School Facts (2012-2013)

A Pre-K - 12, Co-Educational Independent Day School

• Offering students the advantages of a 110 year-long tradition of excellence in schooling
• Enrolling 495 students from 56 cities and towns
• Counting 141 students in a Lower School program that is well integrated and offers students a chance to learn and build confidence
• Registering 127 Middle Schoolers who are given the chance to test their wings at a time in their lives when challenge and support make a vital difference
• Enrolling 227 Upper School students in a college preparatory program of exceptional depth and reach—and whose graduates go on to attend the nation's finest colleges and universities
• Numbering 118 faculty and staff members, 67% of whom hold advanced degrees
• Occupying "state of the art" facilities—settled on a beautiful 30-acre campus
• Supporting its students with a network of 300 computers and other technology tools
• Operating with the accreditation of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and membership in the National Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Independent Schools of New England.

• Graduating 60 seniors in 2012 who received acceptances from 240 colleges and universities in the U.S and abroad
• Offering more than $1,500,000 a year in financial aid 
• Enrolling 9 students a year in the Worcester City Scholars Program—through which some of the City's finest young people attend Bancroft with full-tuition scholarships
• Extending extraordinary professional development opportunities to faculty
• Reaching into the City of Worcester with a Pre-K-12 program of meaningful and committed community service
• Providing state-of-the-art library research facilities
• Celebrating the Arts with four student plays and a rich array of professional performances
• Counting more than 3,000 alumni around the world as active and committed members of the Bancroft School community
• Enjoying the financial support of over 300 families and hundreds of alumni whose contributions to Bancroft help to make it a great school

• Active Parent Faculty Association
• Parent Forums
• Student/Faculty/Parent Advisory System
• Student/Faculty/Parent Conferences
• Division Level Transition Nights