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Best Maryland Boarding Schools

For the 2026-27 school year, there are 7 college-prep and junior boarding schools serving 1,899 students located throughout Maryland.

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St. Timothy's School Photo - The Commons is equal parts living room and dining room. The newest building on campus, the Commons is a gathering space that houses the dining hall and the new Redlands Cafe.

The Calverton School Photo - Visit our beautiful campus situated in Southern Maryland on 152 acres. We welcome you come for a tour of our facilities or view our campus video.

Georgetown Preparatory School Photo - This state-of-the-art Campus Center & Residence Hall opened in 2022. It's home to 120 students from across the U.S. and around the world, living and learning together as part of the Prep community.

Oldfields School Photo - Oldfields' campus is 140 acres located in Maryland's scenic horse country, close to the cultural centers of Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City and within driving distance of natural resources like the Chesapeake Bay, Appalachian Mountains, and Atlantic beaches. In addition, the international airport BWI is only 30 minutes away.

Garrison Forest School Photo - Senior House is a residential boarding hall.

West Nottingham Academy Photo - Picture yourself at West Nottingham Academy. See yourself at West Nottingham Academy.

Top Maryland Boarding Schools (2026-27)

School

Location

Quick Facts

The Calverton School

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300 Calverton School Rd
Huntingtown, MD 20639
(410) 535-0216

Gr: 8-12, PG | Pre-K-12, PG (day) | 323 students Student-teacher ratio: 7:1 Avg. class size: 12 students Tuition listed

Garrison Forest School

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300 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
(410) 559-3111

Gr: 8-12 | PK-12 (day) | 548 students Student-teacher ratio: 9:1 Avg. class size: 15 students Tuition listed

Georgetown Preparatory School

(Catholic)

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(4)

10900 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 214-1215

Gr: 9-12 | 496 students Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 Avg. class size: 15 students Tuition listed

Oldfields School

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(13)

1500 Glencoe Road
Sparks Glencoe, MD 21152
(443) 662-1009

Gr: 8-12, PG | 32 students Student-teacher ratio: 5:1 Avg. class size: 5 students Tuition listed

Saint James School

(Episcopal)

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17641 College Road
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 733-9330

Gr: 8-12 | 260 students Student-teacher ratio: 6:1 Avg. class size: 11 students Tuition listed

St. Timothy's School

(Episcopal)

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(2)

8400 Greenspring Avenue
Stevenson, MD 21153
(410) 486-7401

Gr: 9-12, PG | 175 students Student-teacher ratio: 8:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 60% Tuition listed

West Nottingham Academy

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1079 Firetower Road
Colora, MD 21917
(410) 658-9224

Gr: 9-12, PG | 65 students Student-teacher ratio: 7:1 Avg. class size: 10 students Acceptance rate: 80% Tuition listed

Historical Statistics Overview

This State (MD)

US (avg. per state)

# Schools

7 Schools

6.4 Schools

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Trends in Total Number of Boarding Schools
Year	Maryland (MD) Total	US Avg per State
2025	7	6.4
2024	7	6.2
2023	7	6
2022	7	5.9
2021	7	5.7
2020	7	5.4
2019	6	5.4
2018	6	5.2
2017	6	5.1
2016	6	4.9
2015	6	5
2014	6	5

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# Students

1,891 Students

2,517 Students

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Trends in Total Number of Boarding School Students
Year	Maryland (MD) Total	US Avg per State
2025	1,891	2,517
2024	1,851	2,453
2023	1,877	2,367
2022	2,007	2,384
2021	1,958	2,278
2020	1,916	2,144
2019	1,712	2,197
2018	1,535	2,146
2017	1,535	2,100
2016	1,535	1,980
2015	1,535	1,985
2014	1,498	1,962

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Academics and Faculty

This State (MD)

Average Student-Teacher Ratio

7:1

8:1

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Trends in Average Student-Teacher Ratio
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	7.29	7.56
2024	6.31	7.42
2023	6.31	7.27
2022	6.31	7.24
2021	6.31	7.14
2020	6.31	7.1
2019	7.83	7.31
2018	7.5	7.25
2017	7	7.28
2016	7	7.25
2015	7.33	7.42
2014	6.83	7.45

