Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover, Andover, Phillips Academy Andover, or PA) is a highly selective, prestigious co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate (PG) year. The school is located in Andover, Massachusetts, United States, 25 miles north of Boston.
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