<p>DAndrew - you’ll find your answer, and other interesting facts, here: <a href=“https://www.sps.edu/ftpimages/36/misc/misc_64610.pdf[/url]”>https://www.sps.edu/ftpimages/36/misc/misc_64610.pdf</a></p>
<p>One of the things I resect about SPS is that the administration makes as much info as they can transparent.</p>
<p>I just finished reading all 157 pages of this thread, over a week of course .Thanks to creative and Winterset for all the info !</p>
<p>I <3 sps!!</p>
<p>Samesies.haha.</p>
<p>@swissbrit: Hah! And I thought I was the only one!</p>
<p>According to the FA brochure, the total count of students receiving aid is 166, around 31% of the student body, so I guess the other 6% are faculty kids?</p>
<p>@SevenDad I Saw your post earlier on !</p>
<p>Creative or someone else who’s familiar with the school can confirm my “speculation”?</p>
<p>DAndrew- I suggest you PM creative1 or Winterset. They will surely know and be able to answer that !</p>
<p>Sorry, I’m a little confused by your question. What other 6% are you referring to?</p>
<p>SPS is around 530 students. 31% of 530 is 164 students. The statistic looks fine to me?</p>
<p>The school claims 37% of its student body receive FA</p>
<p>It looks like they must have updated the percentage statistic on the brochure and not the number of students statistic.</p>
<p>[St</a>. Paul’s School ~ Facts and Figures](<a href=“http://www.sps.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=113624]St”>http://www.sps.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=113624)</p>
<p>Well, the FA brochure has the numbers (broken down by income level) and the “facts and figures” has the percentage. I think both are up-to-date ('10-'11 school year), and that’s why I speculate that the inconsistency may be expalained by the fact that faculty kids are not counted in the “FA received by income level” in the FA brochure.</p>
<p>DAndrew, the discrepancy may be explained by special-interest scholarships? Winterset or others could correct me, but St. Paul’s does have a few special-interest scholarships:</p>
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<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/786585-any-prep-schools-give-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/786585-any-prep-schools-give-merit-scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>That could explain the difference, as I theorized. The scholarships have a preference for financial need, but I presume, from the phrasing, that they might not always be awarded solely on the basis of financial need. (And, again, anyone who knows something, please jump in!)</p>
<p>I’m fairly certain that any children of faculty receiving financial aid would be counted in the FA statistics.</p>
<p>Could be? But these “special interest scholarships” can still be considered need based or partially need based aid. I don’t know. If you look at Exeter’s “Facts” sheet, it separates faculty kids by saying 47% of students on aid and if including faculty kids 49%. So I guess they could be counting faculty kids out as it is a benefit to the school’s staff, which comes from a different budget?</p>
<p>At the risk of offending: Why does the published discrepancy matter?</p>
<p>Who says it “matters”? Just trying to figure out what the stats mean. It’d surprise me if any one is offended by my question.</p>
<p>@DAndrew: I was just making a judgement based on the amount of digital ink used to cover the topic in this thread recently…</p>
<p>OK. We just added a few more by asking and answering the significance of the question. My last post in response to Periw’s might be the last on this topic if no new info from anyone else. But really, SevenDad, 158 pages on an open forum. We really can’t expect that we like every post.</p>
<p>@DA: I was just wondering if there was a specific reason for the inquiry, really…</p>
<p>Where’s Winterset when we need some fresh updates on life in Concord? ;-P</p>