First of all I wanted to thank you to everyone in this forum for sharing information about boarding school process.
Here are some stats I pulled out of curiosity and wanted to share in the forum for future applicants. ( Please note this are approximate numbers and there is no way to verify it against actually numbers- as far as I know) . I am putting this here because I wish we knew about these numbers at beginning of the process.
School | Approx. 9th Grade Admits | Approx. Total Seniors | Estimated Acceptance Rate
Phillips Academy Andover | ~120–130 | ~320–340 | ~13%
Phillips Exeter Academy | ~120 | ~300–320 | ~10%
Deerfield Academy | ~110 | ~200–210 | ~16–17%
St. Paul’s School | ~80–90 | ~160–170 | ~13%
Choate Rosemary Hall | ~100–110 | ~220–240 | ~23%
Groton School | ~30–40 | ~85–90 | ~9–14%
Lawrenceville School | ~100–110 | ~210–230 | ~18–19%
Hotchkiss School | ~100 | ~180–200 | ~21%
Milton Academy | ~90–100 | ~175–190 | ~19%
Taft School | ~100–110 | ~190–200 | ~16%
This indicates to me couple of things.
– Schools can decide how many to actually enroll every year and play with their yields.
- -This system works for the school but not for kids.
– Kids & parents tend to believe class size is large but actual enrollment seems to be only half of that at ninth grade level
– Re-applying makes sense if you are serious about school because they do enroll almost half of the class in other grades