A Guide to America’s Boarding Schools

The best boarding schools in the US are known for several qualities. Firstly, they provide a rigorous academic experience. Secondly, they offer strong and supportive student communities. Finally, their students score highly on standardized tests and historically go on to attend similarly elite colleges in large numbers. However, each one has its own slate of unique offerings, which you can read more about below.

While many of the best boarding schools are concentrated in New England and Mid-Atlantic, there are also premier options in places like Texas, Florida, and California that may not have hundreds of years of history under their belt but also cater to the country鈥檚 most talented teens. Our list of the best boarding school programs includes information about curriculum, academic highlights, standardized testing achievements, and college matriculation.

  • By Region

McDonogh School
McDonogh School
  • Owings Mills, MD

McDonogh is an independent, coeducational day and five-day boarding school that enrolls students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Providing life-altering educational opportunities that inspire joy in learning and promote personal and intellectual growth is at the heart of the McDonogh experience. The School鈥檚 talented and caring teachers prepare students to lead and to be a force for good in a rapidly changing world.

In 2023, McDonogh students matriculated to these prestigious colleges and universities: BC (4), Brown (3), Bucknell (3), Columbia (2), Davidson, Duke, Georgetown, John Hopkins (3), NYU, Northeastern (4), Tulane (4), US Naval Academy (3), UMiami (4), UMichigan (2), Penn, UVA (2), Wake Forest (5), and Williams (2).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $55,350
    • Enrollment: 668 (Upper School)
    • Average SAT Score: 1180-1430
    • Average ACT Score: 26鈥34
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 26%
    • Students of Color: 41%



The Hockaday School
The Hockaday School
  • Dallas, TX

The Hockaday School, a leading independent college-preparatory school for girls in Dallas, TX, serves students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Established in 1913, the School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest and boasts a strong academic record with memberships in prestigious organizations like the National Association of Independent Schools and The College Board.

College Admissions Highlights:

100% of Hockaday students enroll in a college or university. Grads enroll in everything from Lone Star State options like the University of Texas Austin, Baylor University, and Southern Methodist University to elite institutions all over the nation like MIT, Harvard, Caltech, USC, NYU, the University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, Columbia, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Penn.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $32,095 (does not include room & board)
    • Enrollment: 500
    • Acceptance Rate: 17%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1370-1540
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 30-34
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Student-tp-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 12%
    • Students of Color: 52%



The Thacher School

Thacher educates students for lives of leadership and service. Students enjoy a profoundly engaging intellectual life and develop a foundation for lifelong learning. Graduates also attribute their preparation to qualities cultivated outside the classroom: the resourcefulness and responsibility developed through camping and riding; the integrity that comes from living by an Honor Code; the sense of purpose found in community engagement and leadership. At the core of Thacher’s intellectual community lies the relationship between students and teachers, nurtured and supported by our Honor Code, which is exemplified by unproctored examinations in the 11th and 12th grade, and our student-led Honor Council.

College Admissions Highlights:

Over the past four years, the most commonly attended schools by recent Thacher graduates include: University of Southern California (13), Colorado College (12), Dartmouth (12), Claremont McKenna (9), Brown (8), Stanford (8), UPenn (8), Columbia (7), Pomona (7), Santa Clara (7), and the University of Chicago (7).

    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $74,530
    • Enrollment: 260
    • % Students Boarding: 90%
    • Acceptance Rate: 13%
    • Average SAT Score: 1310-1480
    • Average ACT Score: 30
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 31%
    • International: 13%
    • Students of Color: 55%



St. Paul鈥檚 School
St. Paul鈥檚 School
  • Concord, NH

Founded in 1856, St. Paul鈥檚 School is a coeducational, fully residential school for grades 9-12. Situated on 2,000 acres in Concord, N.H., the School maintains historic affiliation with the Episcopal Church while supporting the beliefs of other faiths. SPS educates students to build purposeful lives in service to the greater good. We engage young people in a diverse, inclusive, and ethical community, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in character and scholarship and inspired by the beauty and spirit of our Millville home.

College Admissions Highlights:

Over the past four years, 99% of students have gone on to college. Accordingly, the colleges most frequently attended by St. Paul鈥檚 graduates include Brown (29), Georgetown (27), Yale (22), UVA (20), Tufts (18), Columbia (18), NYU (15), Colby (14), Harvard (11), Bowdoin (11), Cornell (11), Boston College (11), University of St Andrews (11), and Wellesley (11).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $65,410
    • Enrollment: 541
    • % Students Boarding: 100%
    • Acceptance Rate: 16%
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 38%
    • Students of Color: 49%
    • International 16%



Deerfield Academy
Deerfield Academy
  • Deerfield, MA

Deerfield Academy was chartered in 1797 to serve the local population of a rural village in Western Massachusetts. Since the 1920s, it has been wholly independent and committed to excellence in a full liberal arts curriculum and wholesome community life for young people from throughout the United States and around the world in grades nine through postgraduate. Deerfield鈥檚 Core Values include citizenship, face-to-face interactions, connectedness, reflection and balance, pursuit of mastery, and shared experiences.

College Admissions Highlights:

In the last five years, 30 or more Deerfield grads have entered Brown University, Georgetown, and the University of Virginia. Greater than 20 students have matriculated into Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, UPenn, and Yale. More than 10 students have attended a wide range of prestigious schools that include Amherst, Dartmouth, Duke, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and Tufts. Overall, 100% of graduates attend four-year colleges or universities.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $68,230
    • Enrollment: 649
    • % Students Boarding: 89%
    • Acceptance Rate: 12%
    • Average SAT Score: 1380
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Average ACT Score: 31
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 39%
    • International: 13%
    • Students of Color: 42%



Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall
  • Wallingford, CT

Founded in 1890, Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational boarding and day school for grades 9-12 and postgraduate. Through a rigorous curriculum that combines breadth of knowledge with signature immersion experiences, Choate is committed to enrolling exceptional students from around the country and the world, preparing them to achieve success in higher education.

College Admissions Highlights:

In the past five years, the greatest number of Choate grads have enrolled at NYU (54), University of Chicago (46), Yale (41), Columbia (40), Georgetown (31), Northeastern (30), Cornell (30), Brown (26), UPenn (25), University of St Andrews (24), Boston College (23), and Harvard (20).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $69,370
    • Enrollment: 861
    • % Students Boarding: 76%
    • Acceptance Rate: 16%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%): 1300-1530
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 28-34
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 34%
    • International: 18%
    • Students of Color: 42%



Phillips Academy Andover

Phillips Academy (also known as Andover), a residential secondary school founded in 1778, seeks students of intelligence and integrity from diverse cultural, racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. It is charged with ensuring its students learn 鈥渢he great end and real business of living.鈥 Inspired by this charge, Andover seeks to cultivate in students the capacities鈥攁mong them analytical rigor, imaginative thought, and nuanced skepticism鈥 necessary to identify and attain a great and worthy end: human flourishing. To prepare its students for life in the world, Phillips Academy offers a liberal education. Resisting specialization in favor of breadth, it initiates students into connected fields of understanding and prepares them to lead lives characterized by learning and understanding, responsibility and freedom.

College Admissions Highlights:

The Class of 2023 enrolled at a diverse array of institutions, with the most attending the University of Chicago (21), Harvard (12), Yale (12), and Stanford (11). In addition, over the past three years (Classes of 2019-2022), 30+ students have matriculated into Harvard, the University of Chicago, and Yale. Over 20 students have enrolled at BU, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Stanford, Tufts, and UVA.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $69,600
    • Enrollment: 1165
    • % Students Boarding: 73%
    • Acceptance Rate: 13%
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 47%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 61%



Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy is a coed, independent, residential school celebrating 243 years of fostering curiosity and cultivating potential. The Harkness method of instruction, with 12 students and one instructor working together around one table, originated here and defines our institutional culture. Harkness is more than a pedagogy, but a way of life at Exeter. It begins in the classroom and extends beyond it, to field, stage and common room. Harkness centers on critical thinking and collaboration, providing every voice equal weight and teaching the art of respectful dissent. It鈥檚 where students explore ideas as a group, but moreover develop the courage to speak, the compassion to listen, and the empathy to understand.

College Admissions Highlights:

Over the past three years, ten or more students have matriculated into each of Boston University, Bowdoin, Brown, University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, George Washington, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Penn, Princeton, Tufts, UC Berkeley, USC, Wesleyan, and Yale. Over 10 students were admitted into UC Berkeley, NYU, Northwestern, USC, and Stanford. 99% of graduates attend four-year institutions.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $64,789
    • Enrollment: 1,106
    • % Students Boarding: 80%
    • Acceptance Rate: 17%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1370-1550
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 29-34
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 45%
    • International 10%
    • Students of Color: 57%



Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock

Uniquely, Bard Academy students begin learning from their future college professors in 9th and 10th grade. They then have the opportunity to enter a college program through Bard College at Simon’s Rock for 11th and 12 grade. An astounding 78% of Simon’s Rock graduates have gone on to attend graduate institutions that include: Harvard, MIT, the London School of Economics, Yale, Oxford, NYU, UChicago, Columbia, Georgetown, BU, UC Berkeley, WashU, UMich, and the University of Toronto. They have also produced 10 Fulbright Fellows since 2010.

    • Tuition: $49,470 (Campus residence fee is $18,852)
    • Acceptance Rate: N/A
    • Average SAT Score: N/A
    • Average ACT Score: N/A
    • Enrollment: 400



Midland School
Midland School
  • Los Olivos, CA

Midland School, located on a 2,860-acre ranch at the edge of the Los Padres National Forest, is a leader in place-based education. Midland鈥檚 diverse student body chooses a simple, self-reliant lifestyle that leads them to develop inner resources, to understand the difference between needs and wants, and to serve others. Everything we do鈥攆rom how we maintain our campus to the way we feed ourselves to the courses we choose to teach鈥攐riginates from an intentional college preparatory curriculum that focuses not only on academics, but also on leadership, community, and stewardship.

College Admission Highlights:

Last year, Midland graduates went on to enroll at Bowdoin College, Colorado College, Cornell University, George Washington University, Grinnell College, Kenyon College, Macalester College. Northwestern University, Pomona College, Scripps College, Tulane University, University of Washington, and multiple other selective colleges.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Equestrian Program
    • Option Yes Work Program
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $77,600
    • Enrollment: 77
    • % Students Boarding: 100%
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 48%
    • International: 5%
    • Students of Color: 30%


Dublin School

Located in rural southwestern New Hampshire, Dublin School is a deliberately small, nondenominational, independent college preparatory school for grades 9-12. Diversity is infused in all community experiences at Dublin School because of our size and student population. Dublin School students actively participate in all aspects of school life, as we believe that learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom. Students and faculty work together to create a school culture that enables individuals to be their authentic self, encourages students to seek out new experiences, supports healthy risk-taking, promotes equity and inclusion, and creates time for play.

