Sanford School


Sanford School is a co-educational private school in Hockessin, Delaware that teaches students from preschool to high school.
The school was founded by Sanford and Ellen Sawin as the Sunny Hills School on September 23, 1930.
In 1966, the name Sunny Hills School was changed to Sanford School.
In 2025 Niche ranked Sanford School at No. 3 on a list 17 of the best private K-12 schools in the state of Delaware, and No. 366 out of 3,180 private K-12 schools in the United States.
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Sports

Sanford School competes in interscholastic sports as a member of the Delaware Independent School Conference.
Sanford School has won 10 boys' basketball championships and five girls' basketball championships. They are the first school in their conference to win both the girls and boys state basketball championships for two consecutive years in 2010 and 2011.

Notable alumni