Wayland Academy is a selective private, coeducational college preparatory boarding high school located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States.

[4] The cornerstone of Wayland Hall was laid in 1855, marking the beginning of a new institution aimed at increasing the number of Midwestern students prepared for studying at Baptist seminaries.

In fall of 1868, after the end of the American Civil War, Wayland was briefly taken over as an adjunct to the Chicago University, but regained its independence in 1875.

The Academic building houses the departments of mathematics, English, history, and modern and classical languages.

Swan Library contains a student computer lab in addition to the 21,000 volume collection, including roughly 60 periodicals, and having first issue copies of several major magazines such as National Geographic.

In recent years Kimberly Chapel has served primarily as home to the music department and as a meeting place for the student body.

Originally constructed in 1855, it was for a time the sole building serving the school, and housed classrooms, bedrooms, a chapel, and a kitchen.

[7] This building remains the school's most recognizable structure due to its four large Corinthian pillars, each of which represents a fundamental element in the Wayland community: Scholarship, Faith, Health, and Service.

The original gymnasium dates from 1899 and has since been converted to a student union, dance hall, and art studio.

Its lower level contains Pickard Dining Hall, a day students' lounge, and the bookstore and post office.

Wayland's academic program focuses on preparing its students for undergraduate colleges and universities upon graduation.

[11] It creates a globalized learning community offering a diverse variety of online courses to students around the world.

In lieu of physical education courses, all Wayland students participate in extracurricular athletic activities in each season of the year.