Editing Phillips Academy (section)

== Admissions and student body ==

=== Admission policies ===
Phillips Academy is one of the most selective boarding schools in the United States, especially in light of its size. In 2016, four boarding schools had an acceptance rate lower than 15%, and Andover was larger than the other three put together.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Emmie |last2=Loudenback |first2=Tanza |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 16 most selective boarding schools in America |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-selective-boarding-schools-in-america-2016-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017121337/https://www.businessinsider.com/most-selective-boarding-schools-in-america-2016-2 |archive-date=2023-10-17 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The acceptance rate normally hovers around 13%,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Amy |date=April 18, 2013 |title=Historic admission rate yields exceptional 236th incoming class |url=https://www.andover.edu/about/newsroom/pages/the236thclass.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715130839/https://www.andover.edu/about/newsroom/pages/the236thclass.aspx |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=June 22, 2014 |website=Andover.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Emmie |last2=Loudenback |first2=Tanza |date=2016-02-19 |title=The 16 most selective boarding schools in America |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-selective-boarding-schools-in-america-2016-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017121337/https://www.businessinsider.com/most-selective-boarding-schools-in-america-2016-2 |archive-date=2023-10-17 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last1=Jin |first1=Jenny |last2=Chang |first2=Melissa |date=2022-04-15 |title=Over-Enrollment at Andover: Why It Happened and What to Expect Next Year |url=https://phillipian.net/2022/04/15/over-enrollment-at-andover-why-it-happened-and-what-to-expect-next-year/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref> but during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], it fell to 9% in 2022.<ref name=":9" />

Andover has practiced [[need-blind admission]] since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2007-11-29 |title=Andover Goes Need-Blind |url=https://phillipian.net/2007/11/29/andover-goes-need-blind/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209050022/https://phillipian.net/2007/11/29/andover-goes-need-blind/ |archive-date=2021-12-09 |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref> It also offers financial aid that covers 100% of demonstrated financial need for every admitted student.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuition and Financial Aid |url=https://www.andover.edu/admission/tuition-and-financial-aid |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Phillips Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> To recruit U.S. students from "historically underrepresented" backgrounds, Andover pays for certain prospective financial aid applicants and their guardians to visit the campus during the admissions process.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learn and Explore Andover Program (LEAP) |url=https://www.andover.edu/admission/tuition-and-financial-aid/leap |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Phillips Academy |language=en-US}}</ref>

About one of every eight Andover students (12.9%) has a [[Legacy preferences|parent who attended Andover]], and at least one out of every five Andover students has a sibling who attended Andover.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=The Phillipian |date=28 May 2021 |title=State of the Academy |url=http://pdf.phillipian.net/2021/06202021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726001202/http://pdf.phillipian.net/2021/06202021.pdf |archive-date=26 July 2021 |access-date=26 July 2021 |website=The Phillipian |language=en}}</ref>

=== Student body ===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="float:right;" ; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition (2021–22)<ref name="nces">{{Cite web |title=PHILLIPS ACADEMY |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00603199 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316170850/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00603199 |archive-date=2024-03-16 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=[[National Center for Education Statistics]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Massachusetts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MA/PST045222 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |PA
! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Massachusetts
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36.5|%|2||background:gray}}
|align=right| {{bartable|69.6|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian people|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|33.0|%|2||background:purple}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7.7|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Black people|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10.2|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|align=right| {{bartable|9.5|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10.5|%|2||background:green}}
|align=right| {{bartable|13.1|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9.3|%|2||background:red}}
|align=right| {{bartable|2.7|%|2||background:red}}
|}
Andover enrolls a student body that is more racially diverse than Massachusetts, although the numbers vary significantly depending on whether respondents are permitted to identify as two or more races. The academy reports that 59% of students identify as people of color.<ref name=":1" />  

For the 2021–2022 school year, Andover reported that 36.5% of its students were white, 33.0% were Asian, 10.2% were black, 10.5% were Hispanic, 0.5% were Native American/Alaska Native, and 9.3% were multiracial. The survey in question did not allow Andover to identify one student in multiple categories.<ref name="nces" />  

By contrast, a March 2023 survey conducted by Andover's student newspaper (to which 81.0% of the student body responded) found that 50.2% of Andover students identified as white, 42.9% as Asian (including 25.8% as Asian Americans), 13.4% as black (including 8.6% as African American), 10.9% as Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% as Native American/Alaska Native, and 1.3% as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. This survey allowed students to identify with multiple categories.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=State of the Academy 2023 |url=https://sota.phillipian.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303170721/https://sota.phillipian.net/ |archive-date=2024-03-03 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref> The percentage of black students represents a significant increase from 2021, when 10.4% of students identified as black and 6.8% as African American.<ref name=":2" /> 

Andover enrolls a large international student population, representing approximately 15% of the student body. In March 2024, Andover enrolled 184 international students, of whom 55 were U.S. citizens living abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Student Welcome |url=https://www.andover.edu/learning/brace-center-camd/international-students/new-international-student |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Andover {{!}} An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school |language=en-US}}</ref> Conversely, a quarter of the student body lives off campus in neighboring communities.<ref name=":9" />

The student body is relatively affluent and politically liberal. As of March 2023, 95.4% of Andover students have at least one parent who graduated from college, and 46.8% of students have family household incomes over $250,000/year, compared to the 11.3% of students with family household incomes under $100,000/year (another 22.9% do not know their family income). 38.8% of students identified as liberal, 13.3% as independent, 8.6% as conservative, and 8.0% as either communist or socialist (another 26.5% were unsure as to their political affiliation). 21.6% of students identified as agnostic and 21.1% as atheist, compared to 22.5% who identified as "Christian", 16.9% as Catholic, and 5.4% as Protestant (students could select multiple choices). In addition, 6.4% of students identified as ethnically Jewish and 5.3% as religiously Jewish.<ref name=":10" />