2026 FindingSchool US Private Boarding School Ranking

FindingSchool presents the 2026 edition of its authoritative ranking of American private boarding schools, covering 253 schools. Sub-rankings for boys’ schools, girls’ schools, military schools, and arts schools are also included.

Our evaluation system is based on six key dimensions: Academics, College Matriculation, Extracurricular Activities, Location & Community, FS Reviews, and Asian Student Management. This comprehensive approach provides families with a clear understanding of each school’s strengths and offers trusted guidance for making informed school choices.

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Total 248 schools
#1
Phillips Academy Andover
A+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $76,731 1172 9-12, PG
#2
Phillips Exeter Academy
A+ New Hampshire
Co-ed $69,537 1096 9-12, PG
#3
The Lawrenceville School
A+ New Jersey
Co-ed $82,710 815 9-12, PG
#4
Choate Rosemary Hall
A+ Connecticut
Co-ed $73,530 860 9-12, PG
#5
Groton School
A+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $62,740 385 8-12
#6
Middlesex School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,200 425 9-12
#7
St. Paul's School
A+ New Hampshire
Co-ed $75,400 538 9-12
#8
The Hotchkiss School
A+ Connecticut
Co-ed $80,800 627 9-12, PG
Partner
Co-ed
Hebron Academy
$68,000 Maine
Partner
Co-ed
Kents Hill School
$74,800 Maine
Partner
Co-ed
The Webb Schools
$87,430 California
#9
Concord Academy
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $81,560 417 9-12
#10
Deerfield Academy
A+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $77,420 650 9-12, PG
#11
The Webb Schools
A+ 4.7 (7 Reviews) California
Co-ed $87,430 400 9-12
#12
Milton Academy
A+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,900 714 9-12
#13
Cate School
A+ 5.0 (2 Reviews) California
Co-ed $83,580 310 9-12
#14
The Thacher School
A+ California
Co-ed $84,000 254 9-12
#15
Peddie School
A+ New Jersey
Co-ed $78,300 540 9-12, PG
#16
St. Andrew's School, DE
A+ Delaware
Co-ed $78,500 318 9-12
#17
The Taft School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Connecticut
Co-ed $81,400 592 9-12, PG
#18
Suffield Academy
A+ 5.0 (10 Reviews) Connecticut
Co-ed $79,400 420 9-12, PG
#19
St. Mark's School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $82,300 374 9-12
#20
Episcopal High School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Virginia
Co-ed $77,700 440 9-12
#21
St. Stephen's Episcopal School TX
A+ Texas
Co-ed $85,200 714 8-12
#22
Emma Willard School
A+ New York
All-girls $80,495 355 9-12
#23
Dana Hall School
A+ 5.0 (2 Reviews) Massachusetts
All-girls $79,925 453 9-12
#24
Blair Academy
A+ New Jersey
Co-ed $78,980 465 9-12, PG
#25
Kent School
A+ Connecticut
Co-ed $81,500 520 9-12, PG
#26
The Loomis Chaffee School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Connecticut
Co-ed $80,150 748 9-12, PG
#27
The Hill School
A+ Pennsylvania
Co-ed $78,300 530 9-12, PG
#28
Western Reserve Academy
A+ Ohio
Co-ed $80,000 427 9-12, PG
#29
The Pennington School
A+ 5.0 (6 Reviews) New Jersey
Co-ed $83,433 535 8-12
#30
