Geographic diversity at boarding schools

ChoatieMom
Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:16:43 +0000

FWIW, I took a look at the breakdown based on the Choate online directory, which includes this year’s incoming students:

Total students: 867
Total Foreign: 177 (20.4 %)
Total USA: 690

Most of the US students are from a handful of states:

CT 322
NY 105
NJ 36
MA 32
CA 27
TX 19

Here are the countries represented and the number of student from each:

China 31
South Korea 31
Canada 16
Hong Kong 13
Thailand 9
Saudi Arabia 8
Kenya 5
Mexico 5
Japan 4
Nigeria 4
England 3
Germany 3
India 3
Jamaica 3
Vietnam 3
Bahamas 2
Bahrain 2
Egypt 2
France 2
Italy 2
Monaco 2
Sweden 2
Switzerland 2
Ukraine 2
Afghanistan 1
Bermuda 1
Brazil 1
Colombia 1
Croatia 1
Indonesia 1
Iran 1
Kazakhstan 1
Malyasia 1
Phillipines 1
Russia 1
Rwanda 1
Singapore 1
St Johns, Antigua and Barbuda 1
Taiwan 1
Turkey 1
United Arab Emirates 1
Zimbabwe 1