Phillips Academy is a residential high school established in 1778. It was founded on academic excellence and its liberal arts tradition stands ready to meet, match and expand the minds and passions of some of the brightest students in the nation and the world. Phillips boasts a roster of over 300 courses and more than 150 electives. The average class size is just 13 students with a student/teacher ratio of 5 to 1. Paul Revere personally engraved Andover’s official seal, which includes two Latin phrases: “Finis Origine Pendet” (“The end depends upon the beginning”) and “Non Sibi” (“Not for self”). Since granting its first scholarship in 1779, Phillips Academy has epitomized its mission to serve “youth from every quarter,” continually striving to remove whatever financial, racial and religious obstacles have stood between young scholars and education.