St. George's School
A+ Rhode Island
Co-ed $79,900 391 9-12
#31
Mercersburg Academy
A+ Pennsylvania
Co-ed $81,600 439 9-12, PG
#32
Williston Northampton School
A+ 4.7 (9 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $82,700 420 9-12, PG
#33
Georgetown Preparatory School
A+ Maryland
All-boys $78,015 500 9-12
#34
The Stony Brook School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) New York
Co-ed $76,700 478 7-12
#35
Northfield Mount Hermon School
A+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,382 620 9-12, PG
#36
Lake Forest Academy
A+ Illinois
Co-ed $79,775 452 9-12
#37
Westtown School
A+ Pennsylvania
Co-ed $79,500 693 9-12
#38
Stevenson School
A+ 5.0 (2 Reviews) California
Co-ed $85,900 507 9-12
#39
Berkshire School
A+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $78,800 425 9-12, PG
#40
Culver Academies
A+ Indiana
Co-ed $67,000 830 9-12
#41
The Governor's Academy
A+ 5.0 (4 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,600 408 9-12
#42
The Madeira School
A+ Virginia
All-girls $77,100 338 9-12
#43
Saint Andrew's School
A+ Florida
Co-ed $76,040 641 9-12
#44
Westminster School
A+ Connecticut
Co-ed $80,080 425 9-12, PG
#45
Tabor Academy
A 5.0 (4 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,695 503 9-12
#46
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science
A New Jersey
Co-ed $69,000 120 9-12
#47
George School
A Pennsylvania
Co-ed $79,900 500 9-12
#48
The Cambridge School of Weston
A Massachusetts
Co-ed $81,700 315 9-12, PG
#49
Brooks School
A Massachusetts
Co-ed $82,650 340 9-12
#50
Pomfret School
A Connecticut
Co-ed $79,500 350 9-12, PG
#51
North Broward Preparatory School
A 5.0 (3 Reviews) Florida
Co-ed $87,625 2046 6-12
#52
The Hun School of Princeton
A New Jersey
Co-ed $83,200 703 9-12, PG
#53
Miss Porter's School
A 5.0 (3 Reviews) Connecticut
All-girls $79,900 350 9-12
#54
The Athenian School
A California
Co-ed $94,550 349 9-12
#55
Virginia Episcopal School
A Virginia
Co-ed $84,000 250 9-12
#56
The Bolles School
A Florida
Co-ed $70,770 1,806 9-12
#57
Woodberry Forest School
A Virginia
All-boys $72,300 389 9-12
#58
Kimball Union Academy
A New Hampshire
Co-ed $83,300 345 9-12, PG
#59
Cranbrook Schools
A 5.0 (1 Reviews) Michigan
Co-ed $63,000 814 9-12
#60
Cushing Academy
A 5.0 (2 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,980 385 9-12, PG
#61
Holderness School
A New Hampshire
Co-ed $79,400 305 9-12, PG
#62
Windermere Preparatory School
A Florida
Co-ed $87,750 1600 7-12
#63
'Iolani School
A Hawaii
Co-ed $70,100 2265 9-12
#64
The Ethel Walker School
A Connecticut
All-girls $79,900 226 7-12, PG
#65
Baylor School
A Tennessee
Co-ed $79,000 1,114 9-12
#66
The Village School
A Texas
Co-ed $86,230 1891 6-12
#67
Woodside Priory School
A California
Co-ed $98,400 425 9-12
#68
Shady Side Academy
A Pennsylvania
Co-ed $71,300 485 9-12, PG
#69
Thomas Jefferson School
A 5.0 (2 Reviews) Missouri
Co-ed $74,500 72 7-12
#70
Millbrook School
A New York
Co-ed $84,500 330 9-12
#71
Westover School
A 5.0 (7 Reviews) Connecticut
All-girls $78,500 193 9-12
#72
The Grier School
A Pennsylvania
All-girls $72,500 230 7-12
#73