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Over the past four years, multiple Dublin graduates have gone on to these and other selective colleges and universities: Bates College (7), Carleton College (2), Colby College (4), Cornell University (2), Grinnell College (2), Northeastern University (5), and University of Richmond (3).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes January Term
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $77,200
    • Enrollment: 170
    • % Students Boarding: 71%
    • Acceptance Rate: 46%
    • Average SAT Score: 1220
    • Average ACT Score: 32
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 43%
    • International: 13%
    • Students of Color: 15%


The Ethel Walker School

Founded in 1911 and situated on a 175-acre campus in Simsbury, CT, The Ethel Walker School has been preparing young women to make a difference in the world. At Walker鈥檚, we seek to foster and cherish the joyful development of girls into young women so that they may reach their full potential as astute thinkers and doers in the world. Our grounding values of integrity, respect, confidence, courage, conviction, and love of learning provide a solid framework for personal, ethical, and social growth.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, Walker graduates matriculated into these selective colleges, among others: Amherst College, Brown University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Georgetown University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Swarthmore College, Tufts University, University of Chicago, Williams College, and Yale University.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Equestrian Program
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $72,900
    • Enrollment: 228
    • % Students Boarding: 54%
    • Acceptance Rate: 47%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 49%
    • International: 19%
    • Students of Color: 30%



Canterbury School
Canterbury School
  • New Milford, CT

Canterbury School is an independent, college preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. Founded in 1915 and guided by our Catholic heritage, the School prides itself on creating a community based on its Five Values: Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Spirituality, and Self-Reliance.

College Admission Highlights:

Members of last year’s graduating class at Canterbury went on to enroll at Bates College, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Claremont McKenna College, Colby College, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Hamilton College, New York University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, Williams College, and other selective colleges and universities.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Dual-Credit
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $74,300
    • Enrollment: 330
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 50%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 15%


Blue Ridge School
Blue Ridge School
  • St. George, VA

Founded as the Blue Ridge Industrial School in 1909 by Reverend George Pickett Mayo, the school鈥檚 early mission was to provide a vocational education for boys and girls who otherwise would not have had the opportunity to realize their rich potential. Today, Blue Ridge School is dedicated to providing a sound collegeprep education for capable and willing young men. In our supportive, structured community, self-esteem is founded upon solid accomplishment in the classroom, on athletic fields, in the arts, and in a host of co-curricular activities

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years. Blue Ridge graduate have enrolled at the following institutions, among others: Boston College, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Harvard University, Haverford College, Middlebury College, UC Berkeley, UNC Chapel Hill, and University of Southern California.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $65,563
    • Enrollment: 179
    • % Students Boarding: 100%
    • Average SAT Score: 1200
    • Average ACT Score 25
    • Average Class Size: 8
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 73%
    • Students of Color: 41%



Ojai Valley School

Ojai Valley School is an independent boarding and day school for grades PK-12 on two campuses in beautiful Ojai, California. Our high school campus is nestled in the national forest and provides an ideal venue for handson learning. We offer a balanced program of college-preparatory academics, visual and performing arts, athletics, outdoor education, equestrian, and community service opportunities. Students thrive in a close-knit community led by dedicated teachers who encourage critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, creativity, and collaboration.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past four years, Ojai Valley graduates have the following selective institutions: Bowdoin College, UCLA (7), Colgate University, Columbia University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, New York University (3), Smith College (2), and Stanford University, among others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Option Yes Equestrian Program
    • Tuition: $70,500
    • Enrollment: 115 (Upper School)
    • % Students Boarding: 27%
    • Acceptance Rate: 64%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 43%
    • International: 11%
    • Students of Color: 9%



Dunn School
Dunn School
  • Los Olivos, CA

Established in 1957, Dunn School is a grade 6-12, co-educational, independent school for boarding and day students, located in rural Santa Barbara County on California鈥檚 Central Coast. The school is characterized by seminar-style classes that encourage curiosity and open inquiry, responsiveness to a range of learning styles, and a close community of educators who value both intellectual and personal growth.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past four years, Dunn graduates have matriculated into these selective colleges and universities, among others: Barnard College, Brown University, Columbia University, Duke University, Macalester College, New York University, Princeton University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Southern California, Washington University, and Wesleyan University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Option Yes January Term
    • Option Yes Dual-Credit Courses
    • Tuition: $78,700
    • Enrollment: 166
    • % Students Boarding: 49%
    • Acceptance Rate: 45%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 46%
    • International: 27%
    • Students of Color: 16%



Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

Founded in 1903, Rabun Gap鈥揘acoochee School鈥檚 mission is dedicated to study, worship, and work. Rabun Gap is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory school for students in grades Pre-K through 12. Sixty-five percent of the students are boarding. International students comprise approximately forty-four percent of the student body. Seventy-five percent of our students receive generous financial aid and/or scholarships to attend Rabun Gap. The school has a selective admission process for students.

College Admission Highlights:

Recent Rabun Gap graduates at Boston College, Bowdoin College, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Hamilton College, Haverford College, Middlebury College, UC Berkeley, UNC Chapel Hill, and Yale University, among others.

    • Tuition: $62,750
    • Enrollment: 395
    • % Students Boarding: 80% (upper School)
    • Acceptance Rate: 48%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1070-1290
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 27-34
    • Average Class Size: 14
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • International: 44%
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 75%
    • Students of Color: 28%



The Masters School
The Masters School
  • Dobbs Ferry, NY

Founded in 1877 and situated on 96 acres overlooking the Hudson Valley, just 12 miles from New York City, The Masters School is an independent, co-educational boarding school serving middle and high school students. Masters celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. We believe that students learn best when they construct their own meanings. This belief is reflected in the architecture of the classroom itself: the Harkness table gathers students and teachers to build knowledge and learn from one another.听 In the process, they come to understand their own approaches to learning and value those of others.

College Admission Highlights:

Recent Masters graduates have matriculated into to these selective colleges and universities, among others: Amherst College, Boston College, Brown University, Bucknell University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, NYU, Northwestern University, Pitzer College, Stanford University, Tufts University, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $77,400
    • Enrollment: 521
    • % Boarding: 23%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average Class Size: 14
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 24%
    • International: 8%


Holderness School
Holderness School
  • Plymouth, NH

Located amid the lakes and mountains of central New Hampshire, Holderness School is a traditional co-ed independent secondary school, serving grades 9-12. Holderness strives to create a balance in fostering the resources of the mind, body, and spirit: the mind through a challenging college preparatory curriculum, the body through outdoor activities and required interscholastic athletics, and the spirit through school and community service, ongoing antiracism work, and affiliation with the Episcopal Church. Holderness remains, by choice, a small school where everyone plays an important role, and where students and faculty maintain close personal relationships.

College Admission Highlights:

College destinations of recent Holderness graduates include Bates College, Boston College, Brown University, Colby College, Colorado College, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Hamilton College, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Tufts University, University of Richmond, University of Pennsylvania, and Williams College.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Option Yes
    • Tuition: $76,500
    • Enrollment: 310
    • % Students Boarding: 86%
    • Acceptance Rate: 45%
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 14%
    • Students of Color: 12%


Dana Hall School
Dana Hall School
  • Wellesley, MA

Dana Hall School, founded in 1881, is a college preparatory boarding and day school for young women located 12 miles southwest of Boston. Dana Hall students have the freedom to experiment, express opinions, explore and take on new challenges. They are supported by strong role models and inspired by their peers. They find confidence and strength, they approach challenges with an empathetic mindset, and they acquire and build the skills they need to succeed in college and throughout their lives. Curriculum is important; how that curriculum is taught is critical.

College Admission Highlights:

Last year, Dana Hall graduates went on to attend Bates College, Brown University, Colby College, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, Smith College, Tufts University, Vanderbilt University, University of Virginia, and several other reputable institutions.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $74,977
    • Enrollment: 319
    • % Students Boarding: 32%
    • Acceptance Rate: 47%
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 29%
    • International: 11%
    • Students of Color: 36%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1



Groton School
Groton School
  • Groton, MA

Founded in 1884, Groton school is an independent co-ed boarding school 35 miles northwest of Boston. Its campus stretches across 480 acres but centers around the Circle鈥攁 setting so scenic that Architectural Digest听named itthe most beautiful independent school in the state. At Groton, we avoid the contemporary emphasis on specialization: Groton believes that adolescents should expand their vision, not narrow it. Students develop the talents they already know, but also explore and nurture new ones. They are united by a deep commitment to each other and to the community.

College Admission Highlights:

(since 2019) among Groton graduates include: University of Chicago (35), Georgetown University (17), Yale University (17), Harvard University (16), Boston College (13), Stanford University (13), University of Pennsylvania (13), Princeton University (12), Brown University (10), Columbia University (10), Tufts University (10), and Colby College (9).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $61,895
    • Enrollment: 380
    • % Students Boarding: 85%
    • Acceptance Rate: 9%
    • Average SAT Score: 1490
    • Average ACT Score: 33.5
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 44%
    • International: 11%
    • Students of Color: 51%


Westover School
Westover School
  • Middlebury, CT

Westover is an independent college preparatory boarding and day school for young women in grades 9 – 12. Founded in 1909, Westover is located halfway between New York City and Boston in Middlebury, CT. Westover’s mission is to empower young women to lead lives of consequence.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past three years, Westover graduate have matriculated into these selective colleges and universities: Amherst College, Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Rice University, Smith College, Stanford University, Tufts University, UCLA, University of Southern California, Vassar College, Washington University, and others.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $71,800
    • Enrollment: 155
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Acceptance Rate: 65%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%): 1410-1510
    • ACT Range (Mid-50%): 34-34
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 45%
    • International: 34%
    • Students of Color: 50%


Gould Academy
Gould Academy
  • Bethel, ME

Located in Bethel, Maine and sitting at the edge of the White Mountains in the Androscoggin River Valley, Gould Academy is a small, co-ed, independent boarding school where faculty do their best to say 鈥榶es鈥 more than they say 鈥榥o,鈥 where students have flexibility to try new things in new ways. Students thrive in Gould鈥檚 college prep setting thanks to close, collegial relationships with their instructors and counselors, and a vast network of alumni and visiting professionals who come to campus and work with students each and every year.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, multiple Gould graduates into the following institutions: Bates College (4), Boston College (5), Bowdoin College (6), Colby College (5), Dartmouth College (2), Johns Hopkins University (2), New York University (8), Northwestern University (3), UCLA (2), UNC Chapel Hill (3), Vassar College (2), and others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $73,130
    • Enrollment: 230
    • % Students Boarding: 66%
    • Acceptance Rate: 97%
    • Average SAT Score: 1190
    • Average ACT Score: 25
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 25%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 4%


