St. Johnsbury Academy

St. Johnsbury Academy
St. Johnsbury Academy
Location
	St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States
Information
Type	Private, boarding
Motto	SEMPER DISCENS — Always Learning
Denomination	None
Established	1842
Headmaster	Dr. Sharon Howell
Faculty	220
Enrollment	Approx. 1000
Average class size	12 students
Student to teacher ratio	8 to 1
Campus	50 acres (0.6 km²)
Color(s)	Green and white
Athletics	Over 40 interscholastic sports
Athletics conference	VPA Division I
Mascot	Hilltopper
Website	www.stjacademy.org

St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) is an independent,^[2] private, coeducational, non-profit boarding and day school located in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in the United States. The academy enrolls students in grades 9-12. It was founded by Thaddeus Fairbanks, and accepts the majority of its students through one of the nation's oldest voucher systems.^[3] It has a sister school, St. Johnsbury Academy Jeju in Jeju Island, South Korea.

^ "St. Johnsbury Academy News & Sports". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28.
^ Barbara Leitenberg (2008-02-18). "Retired Teachers Lauded for Prison School". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 2008-03-11. ^{[dead link]}
^ Amity Shlaes (1999). "A Little School in the Northeast Kingdom". Hoover Digest. Hoover Institution. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-03-11.