Canterbury School
A 5.0 (1 Reviews) Connecticut
Co-ed $77,650 332 9-12, PG
#74
Portsmouth Abbey School
A Rhode Island
Co-ed $81,330 350 9-12
#75
The Masters School
A 5.0 (7 Reviews) New York
Co-ed $83,350 685 9-12
#76
Avon Old Farms School
A 5.0 (1 Reviews) Connecticut
All-boys $81,185 405 9-12, PG
#76
Elite Preparatory Academy
A New Jersey
Co-ed $69,000 205 6-12
#78
Saint Mary's School
A 5.0 (1 Reviews) North Carolina
All-girls $66,500 315 9-12
#79
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
A Colorado
Co-ed $75,900 220 9-12
#80
Chaminade College Prep School
A Missouri
All-boys $59,000 840 6-12
#81
San Domenico School
A California
Co-ed $83,450 680 9-12
#82
Indian Springs School
A 5.0 (4 Reviews) Alabama
Co-ed $73,600 340 8-12
#83
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
A 5.0 (2 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $80,800 381 9-12, PG
#84
McCallie School
A 5.0 (6 Reviews) Tennessee
All-boys $81,050 985 9-12
#85
Lawrence Academy
A Massachusetts
Co-ed $80,900 411 9-12
#86
Wayland Academy
A Wisconsin
Co-ed $73,950 200 9-12,PG
#87
Saint James School
A Maryland
Co-ed $62,000 250 8-12
#88
Wyoming Seminary
A Pennsylvania
Co-ed $73,800 430 9-12, PG
#89
Cheshire Academy
A Connecticut
Co-ed $69,400 376 9-12, PG
#90
Darlington School
A- Georgia
Co-ed $65,370 430 9-12, PG
#91
The Frederick Gunn School
A- Connecticut
Co-ed $83,000 335 9-12, PG
#92
The Storm King School
A- New York
Co-ed $76,900 180 8-12
#93
Santa Catalina School
A- California
All-girls $79,300 226 9-12
#94
Worcester Academy
A- 5.0 (4 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $78,000 535 9-12, PG
#95
Oregon Episcopal School
A- 5.0 (1 Reviews) Oregon
Co-ed $82,200 880 9-12
#96
Justin-Siena High School
A- 5.0 (1 Reviews) California
Co-ed $91,700 618 9-12
#97
The MacDuffie School
A- Massachusetts
Co-ed $65,300 208 6-12, PG
#98
CATS Academy Boston
A- 5.0 (3 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $75,200 456 8-12,PG
#99
Asheville School
A- North Carolina
Co-ed $76,950 271 9-12
#100
The Webb School
A- Tennessee
Co-ed $72,800 346 7-12
#101
Annie Wright Schools
A- 5.0 (3 Reviews) Washington
Co-ed $81,085 370 9-12
#102
Wasatch Academy
A- 5.0 (1 Reviews) Utah
Co-ed $78,700 161 8-12
#103
Chatham Hall
A- Virginia
All-girls $73,000 111 9-12
#104
Gilmour Academy
A- 5.0 (3 Reviews) Ohio
Co-ed $69,560 835 9-12
#105
The Northwest School
A- 5.0 (1 Reviews) Washington
Co-ed $78,410 350 9-12
#106
Thornton Academy
A- 5.0 (5 Reviews) Maine
Co-ed $62,500 1486 6-12
#107
The Knox School
A- New York
Co-ed $60,000 130 6-12
#108
St. Anne's-Belfield School
A- Virginia
Co-ed $75,150 996 9-12
#109
Linden Hall School for Girls
A- Pennsylvania
All-girls $69,998 95 6-12
#110
Garrison Forest School
A- Maryland
All-girls $79,750 509 8-12
#111
Hoosac School
A- New York
Co-ed $67,500 250 8-12, PG
#112
Maumee Valley Country Day School
A- 5.0 (2 Reviews) Ohio
Co-ed $65,000 435 9-12
#113
John Bapst School
A- Maine
Co-ed $54,700 500 9-12
#114
Trinity-Pawling School
A- 5.0 (5 Reviews) New York
All-boys $79,250 265 8-12, PG
#115
Miss Hall's School
A- 5.0 (4 Reviews) Massachusetts