Walnut Hill School for the Arts

Founded 1893, Walnut Hill School for the Arts is an independent boarding and day high school offering an immersive and intensive educational experience designed for student artists in Grades 9鈥12, with a postgraduate gap year also available. We offer world-class training in Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Art, and Writing, Film & Media Arts (WFMA), complemented by an innovative college-prep academic curriculum. Located on a safe and classic New England campus in Natick, Massachusetts, we are situated right outside the cultural hub of Boston. Every aspect of our program promotes our students’ growth as bold artists, curious learners, and mindful citizens.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past year, recent Walnut Hill graduates have gone on to enroll at Berklee College of Music, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Emory University, Harvard University, New England Conservatory, New York University, Northwestern University, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Michigan, and Savanna College of Art and Design, among other selective institutions.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes January Term
    • Option Yes Online Education
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $75,790
    • Enrollment: 275
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Acceptance Rate: 47%
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 39%
    • International: 30%
    • Students of Color: 17%



The Storm King School
The Storm King School
  • Cornwall-on-hudson, NY

Established in 1867, The Storm King School stands on the shoulder of Storm King Mountain overlooking the scenic Hudson River in one of the most beautiful and dynamic places in America. Today, Storm King ranks among the top boarding schools in New York, serving students in grades 8-12. Its mission is to听prepares students by inspiring them toward academic success and confidence in an inclusive and diverse learning environment that embraces character, balance, and trust.

College Admission Highlights:

Popular college destinations among Storm King graduates include Boston College, Cornell University, Harvard University, Northeastern University, Tufts University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Rochester, Vassar College, and Washington University, among others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $74,100
    • Enrollment: 175
    • Boarding: 74%
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 47%
    • International: 40%
    • Students of Color: 50%
    • Acceptance Rate: 47%
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1



Trinity-Pawling School

Trinity-Pawling School, founded in 1907, is an independent college preparatory school for boys in grades 7 through postgraduate. Situated on a 230-acre campus in Pawling, New York, 60 miles north of New York City, the School provides a dynamic and active learning experience and emphasizes creativity, critical thinking, and character.

College Admission Highlights:

College destinations of Trinity Pawling’s Class of 2024 include: Boston University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, Kenyon College, New York University, Northeastern University, Skidmore College, Tulane University, United States Military Academy, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $73,500
    • Enrollment: 275
    • % Students Boarding: 76%
    • Acceptance Rate: 50%
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 16%
    • Students of Color: 16%


Stevenson School
Stevenson School
  • Pebble Beach, CA

Founded in 1952 as a boarding school for boys, Stevenson is a co-ed independent school located in Pebble Beach, CA. Stevenson is premised on a vision of education as the means by which we discover the world and contribute to its transformation. We believe that one鈥檚 education is best pursued in the company of others, for others鈥 benefit as well as one鈥檚 own.

College Admission Highlights:

Steven’s most recent class of graduates matriculated into Barnard College, Boston College, Brown University, Carleton College, Columbia University, Davidson College Georgetown University, Middlebury College, New York UniversitySmith College, University of Chicago, Vassar College, Yale University, Williams College, and several others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $77,900
    • Enrollment: 517
    • % Students Boarding: 48%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average SAT Score: 1280
    • Average ACT Score: 33
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 31%
    • International: 18%
    • Students of Color: 37%



Millbrook School
Millbrook School
  • Millbrook, NY

Founded in 1931, Millbrook School is a co-educational college preparatory boarding school situated on a 800-acre campus just 90 miles outside of New York City. Millbrook prepares its students for college and lives of meaning and consequence by instilling the values of respect, integrity, service, stewardship, and curiosity.

College Admission Highlights:

Class of 2024 matriculations include Amherst College, Boston College, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Harvey Mudd College, Middlebury College, New York University, Northeastern University, University of Richmond, Tufts University, and Vassar College.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $78,500
    • Enrollment: 325
    • % Students Boarding: 90%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 30%
    • International: 13%
    • Students of Color: 23%



Garrison Forest School
Garrison Forest School
  • Owings Mills, MD

Garrison Forest School, founded in 1910, is a K鈥12 girls鈥 day and boarding school, located on 110 acres with easy access to the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas. Throughout our history, our mission has been to prepare young women for a rewarding college experience and for a purposeful life well beyond. Guided by our motto, Esse Quam Videri鈥擳o Be Rather Than To Seem鈥擥arrison Forest鈥檚 curricular and co-curricular program balances exceedingly high standards within a welcoming, spirited atmosphere.

College Admission Highlights:

Last year, GFS graduates matriculated into these selective colleges and universities: Bates College, Denison University, Duke University, Franklin & Marshall College, Princeton University, Tufts University, US Naval Academy, University of Virginia, and Washington and Lee University.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $70,475
    • Enrollment: 242
    • % Students Boarding: 23%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1080-1330
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 20-28
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 47%
    • International: 10%
    • Students of Color: 32%



Emma Willard School

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.

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.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $73,995
    • Enrollment: 355
    • % Students Boarding: 65%
    • Acceptance Rate: 35%
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 43%
    • International: 28%
    • Students of Color: 31%



Solebury School
Solebury School
  • New Hope, PA

Solebury School was founded in 1925 as a progressive alternative to the more rigid and authoritarian educational systems of the time. It has continued on this progressive path, adopting many innovative programs well before their common acceptance in American education. Today, Solebury continues this tradition as a college preparatory, co-educational boarding and day school, encouraging students and faculty to act collegially in the learning process and to form relationships based on mutual respect. While Solebury’s style is informal, its curriculum is rigorous and prepares students for success at a range of colleges according to their best fit, including the most selective schools in the nation.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past five years, Solebury graduates have earned acceptances at Amherst College, Brown University, Claremont McKenna College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Emory University, Haverford College, Middlebury College, New York University, Northwestern University, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Tufts University, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, and Vassar College.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Learning Differences Support
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $72.035
    • Enrollment: 260
    • % Students Boarding: 40%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1040-1500
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 28-31
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 44%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 25%



Verde Valley School
Verde Valley School
  • Sedona, AZ

Founded in 1948, VVS has from its beginning been dedicated to developing students who are not only accomplished scholars, but also citizens of the world, committed to making positive contributions to humanity. As an IB World School, Verde Valley School embraces the IB Learner Profile and equips our students with the tools to become active, compassionate, lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, deserve the respect to have their ideas heard. Verde Valley School touts the identity of IB + Dirt, emphasizing experiential education on its 140-acre campus in wilderness near Sedona, Arizona.

College Admission Highlights

Recent Verde Valley graduate have earned acceptances into the following selective colleges: Colorado College, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, Pitzer College,听 Stanford University, United States Naval Academy, University of California – Irvine, University of Colorado – Boulder, and Willamette University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $60,000
    • Enrollment: 125
    • % Students Boarding: 85%
    • Acceptance Rate: 60%
    • Average SAT Score: 1210
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 50%
    • International: 26%
    • Students of Color: 12%



Woodside Priory School
Woodside Priory School
  • Portola Valley, CA

Located in Portola Valley, California, Woodside Priory is a Catholic, Benedictine, independent, co-educational college preparatory school. Our educational experience is centered on the values of individuality, community, integrity, hospitality, and spirituality. In pursuit of these values, teachers encourage collaboration, creativity, communication, critical thinking, and resilience through seeking knowledge and problem-solving. The academic program, led by the monastic and lay faculty, is supplemented with visual and performing arts, athletics, community service, and interest-driven co-curricular activities. Priory offers more than 30 studentrun clubs and fields 15 varsity athletic teams.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past five years, five or more Priory students have gone on to enroll at the following institutions: Claremont McKenna, Cornell, NYU, Northeastern, Princeton, Stanford, Tufts, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, and WashU. Last year, 100% of Priory graduates attended a four-year college or university.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $89,915
    • Enrollment: 436
    • Acceptance Rate: 30%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 20%
    • Internatinal: 15%
    • Students of Color: 62%
    • % Students Boarding: 12%



St. Albans School
St. Albans School
  • Washington, DC

St. Albans School is a day and boarding college preparatory school for boys in grades 4-12 chartered in 1909 by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation in Washington, DC, and located on the campus of the National Cathedral. Our mission is to prepare boys to develop and use their spiritual, intellectual, artistic, and physical gifts not for themselves alone, but in service to society. The school welcomes boys, faculty, and staff from all backgrounds and faiths into this diverse and caring community that learns, prays, plays, sings, and eats together. Our coordinate program with National Cathedral School for girls enhances opportunities and growth for both schools. St. Albans challenges students to achieve excellence and expects them to embrace responsibility, acting always with honor and care for others.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past five years, St Albans graduates have attended the following colleges and universities, among others: Boston College, Bowdoin, Bucknell, UC Berkeley, Case Western, University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, USC, Stanford, Swarthmore, Tufts, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Williams, and Yale.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $80,308
    • Enrollment 593
    • % Students Boarding: 5%
    • Acceptance Rate: 30%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Receiving Financial Aid 31%
    • Students of Color: 43%



The Hun School of Princeton

The Hun School is a dynamic and supportive community that inspires scholarship, student participation, and resilient character. For over 100 years, the school has embraced the mission of Dr. John Gale Hun by focusing maximum attention on students’ individual needs.听Traditional courses are taught in a very non-traditional way, with students at the center of it all. Humanities courses take place around a Harkness table. STEM classes are听active and hands on. All courses prioritize skill acquisition and experiential learning. Lessons are dynamic, innovative, personal, and un-prescribed.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past couple years, Hun graduates have matriculated into BC, BU, Brown, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Haverford, Howard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northeastern, Princeton, Rice, Rutgers, Tufts, UMichigian, Notre Dame, Vassar, Villanova, and Wake Forest, and several other highly selective colleges.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $77,200
    • Enrollment: 691
    • % Students Boarding: 30%
    • Acceptance Rate: 35%
    • Average Class Size: 14
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 43%



The Stony Brook School
The Stony Brook School
  • Stony Brook, NY

The Stony Brook School is an independent college preparatory boarding school founded in 1922. Faithful to its original vision as embodied in the motto 鈥淐haracter Before Career,鈥 the School is distinguished by an integration of rigorous academics and Christian faith. SBS welcomes all students, not just those who identify with the school鈥檚 Christian mission. Typically 100% of the senior class goes on to higher education, most
matriculating at four-year colleges and universities. The School鈥檚 55-acre campus is located 50 miles east of New York City on Long Island’s north shore.

