page_title: The Athenian School
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: The Athenian School / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial View of Athenian School Pool Area
context_page_description: The Athenian School is a selective college preparatory and boarding school located in Danville, California, United States. Athenian educates students in grades 6–12 on an approximately 75-acre campus at the base of Mt. Diablo, located in the San Francisco Bay area in Northern California. Athenian was founded by Dyke Brown in 1965.
  Athenian is composed of roughly 175 students in the middle school and 355 students in the high school which is also known as the upper school. Approximately 60 students and 18 teachers live on campus full-time. The average class size is 16.
  According to Niche, The Athenian School is ranked 106th on the 2020 list of Best Private High Schools in America and the number one school in Contra Costa County. Athenian is also ranked as the 28th best boarding school in the United States.
  Athenian holds an average SAT score of 1385 and an average ACT score of 31. According to Boarding School Review, this gives Athenian the 8th highest SAT score of any boarding school in the United States.
context_section_description: Athenian is one of ten schools in the Bay Counties League - East. The school colors are terra cotta and earth; the sports teams wear orange and black. 
  Athenian's golf team has won the league title for four consecutive years, and in seven of the last eight. The women's basketball team became league champions on February 8, 2008.
  In 2019, Athenian's men's varsity soccer team won the league title, league tournament along with the California NCS Division II state championship for the first time in school history.
  The full list of sports offered includes wrestling, soccer, volleyball, flag football, ultimate frisbee, tennis, dance, golf, swimming, track & field, cross country, sailing, basketball, baseball, badminton, and a variety of other non-team athletics, including hiking, fencing, yoga, outdoor adventure, and weight training.
caption: Aerial view of Athenian School pool area
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