PHS at a Glance

• Pembroke Hill is an independent college preparatory school located in the heart of Kansas City near the Country Club Plaza.  It enrolls nearly 1,200 students age 2 years through 12th grade.
  
  
• Pembroke Hill is operated by a Board of Trustees whose 20 members include parents, alumni and city leaders.
  
  
• Pembroke Hill is located on two campuses near the Country Club Plaza.  The Wornall campus (400 W. 51st St.) provides programs for children age 2 years through fifth grade.  Students in sixth through 12th grade attend classes on the Ward Parkway campus (5121 State Line Road).
  
  
• Pembroke Hill is a merged school.  The Pembroke-Country Day School for boys (founded in 1910) and The Sunset Hill School for girls (founded in 1913) joined forces in 1984 to become The Pembroke Hill School.
  
  
• Pembroke Hill’s faculty is outstanding.  More than half of our teachers hold master’s degrees - eight have earned doctorates.  Our teachers have an average 17 years experience – 12 of those years at PHS.
  
  
• An 11-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio allows our students to receive individual attention.
  
  
• This year, 2009-10, approximately 240 students are receiving nearly $2 million in financial assistance.
  
  
• Our students learn in an environment where expectations are high and excellence is expected.  At PHS, all students work hard and find supportive peers in their academic and extracurricular endeavors.
  
  
• Pembroke Hill students live throughout the metropolitan area – 50 percent live in Missouri; 50 percent reside in Kansas.
  
  
• Twenty-two percent of Pembroke Hill’s students are students of color.
  
  
• Upper school students must perform 60 hours of community service to graduate.  In the Class of 2008, nearly 91 percent exceeded this requirement.
  
  
• Our school promotes character development such as honesty, initiative, integrity, courage, flexibility, perseverance, organization, sense of humor, effort, common sense, problem solving, responsibility, friendship, cooperation, caring and respect.
  
  
• Our extracurricular program offers extensive opportunities for students beginning in kindergarten.  Students may participate in chess, publications, community service, student government, interscholastic athletics (starting in middle school) and special interest clubs. Nearly 85 percent of our upper school students are involved in an extracurricular activity; 75 percent are part of an athletic team.
  
  
• In the 103-member Class of 2010, 28 students earned National Merit honors:  13 National Merit Semifinalists; two Achievement Semifinalist; and 13 National Merit Commended.
  
  
• Over 90 percent of upper school students are accepted each year to their first or second choice college or university.
  
  
• In the past three years (2007-09), 304 students have graduated from Pembroke Hill.  Collectively, these students were admitted to 265 different colleges and universities.  They matriculated at 125 schools in 32 states and the District of Columbia.
  
  
• Our parent community is an integral part of PHS.  The Parents Association provides tremendous support through volunteers, fundraising and input on school issues.  Our volunteer coordinator helps match parents with appropriate volunteer opportunities at PHS based on parents’ schedules and interests.
  
  
• Pembroke Hill is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  The school is also a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).