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Waco’s Best Private School for over 50 years
Where Education goes beyond the classroom !
Raising a generation of thinkers and problem solvers for 6th - 12th grades.
Vanguard empowers students to grow into lifelong learners, where excellence in academics, the mentorship of caring educators, and meaningful community connections prepare them for bright and fulfilling futures.
Athletics
The Athletics Program encourages students to grow through both triumph and defeat and teaches lifelong skills including discipline, accountability, and teamwork.
Arts
Creativity is an essential part of any vibrant and bold endeavor. Inherent and universal, creativity allows us to better understand ourselves as individuals and as community members.
Academics
Vanguard cultivates a lifelong love of learning by nurturing intellectual curiosity, critical thinking skills, and a growth mindset.
By the Numbers
60
Team State Titles and over 20 Athletic teams
13
Zip Codes and 6 Countries
15
Student Clubs
12
2024 AP Scholars
16
Nationalities represented by the student body
1:10
Student To Teacher Ratio
100%
Of graduates matriculate to four-year colleges
65%
Faculty has Masters or Ph.D
Building Opportunities
Vanguard takes a whole-student approach to education, helping students develop physically, emotionally, ethically, socially and intellectually. We integrate our core values, unique traditions, and commitment to Academics, Arts and Athletics to ensure every student has the skills to succeed in life.
Building on our Core Values
Vanguard us focused on building critical skills for not only college, but life! Our job is not to eliminate challenges ... It is to help students learn to navigate those challenges.
Our faculty and staff love being a part of the team that helps our students meet and even exceed their potential.
Building a love of learning
Vanguard cultivates a lifelong love of learning.
We believe that the pursuit of knowledge and discovery is a lifelong journey. Through our guiding principles —moral integrity, intellectual vitality, discipline, compassion, humor, and joy—we equip our students with the skills required to think critically, embrace challenges, communicate and collaborate effectively, act ethically, and serve selflessly.
Building on Traditions
Vanguard hosts a variety of special events for our community each year which celebrate our students, our faculty and staff, and our community. Several of these events help to raise funds to support different programs of the School; while many other beloved traditions highlight building community and creative learning for our students
Building Lifetime Connections
Building lifetime connections through our diverse student body and alumni! Vanguard has over 1300 alumni across the world.
