Sage Hill School

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Coordinates: 33°37′5.89″N 117°49′33.66″W / 33.6183028°N 117.8260167°W / 33.6183028; -117.8260167

**Sage Hill School**

Name	Sage Hill School
Address	20402 Newport Coast Dr
Location	Newport Coast, CA
Established	2001
Type	Private College Prep Academy
Head of School	Gordon McNeill
Grades	9 to 12
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Symbol	Lightning Bolt
Colors
Newspaper	The Bolt, LitMag
Student President	Spenser Apramian
Website	Official Site

Sage Hill School is a private independent co-educational college preparatory school for day students in grades 9-12. The school was founded in 1999, the first year it filed a Form 990 with the IRS. According to its 2000 Private School Affidavit filed with the state of California, it opened in September 2000 with 35 Sophomores and 115 Freshmen. Today the school has grown to over 450 students in grades 9-12. According to the 2006 Private School Affidavit, the Freshman class for the 2006-07 school year has 121 students, less than the 122 Freshmen in 2002 and less than the largest Freshman class of 126 in 2005. Sage Hill School was built on approximately 30 acres (120,000 m²) of land. According to a Los Angeles Times article dated January 28, 1999, the land is an agricultural preserve that was obtained in a 99-year ground lease from the Irvine Company. The school has the option to buy the land during the lease period. The construction costs were in the tens of millions of dollars. In 2008, the school broke ground on a new building for the Arts, the Studio at Sage Hill. The Studio will support the school's public purpose mission and serve as a forum for both creation and display. The building was completed in August, 2009. It contains a 300-seat fully flexible black box theater and houses two new departments- Film and Ceramics, along with Visual Arts, Theater, Dance and Choral and Instrumental Music. In addition to the new theater building, Sage Hill is situated on a 30-acre campus with academic buildings, library, gymnasium, football/soccer field, baseball field, outdoor basketball and a sand volleyball court.

[edit] Facts & Stats

Type of School: Coed college preparatory day school
Founded: 2000 )
Total enrollment: 430 (2010–2011)
Student : Teacher Ratio of 14:1
Tuition: $29,140/student for the 2011-12 academic school year.
Percentage of class receiving financial aid: 19% (2009–2010)
Faculty: 52 full and part time
Faculty Degrees: 100% Bachelor's, 58% Master's or PhD
Average Class Size: Around 15 with 20 being maximum
Max school size: 500 students
Max students per grade: 125
21 teams offered in 12 Varsity & JV sports as part of the Academy League of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
Sage Hill athletic teams have won three CIF Southern Section titles. They won 2005 girls' tennis and volleyball and 2011 boys' tennis.