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Pomfret School
PO Box 128, 398 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, CT 06258 - View a map of this school Map tel: 860-963-6120
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"Pomfret is a college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades 9 through post-graduate. Pomfret School's advantage is its ability to meet the future without sacrificing its rich legacy of traditions. For more than a century, Pomfret has prepared students for higher education in an environment with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, a challenging athletic program, and a community ethos that prioritizes civility, respect, and support..."


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Pomfret School Boarding School Avg.
Overview:
School Focus College Preparatory College Preparatory
Grades Offered 9-12, PG 8-12
School Type Co-ed Co-ed
Support for ADD/ADHD Students No No
Religious Affiliation Episcopal Non-denominational
Year Founded 1894 1900
Campus Size 500 acres 150 acres
     
Student Body
Enrollment 356 students 300 students
Percent Students of Color 14% 18%
Percent International Students 14% 16%
Percent Students Boarding 80% 72%
Average SAT Score 1733 *National Avg. » View
Offers Post-Grad Year Yes No
     
Academics and Faculty    
Saturday Classes Yes No
Frequency of Saturday Classes Weekly Weekly
Classroom Dress Code Formal Formal
Average Class Size 11 12
*National School Avg. » 20
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:6 1:7
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered 37 14
ESL Courses Offered No Yes
% Faculty with Advanced Degree 79% 62%
Summer Program Offered Yes Yes
     
Finances    
Endowment Size $40 million $17 million
Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students) $42,900 $38,100
Yearly Tuition (Day Students) $26,750 $21,890
Percent Students on Financial Aid 27% 30%
Merit Scholarships Offered No No
     
Admission    
Application Deadline Jan. 15 Jan. 15
SSAT Required Yes Yes
Average Percentile SSAT 62% -
Acceptance Rate 52% 59%
Sports:
Total Interscholastic Sports Offered 14 13

Interscholastic Sports

BaseballBasketball
CrewCross Country
Field HockeyFootball
GolfIce Hockey
LacrosseSoccer
SoftballSquash
TennisWrestling
Extracurricular:
Total Extracurricular Organizations 15 23
  Extracurriculars
 
Coffee ShopCum Laude Society
Dining HallDiplomacy
International ClubKey Society
Math ClubOuting Program
Radio StationSchool Council
Ski ClubSubterraneans
Swim TeamThe Pontefract
Voice
School Notes:
  • Pomfret is a college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades 9 through post-graduate. Pomfret School's advantage is its ability to meet the future without sacrificing its rich legacy of traditions. For more than a century, Pomfret has prepared students for higher education in an environment with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, a challenging athletic program, and a community ethos that prioritizes civility, respect, and support.
  • Today, as in the past, the Pomfret faculty encourages students to set their standards aloft and to stretch to their highest potential. In this challenge, a student will find the support of adults that will enable him/her to succeed academically as well as in the extra-curricular realm. Faculty and students live and learn together--in and out of the classroom--and from this emerges the bonds of trust which join our students and faculty.
  • Profile last updated: 10/01/2008
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