Top 50 Boarding Schools

Going to a top boarding school can do more than help students get into a good college or university— it can provide them with a powerful alumni network, a solid education, and lifelong friends.

For each school’s endowment, acceptance rate, and average SAT scores were calculated.

1. Phillips Exeter Academy – Exeter, New Hampshire

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2. Phillips Academy Andover – Andover, Massachusetts

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3. Groton School – Groton, Massachusetts

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4. St. Paul’s School – Concord, New Hampshire

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5. Deerfield Academy – Deerfield, Massachusetts

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6. The Lawrenceville School – Lawrenceville, New Jersey

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7. Middlesex School – Concord, Massachusetts

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8. Milton Academy – Milton, Massachusetts

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9. Choate Rosemary Hall – Wallingford, Connecticut

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10. The Thacher School – Ojai, California

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11. The Hockaday School – Dallas, Texas

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12. The Hotchkiss School – Lakeville, Connecticut

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13. Peddie School – Hightstown, New Jersey

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14. The Taft School – Watertown, Connecticut

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15. St. Albans School – Washington, D.C.

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16. Cate School – Carpinteria, California

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17. The Loomis Chaffee School – Windsor, Connecticut

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18. Concord Academy – Concord, Massachusetts

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19. St. Andrew’s School – Middletown, Delaware

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20. The Webb Schools – Claremont, California

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21. St. George’s School – Newport, Rhode Island

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22. Westminster School – Simsbury, Connecticut

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23. Cranbrook Schools – Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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24. St. Mark’s School – Southborough, Massachusetts

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25. Northfield Mount Hermon – Gill, Massachusetts

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26. The Hill School – Pottstown, Pennsylvania

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27. Emma Willard School – Troy, New York

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28. Episcopal High School – Alexandria, Virginia

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29. Georgetown Preparatory School – North Bethesda, Maryland

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30. The Governor’s Academy – Byfield, Massachusetts

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31. Blair Academy – Blairstown, New Jersey

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32. Woodberry Forest School – Woodberry Forest, Virginia

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33. Brooks School – North Andover, Massachusetts

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34. Berkshire School – Sheffield, Massachusetts

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35. Suffield Academy – Suffield, Connecticut

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36. The Masters School – Dobbs Ferry, New York

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37. Miss Porter’s School – Farmington, Connecticut

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38. Western Reserve Academy – Hudson, Ohio

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39. Asheville School – Asheville, North Carolina

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40. Oregon Episcopal School – Portland, Oregon

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41. Portsmouth Abbey School – Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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42. Dana Hall School – Wellesley, Massachusetts

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43. The Williston Northampton School – Easthampton, MA

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44. Church Farm School – Exton, Pennsylvania

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45. The Madeira School – McLean, Virginia

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46. Salisbury School – Salisbury, Connecticut

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47. Stevenson School – Pebble Beach, California

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48. St. Anne’s-Belfield School – Charlottesville, Virginia

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49. Lake Forest Academy – Lake Forest, Illinois

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50. Holderness School – Plymouth, New Hampshire

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(Credit to: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-smartest-boarding-schools-in-america-2015-2) (Photo credits: official FB pages for the respected schools, Wikimedia commons, Wikimedia Google Maps)