<p>We applied for 10th this year and we found most schools accepted between 20-30% of the total class in 10th grade. A few even add about 40%. It was one of the questions we asked not so much for his “chances” but more for how it would be socially to fit in.</p>
<p>I am not aware of any published retention and graduation rates. Most schools increase class size going from 9th to 10th and then 11th. Some accept 12th graders and Post Graduates. I think you will have to ask schools directly what their retention and graduation rates are. Also school sizes vary widely, plus some schools reserve a high portion of places to incoming 10th graders. Another factor is that some 10th grade applicants are offered 9th grade spots. As a result, I don’t think you can generalize 10th grade spots as 10 - 25.</p>
<p>if anyone has any more info on this, please and thank you for writing it out 
(yes i’m forcing people :O)</p>
<p>im also applying for 10th grade so now it’ll be a help for two people! yay! (or more, i kind of skimmed all the shorter posts)</p>
<p>Good to know that the openings are also because they’re adding enrollment. That certainly makes a difference vs up to 25% kids (example #) leaving after a year. If it were from leaving, my next question was going to be – why do they leave the school? Will still ask the schools that question, but with a different understanding going into it. Thanks!</p>
<p>I would say that MOST of the openings in 10th grade are adding enrollment, I think attrition accoutns for a small amount of them, although we did not ask that question. Some schools (not all, which I found frustrating since I’m quite data driven 
) have stats in view books or on thier web sites that inlcude how many students are in each form (class). Salisbury for example has about 40 9th graders and 75 10th. By design they almost double in 10th grade. Loomis told us that for boarders, they have a good amount of openings for 10th, but that they fill most of thier day spots in 9th (CT middle schools end in 8th grade). Avon was less specific, they had about 80 boys in 9th grade and said they don’t set a number that they add for 10th - but obviously it couldn’t be much more than 20-25 since the whole school is 410 and includes PG’s.<br>
Again, a long winded reply (sorry) to simply say, it is by design that they add in 10th grade.</p>
<p>linda, I’m very data driven as well, so it frustrates me when I can’t see who enrolled in which grade in what year 
and Loomis Chaffee seems like an extremely good school with a fairly good acceptance rate so I was wondering what that rate was corresponding to when you’re enrolling in 10th grade.
so by good, are you saying they have open positions for maybe 30 people in 10th grade if the school is around 500 people? (i think it was around that amount and it should be; i like relatively smaller schools hehe)</p>
<p>stupid question, i know. but there’s no harm in asking, right? :O</p>
<p>Some schools do post #s, but I’ve had to dig. (Check the FAQs first.) For example Peddie FAQ mentions [Peddie</a> School ~ FAQs](<a href=“http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=16421]Peddie”>http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=16421)</p>
<p>Q. How many students will be in each grade next year?
A. Peddie will have 117 freshmen, 125 sophomores, 147 juniors, 127 seniors and 14 postgraduates. </p>
<p>NMH [Northfield</a> Mount Hermon : FAQ](<a href=“http://www.nmhschool.org/admission/faq.php]Northfield”>http://www.nmhschool.org/admission/faq.php)</p>
<p>“Each year, students enter the school at various grade levels. The ninth-grade class typically numbers 100 students. Additional students join each year, bringing the senior class size to about 220 students, including approximately 50 postgraduates who have graduated from high schools elsewhere.”</p>
<p>I want to know the reasons kids leave too. Is it because the financial aid package changed, ethical reasons (cheating, for example), personal issues, grades dropped, boarding school was a poor fit to begin with, etc. Where did Peddie’s 20 Juniors go between junior year and senior?</p>
<p>I have a feeling we’ll only get this info through places like CC and talking with friends who have kids in schools. Then comes the fun of sorting rumors & gossip from actual.</p>
<p>AuntieOf4 Glad St. Paul’s is on her list. Academically it sounds like she would like it. It is a very collegial atmosphere (vs highly competitive), but she will certainly be challenged by teens from around the country and the world. Community Service is also an integral part of the school. The Mish Society, Environmental group are two of the biggest organizations on campus, and community service is required to graduate. In fact they are about to announce a new requirement for a minimum of two weeks exposure off campus to a culture different than your own. </p>
<p>10th grade? She should talk to the school. Somewhere in my house I probably have the recent statistics on how many joined by year. It varies somewhat from year to year and depends on the “yield numbers” which have recently been astronomically high for SPS. But hard to know what next year will be.</p>
<p>Hope St. Paul’s stays on her list. Let me know if I can be or further assistance.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions!!</p>
<p>My niece submitted applications for 9th grade, took the SSAT in June, had interviews and has been going for visits this summer. She knows that it’s slim chance that she’ll get in for 9th grade because of limited space, and is anxiously waiting to hear decisions. (Test scores should be mailed this week and schools said decisions sent soon after.) The schools have been fantastic help through the process too – from admissions staff to coaches. Anyway, my niece is ready to go through the process again for 10th and the preparation this spring really helped her. The information from people here has been invaluable in the process – and encouraging that there are normal kids going to BS with supportive family :)</p>
<p>Her application list ended up being:
- Saint Paul’s School
- Kent School
- Northfield Mount Hermon
- Mercersburg Academy
- Lawrenceville School
- Peddie School</p>
<p>She’s also going to visit other schools during the summer, so we’ll see if that list changes for 10th grade.</p>
<p>If she’s really into track than i wouldn’t suggest going to Kent becuase they don’t have a track team.</p>
<p>It might just be because I go to Exeter, but when I read your description of your niece, I thought Exeter sounded perfect. Exeter has one of the best community service organizations. This recent spring, Exeter Social Service Organization hosted a service conference for around ten schools in the area for leaders to get together and learn from experiences. To me it seemed that Exeter and Andover had the most developed community service programs. Exeter also has many passionate students when it comes to the environment. It was one of the three prep schools who first participated in the green cup challenge (the others were NMH and Lawrenville). And Exeter without a doubt is academically challenging. People study hard and party hard on weekends (usually). Your niece sounds really great and she’d be the type of person I would want to have at my school.</p>