St. Andrew's Schools history

By the summer of 1869 there were enough students to organize the Sewanee Grammar School for younger boys.

Two St Mary's Sisters spent the winter of 1887 at Sewanee in the first Hodgson Hall.

School opened on August 30, 1897, with an enrollment of 25 pupils.

In 1902, the school moved to Quintard Memorial Hall, named for the Vice-Chancellor under whom the Sewanee Grammar School opened.

On September 12, 1905, St Andrew's School opened with four pupils.

The Sewanee Grammar School changed its name in 1908 to Sewanee Military Academy, continuing the military influence that had disappeared from the University of the South.

In 1918 Saint Andrew Parish purchased the Academy of the Holy Names from the Sisters, and it became a parochial school.

In 1923, when more space was needed, the parish bought the Throop Building (occupied by the California Institute of Technology) located on Chestnut Street between Fair Oaks and Raymond.

In 1949 the Throop Building was demolished and the current school building was constructed.

With the demise of St Mary's School, in 1968 the University opened the Sewanee Military Academy to girls.

Enrollment began to drop in the high school in 1969.

In 1971, as military schools were closing across the nation, the military was abandoned altogether, and the school became Sewanee Academy, a co-educational, college preparatory school, still housed on the campus of the University of the South.

In 1976, the school assumed non-profit corporation status with a board of trustees.

Despite efforts to increase enrollment, Saint Andrew High School was closed on June 6, 1980 because of its decreased enrollment.

Merger came in 1981 on the St Andrew's campus.

In 2013, the St Andrew's Schools were formed, bringing St Andrew's Priory School under one umbrella with the existing co-ed Queen Emma Preschool and the newly created St Andrew's Preparatory School for Boys (The Prep) for boys in elementary school.