Top Massachusetts Boarding Schools

previous
Worcester Academy Photo - Worcester Academy is a place where life takes an interesting turn. It's called the real world, where success doesn't always come easy, but it's worth the extra effort.
next
Worcester Academy Photo - Worcester Academy is a place where life takes an interesting turn. It's called the real world, where success doesn't always come easy, but it's worth the extra effort.
Middlesex School Photo - Plaque Carving
Landmark School Photo - Celebration!
Hillside School Photo
Dana Hall School Photo - Teams sports are not the only avenue for Dana students to gain the essential health benefits of fitness and athletics.
Berkshire School Photo - Founded in 1907, Berkshire is a co-ed boarding and day school for grades 9-12 & PG. Advanced Math/ScienceResearch, Advanced Humanities Research, Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize, a range of arts offerings, and championship athletics on a stunning 400-acre campus in the Berkshires.
Cushing Academy Photo - Main Building
The Williston Northampton School Photo - Williston promises an academic culture that respects your ability to think for yourself and gives you the right balance of structure and freedom to make the most of it. You'll be immersed in a challenging curriculum that cultivates active, lifelong learning. And with an average class size of 13 students, your teachers are truly going to know you.
St. Mark's School
Milton Academy Photo - The typical class size at Milton is 14 students. Classes meet around the Harkness table, where students and faculty share dialogue, inquiry and reflection.
The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy) Photo
Fay School Photo - Fay's drama productions regularly fill our theater, with audience members from the school community and beyond. Recent productions have included Guys and Dolls, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Annie.
Stoneleigh-Burnham School Photo - Stoneleigh-Burnham offers one of the premier equestrian centers among secondary schools in the U.S. Our equestrian center is located on campus and that means girls can walk from their classes and dorm rooms directly to the barn. Every rider, from the complete novice to the advanced jumper, receives personalized instruction from experienced coaches that reflects her interests, goals, and abilities.
The Winchendon School Photo - First snowfall of the school year
Deerfield Academy Photo
Northfield Mount Hermon Photo - NMH is a coed boarding school serving 650 students in grades 9-12. We also offer a postgraduate year. Our wooded campus borders the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, and in this beautiful setting, we challenge young people to think hard, work hard, discover new talents, and hone the ones they already possess.
Eagle Hill School Photo - Traditional New England Boarding School
CATS Academy Boston Photo
Brooks School Photo - Come visit our beautiful 251 acre campus located on the shores of Lake Cochichewick.
Walnut Hill School for the Arts Photo

Top Massachusetts Boarding Schools (2018-19)

  • School Location Grades Students
  • Bard Academy at Simon's Rock
    Bard Academy at Simon's Rock Photo
    84 Alford Road
    Great Barrington, MA 01230
    (800)235-7186
    Grades: 9-10 | 51 students
  • The Bement School
    The Bement School Photo
    94 Old Main Street, PO Box 8
    Deerfield, MA 01342
    (413)774-4209
    Grades: 3-9 | K-9 (day) | 225 students
  • Berkshire School
    Berkshire School Photo - Founded in 1907, Berkshire is a co-ed boarding and day school for grades 9-12 & PG. Advanced Math/ScienceResearch, Advanced Humanities Research, Sabin Entrepreneurial Prize, a range of arts offerings, and championship athletics on a stunning 400-acre campus in the Berkshires.
    (12)
    245 North Undermountain Road
    Sheffield, MA 01257
    (413)229-1003
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 408 students
  • Brooks School
    Brooks School Photo - Come visit our beautiful 251 acre campus located on the shores of Lake Cochichewick.
    (Episcopal)
    (10)
    1160 Great Pond Road
    North Andover, MA 01845
    (978)725-6272
    Grades: 9-12 | 380 students
  • Buxton School
    Buxton School Photo - At Buxton, we provide the time, experience, and environment that inspire young people to learn more and go deeper. Our students are doers, both in school and in life. Education at Buxton is not passive; it is a stimulating and constant process of questioning, discovering, synthesizing and sharing.
    (1)
    291 South Street
    Williamstown, MA 01267
    (413)458-3919
    Grades: 9-12 | 90 students
  • The Cambridge School of Weston
    The Cambridge School of Weston Photo - Our distinctive Mod Plan means that you take three immersive classes at a time, and you can take about 15 different classes in a year--with over 300 to choose from. They are experiential--not lecture based. You spend your time wrestling with complexity, doing original research around your interest areas, collaborating to solve real-world problems...you're doing work that really matters.
