Attending an elite boarding
school sets students up for lifelong success. It can open doors to
prominent colleges, place students in a powerful alumni network, provide
a top-notch education, and create lifelong friends.Prestige is derived from more than just strong academics, though, so to determine the most elite boarding schools in America, we looked at the size of a school's endowment, how selective it is based on its acceptance rate, and the average SAT score its students earn. To rank the schools, each metric was weighted equally.
Because of the scope of the list, we relied primarily on data fromBoardingSchoolReview.com, a website that collects information on boarding schools directly from the institutions. Gaps in the data were confirmed with individual schools or taken fromNiche, another organization that researches and compiles information on schools.
For the second year in a row, Phillips Exeter Academy earned the No. 1 spot on the list. Best known for pioneering the Harkness teaching method - a seminar-style class setting where the teacher and students sit around a table and freely discuss subjects - the school is highly selective with a 19% acceptance rate and touts an endowment of $1.15 billion, which is more than most colleges.
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Additional reporting by Andy Kiersz.
50 most elite boarding schools in America
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