College Admission Highlights:

Popular postsecondary destinations for SBS graduates include BU, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Emory, Georgetown, GaTech,听 Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northeastern, Pomona, Princeton, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UChicago, USC, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Washington University, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $66,300
    • Enrollment: 444
    • % Students Boarding: 50%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average SAT Score: 1350
    • Average ACT Score: 33
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 12:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 38%
    • International: 29%
    • Students of Color: 60%



The Webb Schools
The Webb Schools
  • Claremont, CA

Webb is an independent college preparatory school in Southern California with boarding and day students in grades 9鈥12.听Ninety-nine percent of graduates gain admittance to selective four-year colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and abroad. One percent choose an alternative to the four-year path. This commonly includes a gap year.听Webb provides a superior academic and residential experience and a highly rigorous academic program. Our students participate in leadership, residential, athletic, and advisory programs while experiencing all the benefits of living and learning in a diverse and supportive community.

College Admission Highlights:

Top colleges into which Webb students matriculate at the highest rate include Boston College, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northeastern, Pomona, Stanford, Swarthmore, Tufts, UC Berkeley, USC, WashU, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $80,835
    • Enrollment: 405
    • % Students Boarding: 62%
    • Acceptance Rate: 17%
    • Average SAT Score: 1520
    • Average ACT Score: 34
    • Average Class Size: 15
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 32%
    • International: 29%
    • Students of Color: 48%


Pomfret School
Pomfret School
  • Pomfret, CT

Pomfret School is an independent college preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12 and postgraduates. Admission to the School is competitive. Since its founding in 1894, Pomfret has focused on innovation and progressive thinking about what a great education should be. 鈥淚f the next generation is to flourish in a changing world,鈥 says Head of School Tim Richards, 鈥渨e must prepare them wisely, differently, and well.鈥 At Pomfret, learning is student-centered, relevant, and meaningful. It happens within a variety of contexts through multiple instructional approaches. And it requires appropriate levels of rigor and challenge to foster growth and develop mastery.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past three years, multiple Pomfret students enrolled in colleges such as BU (5), Cornell (2), Case Western (3), George Washington (7), NYU (4), Northeastern (11), Tulane (6), UMichigan (4), USC (2), Villanova (2), Williams (2), Wesleyan (4), 听and Washington U (6).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $69,250
    • Enrollment: 350
    • % Students Boarding: 85%
    • Acceptance Rate: 39%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 36%
    • International 21%
    • Students of Color: 22%


Berkshire School
Berkshire School
  • Sheffield, MA

Berkshire School is a co-ed boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 and post-graduates. The 400-acre campus is located at the base of Mount Everett (2,624 ft.) in Sheffield, Massachusetts, in the heart of the Berkshire Hills. By design, every student makes an impact at Berkshire. No student is anonymous. Everyone knows everyone鈥攆rom faculty and staff to new students and graduating seniors. Our enrollment of 400 students is a sweet spot for Berkshire鈥檚 model and culture, allowing us to cultivate an exceptionally affirming and close-knit residential community. From the foundation of being known well, our students build confidence, which enables them to strive, take risks, and reimagine their potential in all areas of their development.

College Admission Highlights:

In the last three years, Berkshire graduates have matriculated at the following colleges and universities: BC, Brown, Bucknell, Cal Tech, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, U Chicago, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Grinell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, NYU, Notre Dame, USC, Villanova, and Yale, among others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $76,100
    • Enrollment: 430
    • % Students Boarding: 87%
    • Acceptance Rate: 20%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 25%
    • International: 17%
    • Students of Color: 23%


Western Reserve Academy

Founded in 1826 as a preparatory school for Western Reserve College, Western Reserve Academy is an independent coeducational boarding and day school, grades nine through post graduate. Western Reserve Academy is ranked number one best college prep boarding and day school in Ohio and is recognized as one of the top boarding schools in the country. Our innovative college-preparatory curriculum features programs of distinction that prepare our students for an increasingly interconnected world.

College Admission Highlights:

Last Year, WRA students were accepted at a number of highly selective colleges, including Boston College, Brown, Bucknell, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon, Claremont McKenna, Cornell, Duke, NYU, Northwestern, Rice, Notre Dame, UPenn, WashU, Yale, and others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Dual-Credit Courses
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $74,000
    • Enrollment: 428
    • % Students Boarding 62%
    • Acceptance Rate: 39%
    • Average SAT Score: 1310
    • Average ACT Score: 27
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 41%
    • International: 21%
    • Students of Color: 27%


The Pennington School
The Pennington School
  • Pennington, NJ

Founded in 1838, The Pennington School is a private (independent), coeducational school with day and boarding programs for students in grades 6 through 12. Over our 185-plus-year history, we have been 100% dedicated to inspiring student growth. We don’t think that 鈥渙ne size fits all鈥 should apply to the classroom. We approach students as individuals, meet them where they are when they arrive at Pennington, and move them forward so that they can reach their academic goals and full potential as learners. In a recent survey conducted by an outside consultant, the majority of our alumni reported experiencing 鈥渢ransformational growth鈥 while at Pennington.

College Admission Highlights:

In the last 5 years, multiple Pennington students have attended the following selective colleges, among others: BU, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Northwestern, Princeton, Tufts, UCLA, UChicago, Notre Dame, UVA, Villanova, and Wake Forest.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed:
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement:
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $76,550
    • Enrollment: 453
    • % Students Boarding: 30%
    • Acceptance Rate: 50%
    • Average SAT Score: 1260
    • Average ACT Score: 28
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 32%
    • International: 12%
    • Students of Color: 31%


The Brook Hill School
The Brook Hill School
  • Bullard, TX

The Brook Hill School, serving students in grades PreK-12, is a vibrant, independent Christian Day/Boarding school on a beautiful 250-acre rural campus just south of Tyler, TX and 1陆 hours east of Dallas, TX. Brook Hill鈥檚 mission is 鈥渢o provide excellence in college preparatory education, affirm the gifts and challenge the potential of each student, and encourage students to honor God through Christ-like character.鈥 A Brook Hill education prepares students to read insightfully, think critically, solve problems logically, and communicate effectively within the framework of a Biblical worldview.

College Admission Highlights:

Students from Brook Hill’s graduating class of 2024 went to these colleges and universities, among others: Princeton, Rice, U Chicago, Washington U, UVA, UT Austin, Swarthmore, USC, Baylor, Wheaton, Case Western Reserve, UC Berkeley, SMU, U Miami, U Michigan, TCU, & Texas A&M.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $56,995
    • Enrollment: 460
    • % Students Boarding: 17%
    • Acceptance Rate: 71%
    • Average Class Size: 15
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
    • Average SAT Score: 1180
    • Average ACT Score: 27
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 30%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 8%



The Peddie School
The Peddie School
  • Hightstown, NJ

Peddie is an independent, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding and day school founded in 1864 for students in grades 9-12 and post-graduate. We鈥檙e committed to the intellectual, social and moral growth of each of our students. The school welcomes individuals whose excitement, curiosity and character create an educational community where passion for learning grows. With enthusiasm, humor and patience, Peddie challenges its students to reach beyond their expectations and to define success by the progress they make. In this boarding school environment, students are prepared for the rigors and rewards of college and are inspired to strive for the highest quality of citizenship.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past three years, two or more Peddie students have matriculated to BC, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Northeastern, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UMich, UPenn, USC, Wake Forest, and WashU.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $72,800
    • Enrollment: 527
    • % Students Boarding: 61%
    • Acceptance Rate: 22%
    • Average SAT Score: 1410
    • Average ACT Score: 30
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 37%
    • International: 19%
    • Students of Color: 47%


Westtown School
Westtown School
  • West Chester, PA

Founded in 1799 by the Religious Society of Friends, Westtown School continues to be one of the nation鈥檚 best-known Quaker schools. Situated on 600 acres in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Westtown is accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools. Students at Westtown are challenged to realize their intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual potential. Through innovative and engaging teaching practices and challenging, intentional, experiential curricula, students are prepared to thrive in a world characterized by technological and social change, equipped with critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, Westtown graduates have matriculated in high number to the following colleges: Amherst College (4), Carnegie Mellon University (5), Davidson College (8), Duke University (3), Johns Hopkins University (5), Princeton University (4), Swarthmore College (6), UC Berkeley (4), University of Pennsylvania (9), and Washington University (5).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $76,400
    • Enrollment: 358
    • % Students Boarding 71%
    • Acceptance Rate: 53%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Average Class Size: 15
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 55%
    • International: 21%
    • Students of Color: 52%


Delphian School
Delphian School
  • Sheridan, OR

Delphian School students take on a rich and rewarding academic program which includes extensive studies in literature, mathematics, public speaking, writing, science, history and government. In addition, Upper School students study and gain practical abilities and experience in the subjects of Leadership, Integrity, and Logic and Reasoning. We have always believed the end goal of an education is to prepare young people with the skills and tools needed to become independent, capable adults who can act with integrity and judgment in the pursuit of their goals and dreams.

College Admission Highlights:

Delphian students have recently earned acceptances at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Chapel Hill, Stanford, SCAD, Pratt, Pepperdine, Penn State, Northeastern, NYU, Middlebury, Ga Tech, Emory, Dartmouth, Cornell, U Chicago, UCLA, U Miami, and Reed.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Tuition: $71,136
    • Enrollment: 220
    • % Students Boarding: 88%
    • Acceptance Rate: 53%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10:1
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 44%
    • % Interntional: 30%
    • % Students of Color: 34%


Cate School
Cate School
  • Carpinteria, CA

Cate School, founded in 1910, is a grade 9-12 coeducational boarding school on California鈥檚 Central Coast. A demanding and engaging academic program, a diverse student body, and a residential emphasis make Cate a distinctive community where talented students continue their intellectual, physical, and social growth. Our motto is Servons (let us serve), and learning to contribute positively to the life of the school is essential. Through commitment, scholarship, companionship, and service, each member of the Cate community contributes to what our founder called 鈥… the spirit of this place … all compounded of beauty and virtue, quiet study, vigorous play, and hard work.鈥

College Admission Highlights:

Between 2020 and 2024, Cate School graduates have gone on to enroll at BC, Brown, Bucknell, Cal Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Pomona, Scripps, UC Berkeley, U Chicago, USC, UVA, Wellesley, Yale, and several other selective colleges.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $79,980
    • Enrollment: 307
    • % Students Boarding: 78%
    • Acceptance Rate: 17%
    • Average SAT Score: 1350
    • Average ACT Score: 33
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid 25%
    • International: 21%
    • Students of Color: 54%



