Emma Willard School
- Troy, NY
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Tuition:
$73,995
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Enrollment:
355
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% Students Boarding:
65%
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Acceptance Rate:
35%
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Average Class Size:
13
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Student-to-Faculty Ratio:
7:1
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Receiving Financial Aid:
43%
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International:
28%
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Students of Color:
31%
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All-Girls -
Post-Graduate Year
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Emma Willard School, a historic and prestigious private school for girls in grades 9-12, embraces a legacy of inclusivity and innovation. Founded in 1814 by Emma Hart Willard, the school remains a leader in girls’ education, offering both boarding and day programs that empower young women to reach their full potential.
Academic Program:
The Emma Willard curriculum reflects the school鈥檚 pursuit of excellence, capitalizes on the global nature of its student body, sustains a belief in the importance of leadership, ethics, and service in adolescent education; and honors the woman鈥檚 perspective. Emma Willard offers a rigorous college preparatory program with Advanced Studies (AS) opportunities and upper-level electives in all disciplines. In line with our Program Pillars (emmawillard. org/academics), there are caps on the number of AS classes students are able to take. Ninth graders do not enroll in AS courses. Tenth grade students may choose one AS course, 11th graders up to two, and 12th graders up to three.
Special Programs:
Students may engage in personalized studies through several special programs.
鈥� Practicum is an independent study program. It offers students opportunities for exploration and enrichment through academic and nonacademic experiences both on and off campus.
鈥� STEAM 9 and 10 are individualized courses for ninth and tenth graders. Students collaborate on projects aligned with their areas of interest. Projects culminate with poster presentations. (STEAM: science, technology, engineering, arts, math)
鈥� Signature is a capstone program that allows students to deeply learn about a topic of their interest. Students utilize individualized instruction to work on project goals for one academic year, and present the results of their work during a special, all-school showcase.
鈥� Emma Artists Program is for both performing and visual arts students who wish to pursue study beyond our advanced offerings in their particular arts discipline. Students work on their individual pieces while meeting weekly for performance classes, group critiques, collaboration, and improvisation sessions. Students perform and show their work throughout the year, with a final culminating arts showing at our all-school showcase.
College Admission Highlights:
In the past three years Emma Willard have gone on to attend these selective colleges, among others: BU, Brown, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Harvard, John Hopkins, NYU, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, Swarthmore, Tufts, UC Berkeley, U Chicago, USC, Wake Forest, William & Mary, and Yale.