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- Among "Military Schools", view the boarding schools with the lowest acceptance rates (2018-19).
- Acceptance rates listed below reflect the average rate of acceptance for all applicants (boarding and day applicants) in the previous year.
- Keep in mind that acceptance rates may be lower or higher than the average acceptance rate depending on: what grade you are applying for, whether you are a boarding applicant or day student applicant, and the time of year you are applying.
- Schools typically have the most openings for freshmen and sophomores (many schools do not accept incoming seniors), so applying for entrance into 9th or 10th grade may improve your chances of admission.
- Acceptance rates between boarding applicants and day student applicants may differ (i.e., schools in certain areas may a higher ratio of day student applicants to day student openings, versus boarding applicants to boarding openings; the acceptance rate of some schools will actually be lower for day applicants and higher for boarding applicants).
- Many, but not all, schools will accept applications after application deadlines, but admission generally becomes more difficult.
Lowest Acceptance Rates (2018-19)
Among Military Schools (out of 15 schools)
Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
- Boarding School Acceptance Rate Grades Location
- 1.-2. 50%-55%
Grades: 7-12, PG78 Academy Avenue
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520
888-275-6962 - 1.-2.50%-55%
Grades: 7-12 | 6-12 (day)1001 Eagle Road
Wayne, PA 19087
610-989-1200 - 3. 55%-60%
Grades: 7-12, PGP.O. 278, 4744 James Madison Hwy
Fork Union, VA 23055
1-800-462-3862 - 4. 60%-70%
Grades: 7-12, PG204 Grand Street
Mexico, MO 65265
573-581-1776 - 5.-15. >70%
Grades: 8-12501 Park Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33710
727-384-5500
Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
- Boarding School Acceptance Rate Grades Location
- 6.-15. >70%
Grades: 7-122605 Carlsbad Blvd.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
888-762-2338 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 7-12, PG520 Hwy. 1 North
Camden, SC 29020
800-948-6291 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 7-12225 S. Wayne Avenue
Waynesboro, VA 22980
1-800-946-7773 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 7-12, PG200 Military Drive
Chatham, VA 24531
800-432-2480 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 7-125755 North State Road 9/P.O. Box 240
Howe, IN 46746
888-462-4693 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 9-12, PG101 West College Blvd
Roswell, NM 88201
800-421-5376 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 9-12, PG200 Academy Drive
Front Royal, VA 22630
540-636-5484 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 7-122001 Riverside Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
1-800-462-2338 - 6.-15.>70%
Grades: 4-8 | K-8 (day)215 N. Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
714-772-1363
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