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% Faculty with Advanced Degree

73%

69%

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Trends in Average % Faculty with Advanced Degrees
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	73%	68.79%
2024	72.86%	68.47%
2023	74.29%	68.7%
2022	73%	68.29%
2021	72.14%	67.41%
2020	71.14%	66.44%
2019	73%	65.37%
2018	71.33%	65.99%
2017	70.17%	65.94%
2016	70.17%	65.26%
2015	70.17%	64.84%
2014	69.67%	64.51%

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Academic Programs

This State (MD)*

* Fewer than 3 schools in Maryland report Avg. IB Courses, so the South regional average is shown for that row.

Avg. AP Courses

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Trends in Average Number of AP Courses Offered
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	35.4	21.79
2024	35	22.03
2023	40.6	21.94
2022	15.4	21.71
2021	16.8	21.96
2020	16.6	21.81
2019	16.2	21.32
2018	16.4	21.08
2017	16.4	20.87
2016	15.4	20.25
2015	15.4	20.27
2014	15.2	18.54

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Avg. IB Courses

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Regional Trends (South) in Average Number of IB Courses Offered
Year	South Region Avg	National Avg
2025	31.5	28.48
2024	31.5	32.63
2023	31.5	32.37
2022	31.5	31.96
2021	31.5	33.52
2020	31.5	31.42
2019	33	32.29
2018	36.4	33.53
2017	34.2	29.83
2016	34.2	30.17
2015	23	27.41
2014	21.8	26.13

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Avg. Class Size

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Trends in Average Class Size
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	11.29	12.78
2024	11.29	12.77
2023	11	12.73
2022	11.43	12.61
2021	11.57	12.54
2020	10.86	12.41
2019	11.67	12.58
2018	11.83	12.7
2017	11.83	12.59
2016	11.83	12.57
2015	11.67	12.63
2014	12	12.58

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Academic Performance

This State (MD)*

* Fewer than 3 schools in Maryland report Avg. Acceptance Rate, so the South regional average is shown for that row.

Avg. SAT Score

1229

1271

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Trends in Average SAT Score
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	1229	1271
2024	1229	1274
2023	1235	1278
2022	1229	1276
2021	1261	1277
2020	1261	1273
2019	1276	1271
2018	1295	1273

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Avg. ACT Score

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Trends in Average ACT Score
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	26	27.06
2024	26	26.91
2023	26.5	26.99
2022	26	26.75
2021	26.5	26.65
2020	26.5	26.73
2019	26.25	26.53
2018	26	26.44
2017	26.67	26.15
2016	26.67	25.99
2015	26	25.73
2014	26	25.4

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Avg. Acceptance Rate

64%

59%

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Regional Trends (South) in Average Acceptance Rate
Year	South Region Avg	National Avg
2025	64.38%	58.56%
2024	62.7%	57.34%
2023	63.57%	56.69%
2022	63.18%	56.48%
2021	64.19%	55.89%
2020	63.1%	55.26%
2019	63.81%	54.55%
2018	62.36%	54.5%
2017	61.63%	54.34%
2016	60.88%	53.38%
2015	62.05%	53.67%
2014	61.75%	53.7%

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Tuition and Finances

This State (MD)

Avg. Tuition (Boarding)

$64,220

$64,455

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Trends in Average Tuition Cost
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	$64,220	$64,455
2024	$65,050	$62,584
2023	$63,355	$60,415
2022	$60,584	$58,343
2021	$58,701	$57,017
2020	$57,768	$55,760
2019	$56,534	$54,186
2018	$55,457	$52,108
2017	$51,778	$50,594
2016	$50,968	$49,180
2015	$50,285	$47,708
2014	$48,762	$48,599

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Avg. Tuition (Day)

