Highest Average SSAT Score

Among "All Schools", view the boarding schools with the highest average SSAT score (2023-24).
The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent or private junior high and high schools.
Despite its similarities, the SSAT is not related to the SAT Reasoning test and is not administered by the College Board.
A school's average SSAT score is based on a relatively small sample of students from year to year (typically less than 100 students for a graduating class).
Average SSAT scores, then, can naturally fluctuate year to year while the quality of the overall program and strength of the student body remains consistent.
Schools in the list below are often separated by small statistical differences, which for all intents and purposes, are not meaningful in determining the overall strength of the student body between two schools.
A school's average SSAT score should not be interpreted as the minimum score needed to gain acceptance - a school's student body will have a wide range of students whose SSAT score falls above and below the school average.
% SSAT Range: 45 96 Avg. % SSAT: 70

Highest Average SSAT Score

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
Boarding School
% SSAT
Grades
Location
Rank: #1-81.-8
Concord Academy
 Photo - Students live in one of six student houses on campus.
(9)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12
166 Main Street
Concord, MA 01742
(978) 402-2250
Rank: #1-81.-8
Deerfield Academy
 Photo
(14)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
7 Boyden Lane
Deerfield, MA 01342
(413) 774-1400
Rank: #1-81.-8
Lawrenceville School
 Photo - The Lawrenceville School: Campus Overview (Note Solar Farm at top of photo, which provides more than 90 percent of the campus' electrical needs)
(6)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
2500 Main Street, PO Box 6008
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 895-2030
Rank: #1-81.-8
Middlesex School
 Photo - English Class
(29)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12
1400 Lowell Road
Concord, MA 01742
(978) 371-6524
Rank: #1-81.-8
Midland School
(4)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12
PO Box 8 / 5100 Figueroa Mountain Road
Los Olivos, CA 93441
(805) 688-5114
Rank: #1-81.-8
Milton Academy
 Photo - Milton Academy is only eight miles from Boston's museums, schools and attractions, but it has the benefits of a 130-acre New England campus-with green quads and lots of fall foliage.
(8)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12  | K-12 (day)
170 Centre Street
Milton, MA 02186
(617) 898-2227
Rank: #1-81.-8
Phillips Exeter Academy
(30)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833
(603) 777-3437
Rank: #1-81.-8
The Thacher School
 Photo - In courses designed for intellectual and creative expansion, students and teachers meet in seminar circles, studios, and laboratories to create a learning environment that is vigorous and supportive, galvanizing and nurturing.
(26)
% SSAT: >85%
Grades: 9-12
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 640-3210
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12
1 Elm Street
Byfield, MA 01922
(978) 499-3120
Rank: #9-189.-18
The Hill School
 Photo - The Hill School sets a high standard for students in their dress and appearance to express pride in themselves and their respect for one another. Academic Dress is worn throughout the academic day whenever students are in an academic or public area, chapel services, sit-down meals, required evening performance, or any other designated occasion.
(8)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
860 Beech Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
(610) 326-1000
Rank: #9-189.-18
The Madeira School
 Photo - Capitol Hill internships in the offices of senators and representatives are a hallmark of the junior year at Madeira
All-Girls
(2)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
8328 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22102
(703) 556-8273
Rank: #9-189.-18
The Northwest School
 Photo - The Northwest School is a thriving and exciting place to learn. Step into our historic main building and our new vibrant facilities in downtown Seattle, and you will see energy and enthusiasm emanating from every classroom, lab, and studio at all hours of the day.
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12  | 6-12 (day)
1415 Summit Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 682-7309
Rank: #9-189.-18
Ross School
 Photo
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 6-12, PG  | K-12, PG (day)
18 Goodfriend Drive
East Hampton, NY 11937
(631) 907-5400
Rank: #9-189.-18
St. Andrew's School, DE
 Photo - St. Andrew's seminar style discussions, which include faculty and students seated at a central round table, are heard throughout English, history and language classes.
(Episcopal)
(13)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12
350 Noxontown Road
Middletown, DE 19709
(302) 285-4231
Rank: #9-189.-18
St. Mark's School
 Photo - St. Mark's School
(Episcopal)
(7)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12
25 Marlboro Road
Southborough, MA 01772
(508) 786-6118
Rank: #9-189.-18
Verde Valley School
 Photo - World class rock climbing and hundreds of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails near our campus keep our afternoon activities program varied and exciting.
(12)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12
3511 Verde Valley School Road
Sedona, AZ 86351
(928) 284-2272
Rank: #9-189.-18
Wayland Academy
 Photo - Wayland Hall, the most historic buildings on campus, currently houses first-year and sophomore boys. The interior was remodeled recently and offers some of the nicest rooms and gathering spaces on any campus in America.
(4)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
101 North University
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
(800) 860-7725
Rank: #9-189.-18
Wyoming Seminary Upper School
 Photo - Wyoming Seminary's athletic success stretches across all three seasons of competition. The Blue Knights field hockey team won their seventh state championship in 2018, while the wrestling team is ranked No. 2 in the country. Sem offers 22 varsity sports, including rowing and girls wrestling.
(United Methodist)
(5)
% SSAT: 75%-85%
Grades: 9-12, PG
201 North Sprague Ave.
Kingston, PA 18704
(570) 270-2160
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Berkshire School
 Photo - Founded in 1907, Berkshire School is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school for 400 ninth-12th graders and post-graduates, offering a forward-thinking curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities on a 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Mass.
(18)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG
245 North Undermountain Road
Sheffield, MA 01257
(413) 229-1003
Rank: #19-3119.-31
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12
500 Holden Way
Carbondale, CO 81623
(970) 963-2562