Suffield Academy
Suffield Academy
  • Suffield, CT

Suffield Academy, founded in 1833, is an independent, nondenominational, coeducational secondary school enrolling students in grades 9-12 and postgraduate years. Our school has a tradition of academic excellence and offers a challenging, college-prep educational program. A commitment to scholarship and a respect for individual differences guide our teaching and curriculum. Everything we do is framed by a commitment to our most essential values鈥擲uffield鈥檚 Core Four鈥攌indness, respect, effort, and leadership.We engender among our students a sense of responsibility, and they are challenged to grow in a structured and nurturing environment. The entire academic, athletic, and extracurricular experience prepares our students for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and active citizenship.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past four years, Suffield Academy graduates have go on to attend a number of prestigious colleges and universities, including Brown, Colby, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Harvard, Northwestern, Tufts, WashU, Williams, Yale and others.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $76,900
    • Enrollment: 418
    • % Students Boarding: 65%
    • Acceptance Rate: 25%
    • Average SAT Score: 1330
    • Average ACT Score: 29
    • Average Class Size 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 35%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 27%


McCallie School
McCallie School
  • Chattanooga, TN

Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, McCallie offers boys in grades 6-12 an exceptional education. Academic and extracurricular programs are tailored specifically to boys. Boys learn responsibility, leadership, and citizenship. Through interactions and relationships with faculty and peers, boys develop strong social-emotional skills. Every year, they are accepted into outstanding colleges and universities across the country and become leaders wherever they are. Boys from 28 states and 16 countries attend McCallie. This diversity enhances the learning experience and enriches the school community. That every individual is created in the image of God and should be treated with dignity and respect is a foundational听belief shared by the community.

College Admission Highlights:

Recent McCallie graduates have gone onto these and other reputable colleges and universities: Vanderbilt, University, Stanford University, University of Georgia, UNC Chapll Hill, Duke University, Georgia Tech, and Brown University.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $66,590
    • Enrollment: 728
    • % Students Boarding: 45%
    • Acceptance Rate: 60%
    • Average Class Size: 14
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%): 1130-1410
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 23-31
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 45%
    • International: 19%
    • Students of Color: 21%


Wayland Academy
Wayland Academy
  • Beaver Dam, WI

Founded in 1855, Wayland is an independent, coed college preparatory school for boarding and day students. The school鈥檚 rigorous academic program features small class sizes, capstone projects at every grade, active media studies, environmental science, and STEAM programs, and an array of AP offerings. The diverse and welcoming school community brings together students from across the United States and more than 30 other countries in an intimate learning environment, with a student-faculty ratio of 6:1. Wayland鈥檚 historic campus is located in the heart of the Midwest in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin鈥攋ust 40 miles from Madison and 60 miles from Milwaukee.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, Wayland Academy graduates have gone on to enroll at Amherst College, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Claremont McKenna, Colby, Columbia, NYU, Northwestern, Oberlin, USC, University of Toronto, Washington and Lee, Washington University, and several other selective colleges.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $71,800
    • Enrollment: 200
    • % Students Boarding: 80%
    • Acceptance Rate: 22%
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Average SAT Score: 1120
    • Average ACT Score: 23
    • International: 35%
    • Studnets of Color: 40%


Darlington School

Established in 1905, Darlington School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory school for students in grades PK-12 and PG, with boarding beginning in grade 9. The school emphasizes traditional studies and expects its students to develop competence in English, mathematics, history, science, a foreign language, technology, and an appreciation of the fine arts. Darlington seeks to develop the best of academic and social growth for each of its students. Darlington’s philosophy is best stated in the school’s motto: Wisdom more than Knowledge, Service beyond Self, Honor above Everything.

College Admission Highlights:

Last year, Darlington graduates earned acceptances at a number of highly selective schools, including Bentley, BU, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Emory, Georgetown, NYU, Northeastern, Tufts, UCLA, UGA, U Miami, U Michigan, Villanova, and Washington U.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $55,650
    • Enrollment: 429
    • % Students Boarding 47%
    • Acceptance Rate: 46%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 910-1280
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 19-27
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
    • Average Class Size: 15
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 52%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 15%


Culver Academies
Culver Academies
  • Culver, IN

Since its founding in 1894, Culver Military Academy (CMA) has prepared young men for lives of purpose and impact. CMA graduates join a prestigious heritage that includes entrepreneurs and artists, scientists and scholars, and military and political leaders. Culver Girls Academy (CGA) welcomed its first students in 1971. Since then, it has graduated hundreds of empowered and enlightened scholars, innovators, and executives, who have gone on to successful careers and positions all over the world.

College Admission Highlights:

Colleges attended by Culver graduates include: BC, Bucknell, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Princeton, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, Tufts, U Chicago, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, and William & Mary, among others.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $65,000
    • Enrollment: 830
    • % Students Boarding: 100%
    • Acceptance Rate: 49%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Average Class Size 14
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 37%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 28%


Asheville School
Asheville School
  • Asheville, NC

An intentionally small co-ed boarding school set in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, our supportive community is a place where all are known and valued. In their time on our campus, students develop strong character and essential life skills through a rigorous academic curriculum and robust co-curricular offerings. They leave here ready to shape a changing world.

College Admission Highlights:

Since 2020, Asheville School graduates have matriculated into these selective colleges, among others: UNC Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Duke, William & Mary, Vanderbilt, NYU, Columbia, Georgetown, Villanova, Johns Hopkins, Yale, BU, Dartmouth, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, WashU, and Middlebury.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Tuition: $74,450
    • Enrollment: 306
    • % Students Boarding: 75%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%): 1150-1420
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 33%
    • International: 37%
    • Students of Color: 15%


The Hill School
The Hill School
  • Pottstown, PA

Founded in 1851, The Hill School is a top coeducational independent boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 and post-graduates. Uniquely situated in a once-thriving industrial city, Hill鈥檚 setting offers authentic, place-based learning experiences for students. Classes often bring students into the community and use local, regional, and global contexts to drive inquiry.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, two or more Hill School graduates have attended these highly selective colleges and universities: Brown University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Georgetown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Pomona College, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $75,467
    • Enrollment: 539
    • % Students Boarding: 79%
    • Acceptance Rate: 25%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Receive Financial Aid: 33%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 43%


Concord Academy
Concord Academy
  • Concord, MA

Concord Academy is an independent boarding and day school for all genders known for innovative and personalized teaching that supports a wide-as-you-can-dream curriculum. Our rigorous approach to the sciences, arts, and humanities is infused with opportunities for intellectual growth, experimentation, and hands-on learning. Through club meetings held over dinner, athletic competitions, global field trips, and collaborative projects, we see, challenge, and encourage each student for who they are and who they can become. In partnership with accomplished faculty, CA graduates passionate students with the skills and values to make a meaningful difference in our world.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the last five years, the greatest number of Concord students have entered the following colleges: Brown (19), Tufts (18), Wesleyan (15), Bowdoin (14), Northeastern (13), NYU (12), WashU (11), Yale (10), Columbia (9), Carnegie Mellon (9), Harvard (8), and Dartmouth (7).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Tuition: $74,690
    • Enrollment: 415
    • % Students Boarding 40%
    • Acceptance Rate: 28%
    • Average SAT Score: 1490
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio 6:1
    • Receive Financial Aid: 27%
    • International: 11%
    • Students of Color: 43%


Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg Academy
  • Mercersburg, PA

Founded in 1893 in southern Pennsylvania, Mercersburg Academy provides young people with the opportunity to live and learn in a vibrant and diverse community of boarding and day students from across the country and around the world. Our 300-acre campus is a place of exploration and discovery where students are embraced for who they are and empowered to define themselves and imagine their future. Mercersburg pairs top-tier academic offerings with extracurricular activities and a robust residential life program to create a transformative education.

College Admission Highlights:

Popular colleges destinations for recent Mercersburg graduates include Babson, Boston University, Brandeis, Brown, Bucknell, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Darthmouth, Davidson, Drexel, Georgetown, Howard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, NYU, Penn, Pepperdine, Pomona, Rice, Texas A&M, Tufts, UCLA, Notre Dame, USC, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $75,500
    • Enrollment: 447
    • % Students Boarding: 85%
    • Acceptance Rate: 33%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1330-1530
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 31-33
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 41%


Northfield Mount Hermon
Northfield Mount Hermon
  • Mount Hermon, MA

Northfield Mount Hermon is an independent, coeducational boarding school for grades 9鈥12 and the postgraduate year. The school was formed by a merger in 1971 of the Northfield School for Girls (founded in 1879) and the Mount Hermon School for Boys (founded in 1881). True to the legacy of founder D.L. Moody, who educated a diverse group of students and encouraged the development of a spiritual life, NMH provides students with a world-class education and instills the values that will guide them through their lives.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, four or more NMH graduates have matriculated into these selective colleges and universities: Boston College, Bowdoin College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Georgetown University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Hamilton College, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Tufts University, University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, Williams College, and Yale University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $74,826
    • Enrollment 630
    • % Students Boarding: 84%
    • Acceptance Rate: 31%
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 37%
    • International: 25%
    • Students of Color: 25%


Brooks School
Brooks School
  • North Andover, MA

Founded in 1926, Brooks School is a residential boarding school of approximately 360 total students. Our mission is to 鈥渟eek to provide the most meaningful educational experience our students will have in their lives.鈥 Students hail from across the United States and many other countries to work in a challenging curriculum. The class of 2025 is composed of 91 students; 100 percent of our seniors plan to attend a four-year college.

College Admission Highlights:

Class of 2024 graduates matriculated into Boston College (5), Brown University, Colby College, Cornell University (2), Georgetown University, Hamilton College, Haverford College, McGill University, Northeastern University (15), Tufts University (2), University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Vassar College, and several other selective colleges and universities.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $77,100
    • Enrollment: 360
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Acceptance Rate: 25%
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 35%
    • International: 11%
    • Students of Color: 30%



Cushing Academy
Cushing Academy
  • Ashburnham, MA

Cushing Academy, founded in 1865, is an independent, coeducational college preparatory boarding school located 60 miles northwest of Boston. The school serves a wide range of students in grades 9-12 and offers a post-graduate year. Cushing Academy is recognized as a unique educational setting whose faculty, staff, and facilities nurture the optimal growth of students with a range of talents, abilities, and interests. Our community-oriented environment is supportive and diverse, promoting and valuing intellectual challenges and emphasizing the arts, athletics, and cultural competence.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past two years, multiple Cushing graduates have matriculated into these institutions: Boston University, Brown University, Colby College, Colorado College, New York University, Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, UC San Diego, University of Rochester, and Wesleyan University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes ESL Program
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $75,500
    • Enrollment: 389
    • % Students Boarding: 93%
    • Acceptance Rate: 48%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 25%
    • International: 29%
    • Students of Color: 11%


Cheshire Academy
Cheshire Academy
  • Cheshire, CT

Cheshire Academy was founded in 1794. The Academy is a selective independent, coeducational boarding and day school enrolling 359 students in grades 9-12 and a postgraduate year. Cheshire Academy endeavors to enroll students who are eager to pursue their passions and realize their potential. The Academy has a rich tradition of enrolling a diverse student body and providing a student-centered program.