All-girls $83,000 190 9-12
#116
St. Albans School
A- District of Columbia
All-boys $82,436 325 9-12
#117
Ross School
A- New York
Co-ed $94,350 320 6-12, PG
#118
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
A- 5.0 (1 Reviews) Minnesota
Co-ed $73,000 402 6-12, PG
#119
Dublin School
A- New Hampshire
Co-ed $82,200 170 9-12
#120
Perkiomen School
A- Pennsylvania
Co-ed $78,200 369 6-12
#121
Montverde Academy
A- Florida
Co-ed $60,285 1450 7-12
#122
Saint John's Preparatory School
A- Minnesota
Co-ed $62,945 280 8-12
#123
St. Timothy's School
A- Maryland
All-girls $74,700 160 9-12, PG
#124
Buffalo Seminary
A- New York
All-girls $69,870 150 9-12
#125
St. Johnsbury Academy
A- 5.0 (4 Reviews) Vermont
Co-ed $72,700 900 9-12, PG
#126
Miller School of Albemarle
A- Virginia
Co-ed $73,500 250 8-12, PG
#127
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
A- Georgia
Co-ed $77,300 685 7-12
#128
The Newman School
A- Massachusetts
Co-ed $80,000 267 9-12
#129
The Putney School
A- Vermont
Co-ed $80,200 234 9-12, PG
#130
Marianapolis Preparatory School
A- Connecticut
Co-ed $61,000 300 9-12, PG
#131
Gould Academy
A- Maine
Co-ed $77,584 210 9-12, PG
#132
Church Farm School
A- Pennsylvania
All-boys $55,440 150 9-12
#133
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
A- Massachusetts
All-girls $79,950 90 7-12, PG
#134
Foxcroft School
A- Virginia
All-girls $83,200 161 9-12, PG
#135
Vermont Academy
B+ Vermont
Co-ed $79,500 224 9-12, PG
#136
Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School
B+ New York
Co-ed $63,000 455 6-12
#137
The Brook Hill School
B+ Texas
Co-ed $65,641 915 8-12
#138
Springfield Commonwealth Academy
B+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $59,950 155 6-12, PG
#139
Salisbury School
B+ Connecticut
All-boys $79,200 308 9-12
#140
Solebury School
B+ Pennsylvania
Co-ed $76,980 250 9-12
#141
The Winchendon School
B+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,750 260 9-12, PG
#142
The Linsly School
B+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) West Virginia
Co-ed $57,000 430 7-12
#143
La Lumiere School
B+ Indiana
Co-ed $64,188 156 9-12, PG
#144
St. Andrew's School - RI
B+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Rhode Island
Co-ed $78,425 215 9-12 PG
#145
Proctor Academy
B+ New Hampshire
Co-ed $83,570 387 9-12, PG
#146
Salem Academy
B+ North Carolina
All-girls $60,930 75 9-12
#147
Christ School
B+ North Carolina
All-boys $75,735 308 8-12
#148
Delphian School
B+ Oregon
Co-ed $83,670 228 6-12
#149
Mastery School of Hawken
B+ Ohio
Co-ed $73,940 610 8-12
#150
New Hampton School
B+ New Hampshire
Co-ed $77,480 320 9-12, PG
#151
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School
B+ Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,000 190 9-12, PG
#152
Sandy Spring Friends School
B+ Maryland
Co-ed $67,650 360 9-12
#153
Colorado Rocky Mountain School
B+ 5.0 (1 Reviews) Colorado
Co-ed $77,500 170 9-12
#154
South Kent School
B+ Connecticut
All-boys $75,000 170 9-12, PG
#155
The Harvey School
B+ New York
Co-ed $75,180 283 6-12
#156
Fryeburg Academy
B+ Maine
Co-ed $59,750 750 9-12, PG
#157