    (15)
    45 Georgian Road
    Weston, MA 02493
    (781)642-8650
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 325 students
  • CATS Academy Boston
    CATS Academy Boston Photo
    (1)
    2001 Washington Street
    Braintree, MA 02184
    (857)400-9700
    Grades: 9-12 | 400 students
  • Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall
    Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall Photo
    (2)
    785 Beaver Street
    Waltham, MA 02452
    (781)314-0806
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 180 students
  • Concord Academy
    Concord Academy Photo - Members of the club DEMONs (Dreamers, Engineers, Mechanics, and Overt Nerds), the robotics and engineering group on campus, work on a programming project.
    (4)
    166 Main Street
    Concord, MA 01742
    (978)402-2250
    Grades: 9-12 | 395 students
  • Cushing Academy
    Cushing Academy Photo - Main Building
    (2)
    39 School Street, P.O. Box 8000
    Ashburnham, MA 01430
    (978)827-7300
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 400 students
  • Dana Hall School
    Dana Hall School Photo - Step Sing - one of the many special traditions at Dana Hall. They're a little hard to explain, but traditions play an important role in life at Dana Hall School, serving not only as symbols of the past, but also staples in the present. These special activities also provide amazing opportunities for teamwork and organization.
    All-girls 
    (4)
    45 Dana Road
    Wellesley, MA 02482
    (781)489-1331
    Grades: 9-12 | 468 students
  • Deerfield Academy
    Deerfield Academy Photo
    (8)
    7 Boyden Lane
    Deerfield, MA 01342
    (413)774-1400
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 648 students
  • Eagle Hill School
    Eagle Hill School Photo - An Amazing Campus.
    (2)
    P.O. Box 116 , 242 Old Petersham Road
    Hardwick, MA 01037
    (413)477-6000
    Grades: 8-12 | 220 students
  • Eaglebrook School
    Eaglebrook School Photo - Eaglebrook's winter sports options include: hockey, competitive skiing, swimming and diving, basketball, squash, snowboarding, recreational skiing, ski patrol, and wrestling. The Easton Ski Area, located on campus, has six trails and is serviced by a double chairlift. Snowmaking and grooming happen throughout the winter.
    All-boys 
    (1)
    271 Pine Nook Road, P.O. Box 7
    Deerfield, MA 01342
    (413)774-9111
    Grades: 6-9 | 256 students
  • Fay School
    Fay School Photo - At Fay, Upper School begins in seventh grade. Students participate in an engaging and challenging academic program that includes English, mathematics, science, history, and world languages. Students may choose from French, Spanish, Chinese, or Latin.
    48 Main Street
    Southborough, MA 01772
    (508)490-8201
    Grades: 7-9 | K-9 (day) | 475 students
  • The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy)
    The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy) Photo
    (8)
    1 Elm Street
    Byfield, MA 01922
    (978)499-3120
    Grades: 9-12 | 402 students
  • Groton School
    (Episcopal)
    (17)
    282 Farmers Row, Box 991
    Groton, MA 01450
    (978)448-7510
    Grades: 8-12 | 382 students
  • Hillside School
    Hillside School Photo
    All-boys 
    404 Robin Hill Street
    Marlborough, MA 01752
    (508)485-3483
    Grades: 5-9 | 150 students
  • Landmark School
    Landmark School Photo - Boys Baseball at Landmark
    P.O. Box 227
    Prides Crossing, MA 01965
    (978)236-3000
    Grades: 9-12 | 2-12 (day) | 476 students
  • Lawrence Academy
    Lawrence Academy Photo
    (1)
    44 Main Street, PO Box 992
    Groton, MA 01450
    (978)448-1530
    Grades: 9-12 | 394 students
  • The MacDuffie School
    The MacDuffie School Photo
    66 School Street
    Granby, MA 01033
    (413)255-0000
    Grades: 6-12 | 275 students
  • Middlesex School
    Middlesex School Photo - Impromptu Whiffle ball game on the Circle
    (24)
    1400 Lowell Road
    Concord, MA 01742
    (978)371-6524
    Grades: 9-12 | 405 students
  • Milton Academy
    Milton Academy Photo - Milton Academy is only eight miles from Boston’s museums, schools and attractions, but it has the benefits of a 125-acre New England campus—with green quads and lots of fall foliage.