College Admission Highlights:

Class of 2024 graduates went on to enroll at the following colleges and universities, among others: Boston College, Carleton College, Cornell University, Northeastern University, Skidmore College, Stevens Institute of Technology, George Washington University, Tufts University, University of Southern California, Washington University, Wesleyan University, and Yale University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $62,475
    • Enrollment: 359
    • % Students Boarding: 56%
    • Acceptance Rate: 45%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 38%
    • International: 28%
    • Students of Color: 34%


Blair Academy
Blair Academy
  • Blairstown, NJ

Founded in 1848, Blair Academy’s听mission is to know our students so we may empower them to understand more fully themselves and the world. Through strong relationships with faculty and experiences designed to challenge our students, they nurture identities as skilled learners and engaged members of a diverse community. Blair students depart not only as prepared undergraduates, but ultimately as global citizens contributing to the greater good.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past year, Blair graduates have matriculated into the following selective colleges and universities, among= others: Carnegie Mellon (3), Cornell University (5), Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University (3), Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Middlebury College, New York University (5), Northwestern University (2), Princeton University (2), Tufts University (5), University of Virginia (2), and Yale University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $75,900
    • Enrollment: 470
    • % Students Boarding: 84%
    • Acceptance Rate: 14%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 36%
    • International 21%


Salisbury School
Salisbury School
  • Salisbury, CT

Founded in 1901, Salisbury School is an all-boys private boarding school in New England鈥檚 Litchfield County. Our campus is located on 725 acres in northwest Connecticut, less than a two-hour drive from the NYC metro area, and features two main academic buildings, 10 residences and several state-of-the-art athletics and arts facilities. We take pride in the history that makes us so unique, and celebrate it with a number of traditions that have been passed down over the years.听We embrace the founding rector鈥檚 belief that a boy鈥檚 secondary school has the responsibility for addressing every aspect of development.

College Admission Highlights:

Since 2020, four or more Salisbury graduates have matriculated at Brown University, Bucknell University, Colby College, Cornell University, Middlebury College, New York University, Northeastern University, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Washington University, and Yale University.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $72,900
    • Enrollment: 317
    • % Students Boarding: 91%
    • Acceptance Rate: 33%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1080-1400
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 24-32
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 37%
    • International: 17%
    • Students of Color: 22%


St. Timothy’s School
St. Timothy’s School
  • Stevenson, MD

Founded in 1882, St. Timothy’s School is a private, all-girls boarding and day school for grades 9-12 located in Stevenson, Maryland. Deepened by the intellectual richness and independent learning approach of the globally respected International Baccalaureate program, St. Timothy鈥檚 has prepared girls for lives of principled leadership by fostering courage, moral focus, intellectual honesty, and the confidence to act responsibly and ethically in all areas of their lives.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past three years, St Timothy’s graduate have been admitted into Barnard, Boston College, Brown, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Haverford, Hamilton, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, McGill, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Tufts, UChicago, UPenn, UVA, WashU,听 and Wesleyan.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Tuition: $69,900
    • Enrollment: 175
    • % Students Boarding: 60%
    • Acceptance Rate: 60%
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 54%
    • International: 23%
    • Students of Color: 40%


Anne Wright Schools
Anne Wright Schools
  • Tacoma, WA

Founded in 1884, Annie Wright Schools are nestled in the beautiful North End neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington. We offer rich, thoughtful and internationally-recognized programs that welcome students from around the world. For students in Grades 9 through 12 who are ready to develop authentic passions and make a well-rounded education their priority, Annie Wright Upper School for Girls & Upper School for Boys offer an extraordinary and enduring educational experience.

College Admission Highlights:

Recent AWS graduates have matriculated at Amherst College, Barnard College, Carleton College, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Emory University, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, Pomona College, Princeton University, Rice University, Swarthmore College, University of Southern California, Williams College, and a number of other selective schools.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Tuition: $73,900
    • Enrollment: 619
    • % Students Boarding: 16%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Average Class Size: 17
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 12%
    • Students of Color: 48%


Portsmouth Abbey School
Portsmouth Abbey School
  • Portsmouth, RI

Founded by the Rev. Dom Hugh Diman in 1926, as an independent Catholic preparatory boarding school under the auspices of the English Benedictine Congregation, Portsmouth Abbey School is located in Rhode Island overlooking Narragansett Bay. Students engage in a rigorous study of the Western intellectual and cultural tradition; life at the Abbey, both in the classroom and out, inspires in students the Benedictine love of knowledge, study, discussion, and free exchange of ideas. While the student body is predominantly Catholic (about two-thirds), students from all faiths find a warm welcome at the Abbey.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past three years, multiple Portsmouth Abbey graduates have gone on to attend the following institutions: Bates College, Boston College, Colgate University, Cornell University, Davidson College, Emory University, Georgetown University, Hamilton College, New York University, United States Naval Academy, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, and Washington University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $74,825
    • Enrollment: 350
    • % Students Boarding: 75%
    • Acceptance Rate: 31%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 48%
    • International: 21%
    • Students of Color: 18%


St Andrew’s School (FL)
St Andrew’s School (FL)
  • Boca Raton, FL

Founded in 1961, Saint Andrew鈥檚 School is a nationally recognized day and boarding, college preparatory school in Boca Raton, Florida. We offer a rigorous, private school curriculum that fosters creative thinking, opportunities to achieve balance, and experiences that build strong character. We are delighted to serve students from over 40 countries of multiple faiths and cultures.

College Admission Highlights:

Since 2020, multiple St. Andrews’ graduates have matriculated into the following selective schools: Boston College (16), Carnegie Mellon University (4), Cornell University (11), Duke University (10), Georgetown University (10), Johns Hopkins University (6), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (4), Tufts University (5), University of Michigan (12), University of Pennsylvania (5), and Yale University (3)

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Option Yes Learning Differences Support
    • Tuition: $72,420
    • Enrollment: 637
    • % Students Boarding: 15%
    • Acceptance Rate: 58%
    • Average SAT Score: 1300
    • Average ACT Score 29
    • Average Class Size: 17
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 18%
    • International: 14%
    • Students of Color: 22%


The Lawrenceville School
The Lawrenceville School
  • Lawrenceville, NJ

Founded in 1810, The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey is a top boarding and day school that champions the Harkness method of teaching and learning. The school sits on more than 700 beautiful acres in suburban New Jersey 鈥 just a quick trip from Princeton, New York City, and Philadelphia. Woods, farmland, and a lovely downtown area surround Lawrenceville’s brick buildings. The School boasts a mix of tradition and technology with a focus on sustainability and community spaces. Scholars have access to state-of-the-art technology and the best teachers in a place that’s designed to be a healthy, happy home for all.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past five years, five or more Lawrentians have matriculated at these colleges an universities: Amherst, Boston College, Brown, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, Northwestern, Princeton, Purdue, Stanford, Tufts, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, UNC Chapel Hill, UVA, Vanderbilt, Villanova, William & Mary, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Outdoor Learning
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $79,500
    • Enrollment: 818
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Acceptance Rate: 18%
    • Student-To-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 34%
    • International: 16%
    • Students of Color: 55%



Atlanta International School
Atlanta International School
  • Sandy Springs, GA

Atlanta International School was founded in 1984 and opened its doors to students in 1985. The school was the vision of local families and leaders who wanted a different sort of private school in Atlanta. One where language learning would be centered – both as a skill and a key to cultural understanding. And one where difference and diversity would be embraced. These guiding principles are as relevant today as they were then, in our intentionally inclusive community. Collaborating across cultures and languages is just our way of life at AIS. AIS’s Sandy Springs Campus, 25 acre wooded campus set on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, is the beautiful setting for the new AIS Boarding offer – with accommodation for 70 boarding co-ed students in Grades 9 – 12.

College Admission Highlights:

Last year, AIS graduates matriculated at the following selective colleges, among others: Barnard College, Boston University, Emory University, Georgetown University, Georgia Institute of Technology, New York University, Northeastern University, Rice University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and Wake Forest University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $73,000
    • Enrollment: 1325
    • % Students Boarding: 5%
    • Acceptance Rate: 72%
    • Average Class Size: 17
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 12%
    • International: 50%
    • Students of Color: 61%


Foxcroft School
Foxcroft School
  • Middleburg, VA

Founded in 1914, Foxcroft School offers an intentional curriculum, culture, and initiatives that meet the specific needs of goal-oriented girls 鈥 their success and their overall well-being. Foxcroft鈥檚 college preparatory academic program is purposefully designed around how girls learn best, namely through collaboration, relationships, strong affiliations, and solving real-world problems.

College Admission Highlights:

Recent Foxcroft graduates have matriculated into the following selective colleges, among others: Bucknell University, Denison University, Dickinson College, George Washington University, Northeastern University, UC Santa Barbara, University of Virginia, Washington and Lee University, and William & Mary.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Option Yes Equestrian Program
    • Tuition: $72,300
    • Enrollment: 168
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Acceptance Rate: 62%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 54%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 26%


George School
George School
  • Newtown, PA

Founded in 1893, George School is a Quaker, all-gender boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 located in Newtown, PA. With Quaker tradition as its touchstone and academic excellence at its core, George School seeks to develop citizen scholars cheerfully committed to openness in the pursuit of truth, to service and peace, and to the faithful stewardship of the earth. We want our students to treasure learning for its own sake and to use it to benefit a diverse world. Above all, we want them to 鈥渓et their lives speak.鈥

College Admission Highlights:

Since 2021, five or more George School graduates have matriculated at the following or more colleges: Bates College, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Duke University, Emory University, Hamilton College, Haverford College, New York University, Princeton University, Swarthmore College, Tufts University, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, and Washington University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Co-op Program
    • Tuition: $73,100
    • Enrollment: 533
    • % Students Boarding 47%
    • Acceptance Rate: 35%
    • Average Class Size: 13
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receive Financial Aid: 46%
    • International: 30%
    • Students of Color: 39%


Avon Old Farms School

Founded in 1927, Avon Old Farms School is an independent secondary school for boys. Nestled among Cotswold-inspired architecture on 860 acres in the Farmington Valley, Avon Old Farms stands as the leader in preparing young men for higher education. Avon’s founder, Theodate Pope Riddle, was one of America鈥檚 first, successful, female architects, and she serves as the cornerstone of our school鈥檚 motto,听Aspirando et Perseverando听—听To Aspire and to Persevere.听Mrs. Riddle鈥檚 fortitude and vision in 1927 created the groundwork for an institution that challenges boys in the pursuit of knowledge and self-improvement. Throughout this process, students find unwavering support and create fraternal bonds that will last a lifetime.

