Best All-Girls Boarding Schools (2023-24)

For the 2023-24 school year, there are 23 all-girls boarding schools serving 5,693 students located throughout the US and Canada.

Learn more about the benefits of an all-girls boarding school.

Dana Hall School Photo - Experimentation. Exploration. Creativity. Dana Hall`s visual artists are sensitive observers of themselves and the world around them.

Academy of the Holy Family Photo - Ambassadors Club

Emma Willard School Photo

Westover School Photo

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.

Life Quest Girls Academy Photo - Located in beautiful Southern Utah, our campus is the perfect way to study, grow, and play.

The Ethel Walker School Photo - Beaver Brook Building - This building houses many of our academic classes as well as administrative offices, meeting spaces, art rooms, and our computer lab.

St. Margaret's School Photo - College Preparedness: Challenge yourself with a collaborative STEAM curriculum and rigorous academics, including Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment courses to start earning college credit. Our college counselor will help you to navigate the different colleges and degree fields to best prepare you for life after graduation from St. Margaret's.

Miss Hall's School Photo - "The best thing about MHS is how friendly everyone is and how easy it is to become part of the community. I had an abundance of new friends on the first day of orientation, and I had bonded with my teachers by the end of the first week of classes." - Current Student

Saint Mary's School Photo - At Saint Mary's School, girls take center stage. We know girls and we know the all-girl learning environment at Saint Mary's School inspires girls to step outside their comfort zone, engage their minds, amplify their voices, and discover who they are and who they want to become!

Linden Hall Photo

Trafalgar Castle School Photo

Garrison Forest School Photo - One of the entrances to Garrison Forest School.

Buffalo Seminary Photo - SEM is located in the heart of the historic Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo, NY, just steps from cafes, shops and art galleries. As an urban boarding school, SEM students enjoy the culture, entertainment and shopping that only a city can offer.

Santa Catalina School Photo - Volleyball in the Gym

Chatham Hall Photo - Chatham Hall's variety of dynamic and unique programming includes the prestigious Leader and Writer in Residence programs, which bring world leaders to campus to meet with students. Past guests include Venus Williams, Jane Goodall, Gloria Steinem, and Elizabeth Acevedo.

Branksome Hall Photo

Foxcroft School Photo - Schoolhouse

Stoneleigh-Burnham School Photo - Our challenging and supportive learning environment encourages appropriate risk-taking by providing a safe space for making mistakes. Stoneleigh-Burnham School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.

Dana Hall School Photo - Experimentation. Exploration. Creativity. Dana Hall`s visual artists are sensitive observers of themselves and the world around them.

Academy of the Holy Family Photo - Ambassadors Club

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.

Life Quest Girls Academy Photo - Located in beautiful Southern Utah, our campus is the perfect way to study, grow, and play.

The Ethel Walker School Photo - Beaver Brook Building - This building houses many of our academic classes as well as administrative offices, meeting spaces, art rooms, and our computer lab.

St. Margaret's School Photo - College Preparedness: Challenge yourself with a collaborative STEAM curriculum and rigorous academics, including Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment courses to start earning college credit. Our college counselor will help you to navigate the different colleges and degree fields to best prepare you for life after graduation from St. Margaret's.

Miss Hall's School Photo - "The best thing about MHS is how friendly everyone is and how easy it is to become part of the community. I had an abundance of new friends on the first day of orientation, and I had bonded with my teachers by the end of the first week of classes." - Current Student

Saint Mary's School Photo - At Saint Mary's School, girls take center stage. We know girls and we know the all-girl learning environment at Saint Mary's School inspires girls to step outside their comfort zone, engage their minds, amplify their voices, and discover who they are and who they want to become!

Garrison Forest School Photo - One of the entrances to Garrison Forest School.

Buffalo Seminary Photo - SEM is located in the heart of the historic Elmwood Village neighborhood of Buffalo, NY, just steps from cafes, shops and art galleries. As an urban boarding school, SEM students enjoy the culture, entertainment and shopping that only a city can offer.

Santa Catalina School Photo - Volleyball in the Gym

Chatham Hall Photo - Chatham Hall's variety of dynamic and unique programming includes the prestigious Leader and Writer in Residence programs, which bring world leaders to campus to meet with students. Past guests include Venus Williams, Jane Goodall, Gloria Steinem, and Elizabeth Acevedo.

Top All-Girls Boarding Schools (2023-24)

School

Location

Grades

Students

Academy of the Holy Family

(Catholic)

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54 W. Main Street Box 691
Baltic, CT 06330
(860) 822-6279

Grades: 9-12

| 40 students

Branksome Hall

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10 Elm Avenue
Toronto, Canada m4w 1n4
(416) 920-9741

Grades: 7-12
Pre-K-12 (day)

| 900 students

Buffalo Seminary

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205 Bidwell Parkway
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 885-6780

Grades: 9-12, PG

| 160 students

Chatham Hall

(Episcopal)

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(5)

800 Chatham Hall Circle
Chatham, VA 24531
(434) 432-5516

Grades: 9-12

| 122 students

Dana Hall School

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(6)

45 Dana Road
Wellesley, MA 02482
(781) 489-1331

Grades: 9-12
5-12 (day)

| 465 students

Emma Willard School

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(9)

285 Pawling Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 833-1320

Grades: 9-12, PG

| 362 students

The Ethel Walker School

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230 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 408-4200

Grades: 7-12, PG
6-12, PG (day)

| 236 students

Foxcroft School

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22407 Foxhound Lane
Middleburg, VA 20117
(540) 687-4340

Grades: 9-12, PG

| 160 students

Garrison Forest School

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

Grades: 8-12
PK-12 (day)

| 548 students

Grier School

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2522 Grier School Road
Tyrone, PA 16686
(814) 684-3000

Grades: 7-12, PG

| 275 students

Life Quest Girls Academy

(Non-denom. / Christian)

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69 East 100 South
Parowan, UT 84761
(435) 294-3129

Grades: 6-12, PG

| n/a students

Linden Hall

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212 E Main Street
Lititz, PA 17543
(717) 626-8512

Grades: 6-12, PG

| 135 students

The Madeira School

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8328 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 556-8273

Grades: 9-12, PG

| 330 students

Miss Hall's School

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(6)

492 Holmes Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 499-1300

Grades: 9-12, PG

| 190 students

Miss Porter's School

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(5)

60 Main Street
Farmington, CT 06032
(860) 409-3530

Grades: 9-12

| 335 students

Oldfields School

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(12)

1500 Glencoe Road
Sparks Glencoe, MD 21152
(443) 662-1050

Grades: 8-12

| 100 students

St. Margaret's School

(Episcopal)

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(7)

PO Box 158, 444 Water Lane
Tappahannock, VA 22560
(804) 443-3357

Grades: 8-12, PG

| 72 students

Saint Mary's School

(Episcopal)

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(1)

900 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 424-4100

Grades: 9-12

| 314 students

St. Timothy's School

(Episcopal)

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(2)

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

Grades: 9-12, PG

| 175 students

Santa Catalina School

(Catholic)

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(1)

1500 Mark Thomas Drive
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 655-9356

Grades: 9-12

| 230 students

Stoneleigh-Burnham School

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574 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 774-2711

Grades: 7-12, PG

| 120 students

Trafalgar Castle School

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401 Reynolds Street
Whitby, Canada L1M2P3
(905) 668-3358

Grades: 7-12
4-12 (day)

| 240 students

Westover School

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1237 Whittemore Rd.
Middlebury, CT 06762
(203) 577-4521

Grades: 9-12

| 184 students

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