Perkiomen School

Perkiomen School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory, boarding and day school located in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Perkiomen admits students in grades 6–12 and offers a one year educational option for post-graduate students.

Perkiomen School
Aerial view of Perkiomen School in June 2016
Address
200 Seminary St Pennsburg , Montgomery , Pennsylvania 18073-1815 United States
Coordinates	40.39877°N 75.50330°W / 40.39877; -75.50330
Information
Type	Independent college-preparatoryboarding school
Motto	Latin: Solvitur vivendo (It is solved by living)
Religious affiliation(s)	Nonsectarian[1]
Established	1875; 150 years ago (1875)
CEEB code	393190
NCES School ID	01197752[1]
Head of school	Mark Devey
Faculty	40.8 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	6–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	330[1] (2019–2020)
• Grade 6	9
• Grade 7	15
• Grade 8	30
• Grade 9	48
• Grade 10	79
• Grade 11	74
• Grade 12	75
Student to teacher ratio	8.1:1[1]
Hours in school day	9[1]
Campus size	165 acres (67 ha)
Campus type	Suburban[1]
Color(s)	Purple & gold
Nickname	Panthers
Endowment	$9.2 million[2]
Annual tuition	$70,250[3]
Revenue	$21.7 million[2]
Affiliation	NAIS[1]
Website	perkiomen.org

Perkiomen School was founded in 1875 by a Schwenkfelder descendant and immigrant.^[4] In 2019, it enrolled 330 students.^[1]

Admissions

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity 2019–2020^[1]

White	Asian	Black	Two or more races	Hispanic
173	112	20	18	7

Campus

The Carnegie Library at Perkiomen School in June 2012

Perkiomen School in August 2015

Perkiomen School's campus covers 185 acres (75 ha) and is located in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, a small suburb within the Lehigh Valley and Metropolitan Philadelphia areas.^[5]

The campus has six dormitories. These include a dining hall, health center, and faculty housing. Athletic facilities include an athletic center with a swimming pool, two gymnasiums, weight, and wrestling rooms, a weight room, a wrestling room, eight tennis courts, multiple athletic fields, an indoor batting cage, and an outdoor batting cage.

The campus includes six academic buildings. The original main school building, Kriebel Hall, was renovated in 1995 after being extensively damaged in a fire. In 2007, Perkiomen opened The Robert M. Schumo Academic Center, which includes science and computer laboratories, a conference room, and new classrooms.^[6]

Motto

The school's motto is Solvitur vivendo, "it is solved by living".^[7] Alternative translations include "experience is the best teacher", "we learn through experience", or "the learning is in the doing".

Notable alumni

• John Cecil Holm (1923), actor
• Ryan Dunn (2022), NBA player^[8]
• Xaivian Lee (2022), basketball player for the Princeton Tigers^[9]
• Thomas Haugh (2023), basketball player for the Florida Gators^[10]