$35,844

$38,004

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Trends in Average Day Student Tuition
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	$35,844	$38,004
2024	$34,109	$36,732
2023	$31,544	$35,848
2022	$33,174	$34,469
2021	$34,720	$34,614
2020	$31,800	$33,350
2019	$31,167	$31,555
2018	$30,670	$30,133
2017	$28,396	$29,344
2016	$28,329	$29,140
2015	$27,846	$28,042
2014	$27,428	$27,217

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Avg. Tuition (International)

$72,820

$62,450

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Trends in Average International Student Tuition
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	$72,820	$62,450
2024	$70,612	$59,956
2023	$69,967	$57,872

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Avg. Financial Aid Rate

47%

42%

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Trends in Average Financial Aid Rate
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	46.57%	41.95%
2024	46.43%	40.75%
2023	47.57%	40.83%
2022	45.57%	39.99%
2021	47%	40.06%
2020	44.71%	39.31%
2019	45.33%	38.46%
2018	39.17%	37.83%
2017	35.83%	36.82%
2016	35.83%	36.22%
2015	34.5%	35.64%
2014	34.5%	34.99%

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Avg. Financial Aid Grant

$24,783

$27,075

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Trends in Average Financial Aid Grant
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	$24,783	$27,075
2024	$22,783	$26,722
2023	$21,117	$26,202
2022	$18,270	$26,183
2021	$20,783	$26,267
2020	$21,838	$26,166
2019	$22,070	$26,311
2018	$20,417	$25,365
2017	$19,583	$24,537
2016	$19,583	$23,339
2015	$19,083	$22,851
2014	$18,828	$22,694

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Avg. Endowment

$26 MM

$84 MM

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Trends in Average School Endowment
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	$26 million	$84 million
2024	$26 million	$83 million
2023	$26 million	$77 million
2022	$26 million	$73 million
2021	$23 million	$73 million
2020	$23 million	$67 million
2019	$20 million	$67 million
2018	$19 million	$72 million
2017	$19 million	$71 million
2016	$19 million	$68 million
2015	$19 million	$67 million
2014	$19 million	$64 million

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Student Diversity

This State (MD)

% Students of Color

47%

30%

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Trends in Average % Students of Color
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	46.71%	29.63%
2024	47%	29.4%
2023	44.71%	28.56%
2022	41.29%	27.27%
2021	41.29%	26.61%
2020	34.29%	25.85%
2019	27.17%	24.45%
2018	27.33%	23.62%
2017	26.83%	22.39%
2016	25.33%	21.58%
2015	25.17%	21.11%
2014	25%	20.77%

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% International Students

19%

27%

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Trends in Average % International Students
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	18.86%	26.71%
2024	23.14%	26.61%
2023	21.5%	26.33%
2022	23.14%	25.9%
2021	21.71%	25.04%
2020	20.86%	25.42%
2019	23.67%	25.64%
2018	26.33%	26.43%
2017	27.33%	26.69%
2016	26.83%	25.93%
2015	25.17%	25.38%
2014	24.5%	25.14%

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% Boarding Students

49%

59%

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Trends in Average % Boarding Students
Year	Maryland (MD) Avg	National Avg
2025	48.71%	59.08%
2024	47.14%	60.19%
2023	46%	60.59%
2022	53.14%	61.19%
2021	53.14%	61.06%
2020	53.14%	61.8%
2019	59.5%	62.22%
2018	59%	62.39%
2017	59%	63.02%
2016	59%	63.39%
2015	56.67%	63.63%
2014	56.33%	63.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many boarding schools are located in Maryland?

There are 7 college-preparatory boarding schools located in Maryland.

What is the average tuition cost of boarding school in Maryland?

The average Maryland boarding school tuition cost is $64,831 per year.

What is the oldest boarding school in Maryland?

West Nottingham Academy, founded in 1744, is the oldest boarding school in Maryland.

What boarding school in Maryland has the lowest acceptance rates?

St. Timothy's School has the lowest boarding school acceptance rate (60%) in Maryland.

What boarding school in Maryland has the highest average SAT scores?

Saint James School has the highest average SAT scores (1270) in Maryland.

Which boarding schools in Maryland are often viewed compared to one another?

Popular comparisons of boarding schools in Maryland include: Oldfields School vs. Garrison Forest School

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