College Admission Highlights:

Avonians have recently enrolled at the following selective schools: American, Bates, BC, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Macalester, NYU, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, Tufts, U Chicago, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Washington U, Williams, and Yale.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $75,200
    • Enrollment: 410
    • Acceptance Rate: 48%
    • Average Class Size 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • % Students Boarding: 72%
    • International: 17%
    • Students of Color: 15%


St. George’s School
St. George’s School
  • Middletown, RI

Founded in 1896 as an Episcopal boarding school by the Rev. John Byron Diman, St. George鈥檚 is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school offering a comprehensive college-preparatory program to students in grades 9鈥12. The school today lives firmly in the 21st century, with state-of-the-art academic and athletic facilities, and an innovative curriculum that prepares students to become the thoughtful, compassionate leaders and doers the world needs most.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past three years, St. George’s graduates have matriculated in multiple numbers at the following schools: Brown University (4), Cornell University (2), Dartmouth College (2), Duke University (2), Georgetown University (8), Hamilton College (3), Harvard University (3), Middlebury College (3), Tufts University (8), University of Pennsylvania (2), University of Southern California (4), University of Virginia (7), , and Yale University (2).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $76,050
    • Enrollment: 381
    • % Students Boarding: 80%
    • Acceptance Rate: 19%
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 32%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 33%


Miss Porter’s School
Miss Porter’s School
  • Farmington, CT

Located in Farmington, Connecticut, Miss Porter’s School was founded in 1843 by Sarah Porter and joins tradition with innovation to provide an exemplary education to young women.听 Miss Porter’s offers college preparatory boarding and day program for girls in grades nine through 12, with the aim of educating young women to be ethical, resourceful, ethical, and globally-minded.

College Admission Highlights:

Gradautes of the class of 2024 have continued their education at BU, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Duke, Hamilton, NYU, Northeastern, Pitzer, RPI, Skidmore, Temple, Tufts, UC Berkeley, University Michigan, Penn, USC, UVA , and Williams, among other selective colleges.

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $73,500
    • Enrollment: 335
    • % Students Boarding: 63%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 16%
    • Students of Color: 41%


Indian Springs School
Indian Springs School
  • Indian Springs, AL

Founded in 1952, Indian Springs School fosters a love of learning and creativity, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship with respect for individuality and independent thought. Its wooded 350-acre campus is located 15 miles south of Birmingham, Alabama.

College Admission Highlights:

Graduates from the classes of 2019-2024 have matriculated into the following selective colleges and universities, among others: American, Barnard, Boston University, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Davidson, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Pepperdine, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill, Notre Dame, UVA, Vanderbilt, VaTech, Wake Forest, Wellesley, & Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $54,000-68,000
    • Enrollment: 340
    • % Students Boarding: 30%
    • Acceptance Rate: 52%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1180-1440
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 23-30
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 30%
    • Students of Color: 35%


Belmont Hill School
Belmont Hill School
  • Belmont, MA

Belmont Hill was founded in 1923 as a day school to provide boys from grades 7 through 12 (Forms I through VI) with a rigorous education placing special emphasis on character. Today the school enrolls 471 day and boarding students in extensive programs of academics, athletics and the arts. The school鈥檚 37-acre suburban campus in Belmont includes academic buildings, Jordan Athletic Center, Prenatt Music Center, Kraft Theater, Bolles Makerspace, and historic Hamilton Chapel.

College Admission Highlights:

From 2021-2024, Belmont graduates matriculated into high selective colleges in large numbers, including 19 at Harvard and Boston College, 11 at Dartmouth, 10 at Tufts, 9 at Babson, Georgetown & Wake Forest, 8 at Yale Bowdoin, and Colgate, and 7 at Cornell.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $73,800
    • Enrollment: 468
    • % Students Boarding 5%
    • Acceptance Rate: 23%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1260-1410
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 29-32
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 28%
    • Students of Color: 29%


Episcopal High School
Episcopal High School
  • Alexandria, VA

Episcopal High School is a private boarding school for boys and girls in grades 9 through 12. Founded in 1839, and located in Alexandria, VA, the schools 130-acre campus is located just minutes from Washington, D.C.听 At Episcopal, expectations are high and the academic environment is rigorous, with heavy emphasis being placed on the physical and emotional well-being of all students, leading them to thrive and be their best selves

College Admission Highlights:

The classes of 2021 through 2024 have matriculated to these schools in multiple numbers: Boston College (5), Bucknell (7), Cornell (7), Duke (5), Georgetown (10), NYU (80), SMU (12), TCU (15), University of Chicago (5), University of Miami (7), UNC Chapel Hill (27), Wake Forest (20), and Washington & Lee (20).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $72,000
    • Enrollment: 467
    • % Students Boarding: 100
    • Acceptance Rate: 37%
    • Average SAT Score: 1350
    • Average ACT Score: 30
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 35%
    • International: 20%
    • Students of Color: 38%


Cranbrook Schools
Cranbrook Schools
  • Bloomfield Hills, MI

As one of the largest independent boarding and day schools in the country for students, Cranbrook Schools prepare students to thrive and shape a complex world. Cranbrook鈥檚 historic 319-acre grounds are the schools鈥 longest-serving teacher, having engaged and inspired students since the 1920s. This living campus is a real and integral part of the curriculum. It boasts resources unequaled by any preparatory school environment in the world. On campus, students have access to the world-class collections and expert staffs of the Cranbrook Institute of Science and Cranbrook Art Museum, as well as the breathtaking natural spaces that have fostered curiosity and creativity in generations of learners.

College Admission Highlights:

In the past four years, Cranbrook produced multiple graduates who went on to attend Amherst, BC, BU, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Michigan State, NYU, Northwestern, Stanford, Tufts, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UChicago, UMichigan, Notre Dame, Penn, WashingtonU, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $56,600
    • Enrollment 800 (Upper School)
    • % Students Boarding: 32%
    • Acceptance Rate: 38%
    • Average SAT Score: 1470
    • Average ACT Score: 31
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Average Class Size: 16
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 33%
    • International: 14%
    • Students of Color: 42%


The Taft School
The Taft School
  • Watertown, CT

Founded in 1890, the Taft School is a co-educational school for students in grades 9 to 12 and post-graduate. More than 500 students from 58 countries and 31 states gather on the 226-acre Connecticut campus, located 95 miles from New York City, and 125 miles from Boston, MA. Taft’s mission is to听educate the whole student; to demand excellence in all walks of life, including moral responsibility as reflected in part in our school motto, Non ut sibi ministretur sed ut ministret, Not to be served, but to serve.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the last five years, large numbers of Taft students have gone on to attend Georgetown (29), Penn (21), Bucknell (21), Brown (18), SMU (18), Wake Forest (18), NYU (17), Northeastern (14), Tufts (12), Duke (12), UVA (11), Notre Dame (9), 听Harvard (8) and UCLA (7).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $72,000
    • Enrollment: 583
    • % Students Boarding: 82%
    • Acceptance Rate: 19%
    • Average SAT Score: 1370
    • Average ACT Score: 30
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 34%
    • International: 19%
    • Students of Color: 42


St. Andrew’s School
St. Andrew’s School
  • Middletown, DE

Founded in 1929, St.听Andrew鈥檚 School is a coeducational, Episcopal, all-boarding school located on 2,200 acres in Middletown, Delaware. St.听Andrew鈥檚 has, for more than 90 years, been a school accessible to all students who are qualified for admission, regardless of their family鈥檚 financial means. Accessibility is the cornerstone of our distinctive school culture of kindness and equity. We are one of only three co-ed college prep high schools in the United States where all students board. Our challenging academic program is centered on collaboration, discussion, and authentic intellectual engagement. We offer 130 courses each year in 10 disciplines, and bring a wide variety of visiting speakers to campus each year for talks and classroom workshops.

College Admission Highlights:

Students from the Classes of 2020-2023 matriculated into: Davidson (16), Brown (12), Princeton (12), UVA (11), Penn (9), Wesleyan (8), NYU (7), Tufts (7), Dartmouth (6), Duke (6), Vanderbilt (6), Wake Forest (6), BC (5), Columbia (5), Georgetown (5), Harvard (4), and Yale (4).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Tuition: $69,400
    • Enrollment: 314
    • % Students Boarding: 100%
    • Acceptance Rate: 25%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1210-1450
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 28-31
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 40%
    • International: 9%
    • Students of Color: 44%


Lake Forest Academy
Lake Forest Academy
  • Lake Forest, IL

Situated on a wooded 150 acre campus, 30 miles from Chicago, Lake Forest Academy (LFA) was established in 1857 as the boys鈥 preparatory department of Lind University (later renamed Lake Forest University). The girls鈥 preparatory department was added in 1869. The schools merged in 1974 and LFA has been co-educational ever since. Lake Forest听strives to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

College Admission Highlights:

The most popular destinations for LFA graduates (2023) include NYU (9), Harvard (4), Northwestern (4), UMichigan (4), Emory (3), USC (3), UIUC (3), Claremont McKenna (2), WashU (2), Duke (2), UMiami (2), Brandeis (2), Tufts (2), Bates (2), Northeastern (2), and UC San Diego (2).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $69,575
    • Enrollment: 445
    • % Students Boarding: 50%
    • Acceptance Rate: 34%
    • Average SAT Score: 1430
    • Average ACT Score 32
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7:1
    • International: 24%
    • Students of Color: 39%
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 30%


The Loomis Chaffee School

The Loomis Chaffee School is a four-year, coeducational, independent boarding school located on a 300-acre campus in Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874 by five siblings whose children all died tragically and who then selflessly founded a school as a gift to the children of others, Loomis provides a superb education for motivated and talented students, inspiring in them a commitment to the best self and the common good. Academically rigorous, the school promotes the pursuit of excellence 鈥 in spirit, mind, and body鈥 within a community where it is easy to be 鈥済ood and friendly鈥 and where the diversity of person and idea are not only respected but championed.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, four or more Loomis Chaffee students have matriculated to the following institutions: Bard, Boston University, Brandeis, Brown, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northeastern, Princeton, Rice, Tufts, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Notre Dame, UVA, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Washington U, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $70,480
    • Enrollment 736
    • % Students Boarding: 70%
    • Acceptance Rate: 18%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1220-1510
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 26-32
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 32%
    • International: 12%
    • Students of Color: 39%


