Choate Rosemary Hall is known for being one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country, an institution with alumni like President John F. Kennedy, two-time presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson and playwright Edward Albee.

The elite private school is also a place that has for decades fostered a pattern of sexual abuse and misconduct between teachers and students, according to a troubling new internal investigation initiated by the school to address abuse allegations.

The 48-page report, which was released Thursday, was produced by Nancy Kestenbaum of Covington & Burling LLP, a former federal prosecutor, who was retained by Choate. School officials said Kestenbaum and a team of investigators spent seven months reviewing more than 23,000 pages of documents and interviewing more than 100 people, including alumni and former and current faculty, staff and trustees.

The report names 12 former Choate faculty members who engaged in what it said were substantiated instances of sexual misconduct with Choate students dating back nearly 60 years, five of whom are no longer living. The report recounts the alleged abuse in explicit detail, documenting the experiences described by 24 survivors, some of them as recently as 2010. The report notes that in some cases the school acted swiftly to address the alleged abuse, but in many cases the school failed to alert police or allowed faculty members to resign, avoiding serious legal consequences.

“The detailed content of this report is devastating to read,” board member Michael J. Carr said in a letter to the school’s community this week. “One can only have the greatest sympathy and deepest concern for the survivors. The conduct of these adults violated the foundation of our community: the sacred trust between students and the adults charged with their care.”

In a statement by the school, Choate said the school’s administration has decided to release the full contents of the independent investigator’s report in a “commitment to transparency.”

The alleged abuse highlighted by the report varies widely, ranging from inappropriate touching and kissing to sexual intercourse. The report said that the greatest number of reported incidents took place in the 1980s, with about half as much in the 1970s and 1990s, and even fewer in the 1960s and 2000s.

The report includes details about a popular English teacher and coach who it says began a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student that took place on student trips and lasted until her college years. The report also discusses another instructor who it says kissed female students and propositioned one 15-year-old with a weekend trip where the two of them could engage in sex.