Lake Tahoe Preparatory School
B+ California
Co-ed $70,000 35 9-12
#158
Midland School
B+ California
Co-ed $83,900 80 9-12
#159
Hebron Academy
B+ Maine
Co-ed $68,000 250 6-12, PG
#160
Hawai'i Preparatory Academy
B+ 5.0 (7 Reviews) Hawaii
Co-ed $87,900 400 9-12, PG
#161
Maine Central Institute
B+ Maine
Co-ed $48,000 299 9-12
#162
Villanova Preparatory School
B+ 4.8 (7 Reviews) California
Co-ed $77,500 300 9-12
#163
Mercyhurst Preparatory School
B+ Pennsylvania
Co-ed $10,850 450 9-12
#164
The Woodstock Academy
B+ 4.0 (1 Reviews) Connecticut
Co-ed $61,500 1050 9-12, PG
#165
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
B+ 4.8 (8 Reviews) California
All-girls $75,900 390 9-12
#166
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart
B+ Illinois
All-girls $70,750 127 9-12
#167
Christchurch School
B+ Virginia
Co-ed $74,400 255 9-12
#168
Tallulah Falls School
B+ Georgia
Co-ed $47,000 500 7-12
#169
TMI - The Episcopal School of Texas
B+ Texas
Co-ed $62,960 600 8-12
#170
Hyde School
B+ Maine
Co-ed $68,300 120 9-12, PG
#171
International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas)
B+ Texas
Co-ed $45,000 650 9-12
#172
Dunn School
B+ 5.0 (5 Reviews) California
Co-ed $86,700 239 9-12
#173
Ben Lippen School
B+ South Carolina
Co-ed $49,888 1178 6-12
#174
Besant Hill School
B+ 5.0 (4 Reviews) California
Co-ed $79,500 80 9-12, PG
#175
Kents Hill School
B+ Maine
Co-ed $74,800 217 9-12
#176
Blue Ridge School
B+ Virginia
All-boys $68,850 182 9-12
#177
Stuart Hall School
B+ Virginia
Co-ed $65,475 150 8-12
#178
Verde Valley School
B Arizona
Co-ed $63,000 118 9-12
#179
Tilton School
B New Hampshire
Co-ed $75,200 225 9-12, PG
#180
Lincoln Academy
B Maine
Co-ed $58,300 585 9-12
#181
Buxton School
B Massachusetts
Co-ed $71,500 85 9-12, PG
#182
North Cross School
B Virginia
Co-ed $61,000 607 9-12
#183
Brewster Academy
B New Hampshire
Co-ed $80,800 350 9-12, PG
#184
Oakwood Friends School
B New York
Co-ed $82,890 106 8-12
#185
Andrews Osborne Academy
B 4.6 (23 Reviews) Ohio
Co-ed $67,750 345 7-12
#186
The Calverton School
B Maryland
Co-ed $54,740 350 8-12
#187
Oak Hill Academy
B 5.0 (4 Reviews) Virginia
Co-ed $44,050 140 8-12
#188
Washington Academy
B Maine
Co-ed $49,500 400 9-12, PG
#189
The Kiski School
B Pennsylvania
Co-ed $71,000 181 9-12, PG
#191
West Nottingham Academy
B Maryland
Co-ed $74,075 120 9-12, PG
#192
Saint Stanislaus High School
B Mississippi
All-boys $45,000 330 7-12
#193
EF Academy New York
B New York
Co-ed $76,600 273 9-12
#194
Oldfields School
B Maryland
All-girls $69,000 100 8-12
#195
Northwood School
B New York
Co-ed $74,500 195 9-12, PG
#196
Saint Bede Academy
B Illinois
Co-ed $37,000 270 9-12
#197
Monte Vista Christian School
B California
Co-ed $63,000 824 9-12
#198
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
B 5.0 (3 Reviews) Tennessee
Co-ed $64,500 205 7-12
#199
St. Croix Academy
B Minnesota
Co-ed $44,200 500 6-12
#200
Marvelwood School
B Connecticut
Co-ed $75,400 120 9-12, PG
#201
Martin Luther High School
B Wisconsin
Co-ed $58,000 670 9-12
#202
Lyndon Institute
B Vermont
Co-ed $45,000 440 9-12, PG
#203
Oak Grove School
B California
