • 3 National Recognition/Scholarship Winners
• Academy Scholars Program
• Senior Projects
• Writing Center

• 100% of seniors who want to attend a 4-year college receive admission. View the 2025-26 College Profile to learn more.
• 31 student-athletes from the Class of 2026 are currently playing for a Division I, II, or III team.
• Top colleges & universities attended by the most graduates in the last five years - Penn State (44), University of Pennsylvania (25), Lehigh (25), Elon (19), Pitt (18), Drexel (16), Franklin & Marshall (15), and Northeastern (14). See the full Class of 2026 College List.

• Art Across the Academy
• Design Thinking
• Nature Program
• Beard Center for Innovation
• Brian H. Dovey Changemakers Institute
• GAXP

2026-27 (self-reported)

• Students of color make up 34% of the school population
• 32% for Lower School
• 35% for Middle School
• 34% for Upper School
• Faculty and administration of color: 18%

• Learn more about our Diversity Commitment

• 81 Athletic Teams (Middle School & Upper School). Our program gives students access to a robust private school athletics program in the Fort Washington/Philadelphia region. 
• Belfry Club: The nation's oldest, continuously-run high school dramatic club.
• The Academy Monthly: One of the oldest student run literary magazines in the country, founded in 1885.
• Ye Primer: First published in 1895 as a record of the senior class, the yearbook has expanded to include the whole school, and captures the life of the student body, faculty and staff with pictures, articles, and senior pages.
• MS Clubs
• US Clubs
• Student Publications

Germantown Academy has faculty and student exchange programs with schools in the following cities:

• Beijing, China
• Krakow, Poland
• London, England
• Seville, Spain