Tower Hill School

Tower Hill School is a private college preparatory school in Wilmington, Delaware, offering instruction for pre-school through 12th grade.

History
Tower Hill was founded in 1919. Its main building was designed by Wilmington architects Brown & Whiteside and completed in 1920. The school is situated at the high point of Wilmington's neighborhood, The Highlands, where the dominant landmark is Rockford Tower, erected in 1901 to control the city's water supply. Tower Hill, in London, is the birthplace of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, who landed in Delaware, in 1682.

Recognition
The school is a member of the Delaware Independent School Conference. The school offered US$2,000,000 a year of need-based financial aid to 28% of its students for the 2016–2017 school year. The Wall Street Journal ranked Tower Hill 24th in the nation and 1st in Delaware, in percentage of students attending eight top colleges. Tower Hill School is ranked 47th in the nation for best private day schools.

Notable alumni

 * Adrienne Arsht, philanthropist and attorney
 * Michael N. Castle, Governor of Delaware (1985–1992) and US Congressman (Delaware) (1993–2011)
 * Alfred D. Chandler, distinguished and innovative historian, Harvard University
 * Chris Coons, US Senator (Delaware)
 * Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr., leading archaeologist University of California, Berkeley
 * Kathryn Day, opera singer
 * Harry G. Haskell Jr., US Congressman (Delaware) (1957–1959) and Mayor of Wilmington (1969–1973)
 * Deborah Kean, former First Lady of New Jersey (1982–1990)
 * Orin Kerr, law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law
 * Ellen J. Kullman, former chief executive officer of DuPont and vice chair of the Tower Hill School board of trustees
 * Jim Morris (film producer), President of Pixar Animation Studios
 * Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show, cardiologist, Republican Party nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
 * Virginia A. Seitz, former assistant attorney general and distinguished appellate lawyer
 * John A. H. Sweeney, museum curator and author
 * Pat Williams, Orlando Magic senior vice president