Co-ed $82,200 236 9-12
#204
Scattergood Friends School
B Iowa
Co-ed $51,000 46 9-12, PG
#205
Lexington Christian Academy
B Massachusetts
Co-ed $39,930 335 7-12
#206
Foxcroft Academy
B Maine
Co-ed $54,000 423 9-12, PG
#207
Rice Memorial High School
B 5.0 (1 Reviews) Vermont
Co-ed $58,900 415 9-12
#208
The Boys' Latin School Of Maryland
B Maryland
All-boys $62,400 630 9-12
#209
Admiral Farragut Academy
B Florida
Co-ed $70,900 310 8-12
#210
The King's Academy-TN
B Tennessee
Co-ed $40,000 482 7-12
#211
Southwestern Academy (CA)
B California
Co-ed $62,750 144 6-12
#212
Cotter Schools
B Minnesota
Co-ed $55,000 1010 7-12, PG
#213
North Cedar Academy
B Wisconsin
Co-ed $54,600 60 9-12
#214
Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools
B Pennsylvania
Co-ed $31,011 229 9-12
#215
Florida Preparatory Academy
B Florida
Co-ed $56,300 137 6-12
#216
Subiaco Academy
B Arkansas
All-boys $34,250 124 7-12
#217
San Marcos Academy
B Texas
Co-ed $65,000 350 6-12
#218
South Hills Academy
B 5.0 (1 Reviews) California
Co-ed $53,600 300 6-12
#219
St. Bernard Preparatory School
B Alabama
Co-ed $37,500 130 7-12
#220
George Stevens Academy
B- Maine
Co-ed $48,000 293 9-12
#221
Ojai Valley School
B- California
Co-ed $76,500 323 3-12
#222
St. Thomas More School
B- Connecticut
All-boys $59,900 180 8-12, PG
#223
Academy of the Sacred Heart
B- Louisiana
All-girls $53,033 256 7-12
#224
Rock Point School
B- Vermont
Co-ed $74,900 32 9-12, PG
#225
Houghton Academy
B- New York
Co-ed $42,000 120 7-12
#226
Archbishop Riordan High School
B- 4.8 (5 Reviews) California
Co-ed $65,000 1200 9-12
#227
Olney Friends School
B- Ohio
Co-ed $41,300 50 9-12
#228
Maur Hill - Mount Academy
B- Kansas
Co-ed $44,350 200 9-12
#229
The Woodhall School
B- 5.0 (1 Reviews) Connecticut
All-boys $92,000 45 9-12
#232
EF Academy Pasadena
B- California
Co-ed $76,600 260 9-12
#234
The Leelanau School
B- Michigan
Co-ed $76,000 50 9-12
#235
Marshall School
B- Minnesota
Co-ed $60,000 430 8-12
#236
Darrow School
B- New York
Co-ed $68,200 102 9-12
#237
The Phelps School
B- Pennsylvania
All-boys $60,700 100 6-12, PG
#238
High Mowing School
B- New Hampshire
Co-ed $65,827 300+ 9-12
#239
Steamboat Mountain School
B- Colorado
Co-ed $73,860 80 9-12
#240
Rivermont Collegiate
B- Iowa
Co-ed $68,000 205 8-12
#241
Asia Pacific International School
B- Hawaii
Co-ed $70,000 80 5-12
#242
Thomas More Prep-Marian
B- Kansas
Co-ed $17,670 281 7-12
#244
New England Innovation Academy
B- 5.0 (9 Reviews) Massachusetts
Co-ed $73,000 111 7-12
#245
Academy of the Holy Family
B- Connecticut
All-girls $41,100 40 9-12
#246
Monterey Bay Academy
B- California
Co-ed $52,000 171 9-12
#247
Auburn Adventist Academy
B- Washington
Co-ed $12,975 235 9-12
#248
Grand River Academy
B- Ohio
All-boys $57,650 85 8-12
#249
Bridgton Academy
B- Maine
All-boys $66,000 160 12, PG
#250
Oakdale Christian Academy
B- Kentucky
Co-ed $37,595 60 7-12
#251
Robinson School
B- Puerto Rico
Co-ed $30,820 713 7-12
#252
Lee Academy
B- Maine
Co-ed $50,900 210 9-12
#253
Lustre Christian High School
B- Montana
Co-ed $17,500 30 9-12
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