Burr and Burton Academy is an independent, coeducational New England secondary school that serves as the school of choice for 650 students from Manchester and ten surrounding communities as well as over fifty students from overseas.
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Burr and Burton Academy's Creative Arts Department presents Neil Simon's comedy The Odd Couple (female version). November 5,6,7,8 at 6:30 pm in the Riley Center for the Arts.
Number of Students 650
International Students 54 (from Germany, Japan, South Korea, Finland, Spain, Poland, Austria, and Taiwan)
Faculty 70
Faculty members holding advanced degrees 60 percent
Faculty/Student Ratio 10/1 in core subjects
Academic Courses 140
Advanced Placement Courses 11
Graduation Requirements 28 credits, 19 from core courses
Community Service Requirement Two Service Learning projects per year
Extracurricular Activities Over 85 percent of students participate in after-school activities including sports and 22 clubs representing a wide variety of interests
Interscholastic Varsity Sports 16
State Division Championships 2001-2010 46
College Accepatances Burr and Burton graduates enroll in over 80 different colleges each year. In the last five years, graduates have been accepted at over 500 colleges and universities including: Castleton State College Colorado State University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Johns Hopkins University, Middlebury College, Montana State University, New York University, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Savannah College of Art and Design, Siena College, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Vermont, Vermont Technical College, Williams College, Yale University