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Cranbrook Schools
 Photo
(10)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12  | PK-12 (day)
PO Box 801 39221 Woodward Ave.
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
(248) 645-3610
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Episcopal High School
 Photo - Football
(Episcopal)
(12)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12
1200 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, VA 22302
(703) 933-4062
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Hawaii Preparatory Academy
 Photo
(7)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG  | K-12, PG (day)
65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road
Kamuela, HI 96743
(808) 881-4321
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Hillside School
 Photo
All-Boys
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 4-9
404 Robin Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 485-3483
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Holderness School
 Photo - In the Holderness classroom, each student is literally in the front row, with an average class size of 12. We offer AP courses spanning multiple disciplines and encourage students to pursue an intellectual passion of their own in their twelfth-grade year as part of the Senior Thesis program.
(Episcopal)
(8)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG
PO Box 1879
Plymouth, NH 03264
(603) 536-1747
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Hoosac School
 Photo - Hoosac School was founded in 1889.
(Episcopal)
(1)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 8-12, PG
14 Pine Valley Road
Hoosick, NY 12089
(518) 686-7331
Rank: #19-3119.-31
McCallie School
 Photo - The College Counseling office works with our students to help them find the best college fit for them and to make sure they are best prepared for the application and the financial aid processes.
All-Boys
(3)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG  | 6-12, PG (day)
500 Dodds Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
(423) 624-8300
Rank: #19-3119.-31
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.
(15)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG
One Lamplighter Way
Mount Hermon, MA 01354
(413) 498-3227
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Portsmouth Abbey School
 Photo
(Catholic)
(5)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12
285 Cory's Lane
Portsmouth, RI 02871
(401) 643-1248
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Suffield Academy
 Photo - The Bell on Suffield's Bell Hill is a central school symbol. All students ring it after receiving their Suffield diplomas at Commencement, and victorious athletic teams ring it throughout the year.
(12)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12, PG
185 North Main StreetSuffield, Connecticut 06078
Suffield, CT 06078
(860) 386-4440
Rank: #19-3119.-31
Westtown School
 Photo - Main building
(Society of Friends)
(44)
% SSAT: 65%-75%
Grades: 9-12  | PK-12 (day)
975 Westtown Rd
West Chester, PA 19382
(610) 399-7900
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Asheville School
 Photo - Asheville School. An Education for an Inspired Life.
(4)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12
360 Asheville School Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
(828) 254-6345
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Avon Old Farms School
 Photo - Nestled among Cotswold-inspired architecture on 860 acres in the Farmington Valley, Avon Old Farms stands as the leader in preparing boys to become men.
All-Boys
(6)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
500 Old Farms Road
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 464-2866
Rank: #32-4532.-45
The Bolles School
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG  | PK-12, PG (day)
7400 San Jose Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32217
(904) 256-5030
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Brewster Academy
 Photo - Welcome to Wolfeboro! Brewster's lakeside location provides students with a variety of resources on and off campus. Our outdoor facilities include six athletic fields, nine tennis courts, and a boathouse which provides storage and work areas for rowing shells and "420" racing sailboats.
(10)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
80 Academy Drive
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
(603) 569-7200
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Canterbury School
 Photo - At Canterbury, you will develop the skills most essential to meeting future challenges and succeeding in college. These start with critical thinking, excellence in writing, and a solid foundation in digital literacy.
(Catholic)
(1)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
101 Aspetuck Avenue
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 210-3832
Rank: #32-4532.-45
The Linsly School
 Photo - Linsly's lower school (grades 5-8) program of studies emphasizes the mastery of fundamental concepts through innovative cross-curricular programs and regimented learning, all of which are designed to prepare students for college preparatory curriculum of the upper school (grades 9-12).
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 7-12  | 5-12 (day)
60 Knox Lane
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 233-1436
Rank: #32-4532.-45
The MacDuffie School
 Photo - Aerial view of MacDuffie's 250 acre campus
(1)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 6-12, PG
66 School Street
Granby, MA 01033
(413) 255-0000
Rank: #32-4532.-45
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
101 West College Blvd
Roswell, NM 88201
(800) 421-5376
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Northwood School
 Photo
(1)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
92 Northwood Road
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-3382
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Proctor Academy
 Photo - A community built on authentic relationships.
(12)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
204 Main Street - P.O. Box 500
Andover, NH 03216
(603) 735-6652
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
 Photo
(Presbyterian)
(1)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 7-12  | PK-12 (day)
339 Nacoochee Drive
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
(706) 746-7720
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Saint Andrew's School
 Photo
(Episcopal)
(3)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12
3900 Jog Road
Boca Raton, FL 33434
(561) 210-2020
Rank: #32-4532.-45
Salisbury School
 Photo - Salisbury School
All-Boys
(2)
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG
251 Canaan Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 435-5732
Rank: #32-4532.-45
% SSAT: <65%
Grades: 9-12, PG  | 7-12, PG (day)
19 Payson Avenue
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413) 529-3241

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