    (7)
    170 Centre Street
    Milton, MA 02186
    (617)898-2227
    Grades: 9-12 | K-12 (day) | 700 students
  • Miss Hall's School
    Miss Hall's School Photo - We encourage a student's life-long relationship with the arts, challenging her to find her own confident artistic voice and to gain a respect for artistic tradition based on our belief that the arts are an intrinsic part of the human experience.
    All-girls 
    (3)
    492 Holmes Road, PO Box 1166
    Pittsfield, MA 01201
    (413)499-1300
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 219 students
  • Northfield Mount Hermon
    Northfield Mount Hermon Photo - NMH is a coed boarding school serving 650 students in grades 9-12. We also offer a postgraduate year. Our wooded campus borders the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, and in this beautiful setting, we challenge young people to think hard, work hard, discover new talents, and hone the ones they already possess.
    (13)
    One Lamplighter Way
    Mount Hermon, MA 01354
    (413)498-3227
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 655 students
  • Phillips Academy Andover
    Phillips Academy Andover Photo - The quintessential New England campus is 21 miles to Boston by car or train, and a 10 minute walk to downtown Andover.
    (11)
    180 Main Street
    Andover, MA 01810
    (978)749-4050
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 1142 students
  • St. Mark's School
    St. Mark's School Photo - St. Mark's School
    (Episcopal)
    (7)
    25 Marlboro Road
    Southborough, MA 01772
    (508)786-6118
    Grades: 9-12 | 360 students
  • Springfield Commonwealth Academy
    Springfield Commonwealth Academy Photo
    1 Ames Hill Drive
    Springfield, MA 01105
    (413)285-8976
    Grades: 6-12, PG | 63 students
  • Stoneleigh-Burnham School
    Stoneleigh-Burnham School Photo - Music, visual arts, theater, and dance are fully integrated into our curriculum and that means our girls are encouraged to express themselves creatively every day. We offer beginning through advanced levels in Instrumental Performance, Studio Art, Vocal Music, Music Composition, Dance, and Theater with passionate faculty members who are established artists in their own fields.
    All-girls 
    (15)
    574 Bernardston Road
    Greenfield, MA 01301
    (413)774-2711
    Grades: 7-12, PG | 135 students
  • Tabor Academy
    Tabor Academy Photo - School Fun
    (7)
    66 Spring Street
    Marion, MA 02738
    (508)291-8300
    Grades: 9-12 | 525 students
  • Walnut Hill School for the Arts
    Walnut Hill School for the Arts Photo
    (3)
    12 Highland Street
    Natick, MA 01760
    (508)650-5020
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 295 students
  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy
    Wilbraham & Monson Academy Photo
    (11)
    423 Main Street
    Wilbraham, MA 01095
    (413)596-9107
    Grades: 8-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day) | 425 students
  • The Williston Northampton School
    The Williston Northampton School Photo - Williston offers an academic arts program with faculty who are practicing musicians, actors, and visual artists.The Reed Campus Center houses six painting and drawing studios, a dance studio, music classrooms, a gallery, and five sound-proofed practice rooms. The Williston Theater seats 288 people and offers a thrust stage, fly system, computerized lighting and sound system, and a scene shop.
    (17)
    19 Payson Avenue
    Easthampton, MA 01027
    (413)529-3241
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 7-12, PG (day) | 440 students
  • The Winchendon School
    The Winchendon School Photo - Commencement
    (2)
    172 Ash Street
    Winchendon, MA 01475
    (978)297-4476
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 250 students
  • Worcester Academy
    Worcester Academy Photo - Worcester Academy is a place where life takes an interesting turn. It's called the real world, where success doesn't always come easy, but it's worth the extra effort.
    81 Providence Street
    Worcester, MA 01604
    (508)459-5481
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day) | 605 students
Recent Articles
Why Do a Gap or Post-Graduate (PG) Year?
Why Do a Gap or Post-Graduate (PG) Year?
Learn why more and more students are choosing to do a gap or post graduate (PG) year at boarding school.
Summer Explorations 2019
Summer Explorations 2019
The typical three-month-long summer break gives juniors and seniors a great opportunity to explore a variety of situations and options.
What Alums Have To Say About Their Schools
What Alums Have To Say About Their Schools
Learning about a school from its website and social media pages is useful as you decide which school to choose. So is hearing what the school's alumni say about their alma mater.
Featured Schools
Featured Schools
Quick Links
Most Popular Articles