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Baylor School was founded on the 12th of September 1893 by John Roy Baylor, a graduate of the University of Virginia. He was hired by leading men of Chattanooga to establish a college-preparatory school, opening with a first class of 31 boys between the ages of 10 and 17.
Baylor School has won 286 TSSAA state championships, the most of any school in Tennessee. The school consistently wins the Max Preps Cup for the top overall high school athletics program in Tennessee, including for the 2024-25 school year.
Baylor became a military school during World War I, earning full accreditation from the U.S. War Department. It remained a military school until 1971, when it dropped the program during the Vietnam War era.
For the 2025-26 school year, Baylor enrolled 1,120 students in grades 6-12. The campus covers 690 acres on the banks of the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with boarding students making up 31% of the upper school student body.
Baylor alumni include Pro Football Hall of Famer John Hannah, tennis players Brian Gottfried (No. 3 in the world) and Roscoe Tanner (No. 4 in the world), Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Geoff Gaberino, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman, author Arthur Golden, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO David M. Abshire.
For the 2025-26 school year, Baylor's tuition is $32,650 for day students, $66,000 for domestic boarding students, and $71,250 for international boarding students. The school's endowment stands at $165 million, placing it among the 30 highest endowments of any boarding school in the United States.