Noble and Greenough School

In 1866, George Washington Copp Noble founded Noble鈥檚 Classical School, a boys鈥 day school known informally as 鈥淣obles.鈥滻n 1922, Nobles moved to its current location, a 173-acre campus situated on the banks of the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts, 10 miles from Boston.听 Nobles went coeducational in 1974. Today, Nobles is a five-day boarding school that strives to forge human connections that inspire a lifelong process of discovery and unlock the potential to do good.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past five years, the greatest numbers of graduates matriculated into the following universities: Harvard (52), BC (27), Georgetown (26), Tufts (25), Middlebury (24), Dartmouth (23), Williams (20), Yale (19), Princeton (18), Brown (18), UVA (17), Northeastern (15), Duke (15), Hamilton (15), and Colby (12).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $60,100
    • Enrollment: 631
    • % Students Boarding: 8%
    • Acceptance Rate: 16%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1310-1540
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 29-34
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receive Financial Aid: 30%
    • Students of Color: 49%


The Village School
The Village School
  • Houston, TX

Founded in 1966, The Village School is a coeducational, nondenominational, college preparatory private school located in the Energy Corridor of Houston. As part of Nord Anglia Education鈥攖he world鈥檚 leading international private school organization鈥擵illage is also at the cutting-edge of the best educational practices in the world. Our goal is to prepare our students for college and future careers. We do this by fostering critical thinking, innovation, and effective communication, and encouraging our students to engage deeply with their studies and their communities. This develops a global perspective and instils a lifelong love of learning.

College Admission Highlights:

Some of the most popular colleges and universities Village School students chose over the last five years include Rice, Texas A&M, Boston University, Harvard, Cornell, John Hopkins, Vanderbilt, NYU, MIT, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes International Baccalaureate
    • Option Yes ESL Program
    • Tuition: 85,550
    • Enrollment: 661 (Upper School)
    • % Students Boarding: 13%
    • Acceptance Rate: 50%
    • Average SAT Score: 1270
    • Average ACT Score: 27
    • Average Class Size: 18
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • International: 30%
    • Students of Color: 60%


Westminster School
Westminster School
  • Simsbury, CT

Since its founding in 1888, Westminster School has been committed to a challenging, college-preparatory experience. Westminster’s 200-acre north-central Connecticut campus, is a place where scholarship, citizenship, sportsmanship and leadership thrive. Set in a small New England town north of Hartford, Westminster is walking distance from Simsbury’s vibrant town center, is convenient to both New York City and Boston, The challenging academic program, grounded in the liberal arts tradition, prepares boys and girls in grades 9-12 and postgraduate for academic success and the rigors of college while cultivating in them a love of learning that becomes a lifelong habit.

College Admission Highlights:

Westminster has placed three or more graduates from the classes 2019-2023 at the following colleges: Boston College, Brown, Bucknell, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northeastern, Princtwon, UMichigan, Wake Forest, and Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $73,370
    • Enrollment: 425
    • % Students Boarding: 75%
    • Acceptance Rate: 33%
    • Average SAT Score: 1330
    • Average ACT Score: 27
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 38%
    • International: 15%
    • Students of Color: 25%


Kent School
Kent School
  • Kent, CT

Founded in 1906, Kent School, a coed boarding school two hours north of New York City, is a leader in whole-student education for students in grades 9-12 (with a post-graduate or PG-year option). We believe the best and deepest learning occurs within the context of a community. Kent鈥檚 intentional focus on our students鈥 intellectual, social, ethical, and spiritual growth creates an environment of belonging and kindness that empowers our students to thrive.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past three years, large numbers of students enrolled at the following highly-selective institutions: Hamilton (8), BU (15), BC (8), Columbia (9), Cornell (8), Georgetown (6), Princeton (5), NYU (14), Northeastern (15), Wesleyan (6), USC (5), US Naval Academy (6), and Tufts (7).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Post-Graduate Year
    • Tuition: $73,450
    • Enrollment: 520
    • % Students Boarding: 91%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average SAT Score: 1300
    • Average ACT Score: 28
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid 35%
    • Students of Color: 29%


Georgetown Preparatory School
Georgetown Preparatory School
  • North Bethesda, MD

Georgetown Preparatory School is a Catholic, Jesuit day and boarding school for young men in grades 9 through 12. Founded in 1789, Georgetown Prep is governed by an independent Board of Trustees and operates under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. Occupying a 93-acre campus in the suburbs of Washington, DC, it is the country鈥檚 oldest Catholic secondary school for boys. Prep’s mission is to form men of competence, conscience, courage, and compassion; men of faith and men for others.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past three years, the following colleges welcomed three or more Georgetown Prep graduates: BC, Bucknell, William & Mary, Cornell, Duke, George Washington, Georgetown, Princeton, US Military Academy, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn, UVA, Wake Forest, and Villanova.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Tuition: $73,535
    • Enrollment: 500
    • % Students Boarding: 25%
    • Acceptance Rate: 23%
    • SAT Range (Mid 50%) 1180-1440
    • ACT Range (Mid 50%) 27-33
    • Average Class Size: 15
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 30%
    • International: 11%
    • Students of Color: 36%


Milton Academy
Milton Academy
  • Milton, MA

Founded in 1798, and located just south of Boston, Milton Academy offers students a beautiful, 130-acre campus with easy access to the amenities, culture, and opportunities of a major city. Milton Academy cultivates in its students a passion for learning and a respect for others. Embracing diversity and the pursuit of excellence, we create a community in which individuals develop competence, confidence, and character. Our active learning environment, in and out of the classroom, develops creative and critical thinkers, unafraid to express their ideas, prepared to seek meaningful lifetime success and to live by our motto, 鈥淒are to be true.鈥

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past three years, graduates have gone onto a number of prestigious universities and colleges, including Georgetown (27), Harvard (25), Boston College (17), University of Chicago (14), brown (12). Wesleyan (11), Dartmouth (10), Northeastern (10), Columbia (9), Cornell (9), and Stanford (9).

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $72,400
    • Enrollment: 714
    • % Students Boarding: 50%
    • Acceptance Rate: 20%
    • Average SAT Score: 1400
    • Average ACT Score: 31
    • Average Class Size: 14
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 35%
    • International: 18%
    • Students of Color: 52%


Middlesex School
Middlesex School
  • Concord, MA

On the edge of Concord, Massachusetts, just 20 miles outside Boston, beyond an entry column of overhanging maples, you鈥檒l find the sprawling green campus of Middlesex School, an independent secondary school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. Founded in 1901, Middlesex strives to ensure that all students develop personal integrity, intellectual vitality and discipline, and respect for themselves and for others. 听We expect each student to engage energetically and cooperatively in the life of the School, and we seek to inspire in all students the desire to seek understanding of themselves and the larger world, both now and in their futures.

College Admission Highlights:

Students graduating from 2020-2024 have matriculated in multiple numbers to the following institutions, among others: U Chicago, Boton College, Trinity College, Harvard, Colby, Bowdoin, Tufts, Brown, Georgetown, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Lafayette, NYU, UVA, Columbia, Wake Forest, & Boston University.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Option Yes Mindfulness Education
    • Tuition: $75,475
    • Acceptance Rate: 18%
    • Average SAT Score: 1480
    • Average ACT Score 32
    • Enrollment: 425
    • % Studens Boarding: 70%
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 32%
    • International: 12%


St. Mark’s School
St. Mark’s School
  • Southborough, MA

Founded in 1865, St. Mark鈥檚 is an independent Episcopalian boarding and day high school located 25 miles west of Boston. The academic program is a blend of a classical liberal arts curriculum and innovative contemporary pedagogy. Across the curriculum, students are exposed to interdisciplinary work and the opportunity to develop strong skills in critical thinking, written communication, scientic inquiry, historical research, and collaborative problem-solving.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the last three years, St Mark’s students have chosen to attend nearly 120 colleges and universities, including Amherst, Babson, Boston College, Brown, Bucknell, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, NYU, Princeton, Stanford, Tufts, UC Berkeley, Notre Dame, UVA, Wake Forest, & Yale.

    • Option Yes Co-Ed
    • Option Yes Study Abroad
    • Tuition: $76,100
    • Enrollment: 377
    • % Students Boarding: 74%
    • Acceptance Rate: 29%
    • Average SAT Score: 1390
    • Average ACT Score 31
    • Average Class Size: 11
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 32%
    • International: 23%
    • Students of Color: 35%


The Madeira School
The Madeira School
  • McLean, VA

In 1906, Lucy Madeira Wing founded a school 鈥渇or the purpose of preparing girls for the leading women鈥檚 colleges.鈥 In 1929, the school was incorporated as The Madeira School. Madeira relocated from Washington to the suburb of McLean, Virginia, in 1931. Today, Madeira’s mission is to lead innovation in girls’ education and to launch women who change the world. Learning at Madeira results from an intentionally designed, innovative, developmental, ambitious听and听girl-centered curriculum, which builds critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. Each student has the opportunity to study discrete disciplines as well as explore connections between and across disciplines and learning environments.

College Admission Highlights:

Over the past several years, popular college destinations for Madeira graduates include BU, Bryn Mawr, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgetown, Harvard, Caltech, Northeastern, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, UVA, William & Mary, Yale, and NYU

    • Option Yes All-Girls
    • Option Yes Advanced Placement
    • Option Yes Modular Schedule
    • Tuition: $69,500
    • Enrollment: 341
    • % Students Boarding: 51%
    • Acceptance Rate: 40%
    • Average SAT Score: 1370
    • Average ACT Score: 31
    • Average Class Size: 12
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5:1
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 36%
    • Students of Color: 49%
    • Inernational: 13%


Woodberry Forrest School
Woodberry Forrest School
  • Woodberry Forest, VA

Founded in 1889, Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country. Woodberry’s 1,200-acre campus is the largest boarding school campus near Washington, D.C. and one of the largest private school campuses in the country.

College Admission Hiighlights:

From 2021-2023, students enrolled at the following schools: Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Northeastern, NYU, Princeton, US Naval Academy, UMichigan, UNC Chapel Hill, USC, UVA, Wake Forest, and Washington & Lee.

    • Option Yes All-Boys
    • Tuition: $65,350 (Boarding)
    • Enrollment: 391
    • % Students Boarding: 100%
    • Acceptance Rate: 51%
    • Average SAT Score: Not Reported
    • Average ACT Score: Not Reported
    • Average Class Size: 10
    • Students of Color: 25%
    • Receiving Financial Aid: 41%
    • International: 11%
    • Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6:1


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