Sanford School is a co-educational

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in Hockessin,

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for students from

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. The school was founded by Sanford and Ellen Sawin as the '''Sunny Hills School''' on September 23, 1930. The school's name was changed to '''Sanford School in 1966. It is ranked 3rd out of 17 for best private K-12 schools in Delaware, and 366th out of 3,180 for best private K-12 schools in the

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Sports

Sanford School competes in interscholastic sports as a member of the

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. Sanford School has won ten boys'

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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

* Trevor Cooney, Syracuse basketball player * Walter Davis, UNC player and NBA star * Luis Estevez, Cuban-born American fashion designer and costume designer *

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, and Neon Boys * Deon Jones, basketball player *

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, punk musician, member of

and Neon Boys

References

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