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There are 11 boarding schools matching your required criteria: College-Preparatory.

Quick Facts (26-27)

  • # Boarding Schools: 11
  • # Students Served: 3,654
  • Average Tuition: $80,867
  • % Students on Financial Aid: 31%
  • Average Acceptance Rate: 38%
  • Average Class Size: 12 students
  • Average SAT Score: 1,321
  • % Faculty w/Advanced Degree: 75%
  • % Students Boarding: 60%
  • % International Students: 24%
  • % Students of Color: 45%

Quick Facts (26-27)

  • # Boarding Schools: 11
  • # Students Served: 3,654
  • Average Tuition: $80,867
  • % Students on Financial Aid: 31%
  • Average Acceptance Rate: 38%
  • Average Class Size: 12 students
  • Average SAT Score: 1,321
  • % Faculty w/Advanced Degree: 75%
  • % Students Boarding: 60%
  • % International Students: 24%
  • % Students of Color: 45%

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Cate School Photo - Day Walk
Cate School
Gr: 9-12 | 300 students
Student-teacher ratio: 5:1
Avg. class size: 10 students
Acceptance rate: 17%
Tuition listed
1960 Cate Mesa Road, P.O. Box 5005
Carpinteria, CA 93013
(805) 684-4127
(20)
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Dunn School Photo - In 2020 the new Leadership Center was completed. Overlooking the open space known as Munger Common, the center provides state of the art meeting rooms and learning facilities, is home to the student-run Earwig Cafe, and hosts our college counseling team. Students can be found gathering both indoors and outside the center for conversation and relaxation.
Dunn School
Gr: 9-12 | 6-12 (day) | 249 students
Student-teacher ratio: 5:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Acceptance rate: 45%
Tuition listed
P.O. Box 98, 2555 W. Highway 154
Los Olivos, CA 93441
(805) 686-0650
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EF Academy Pasadena Photo - Hands-on learning encourages our students to make their own discoveries. Calculate velocity in the real world by measuring the speed of a baseball!
EF Academy Pasadena
Gr: 9-12 | 265 students
Student-teacher ratio: 7:1
Avg. class size: 18 students
Tuition listed
1505 E Howard St.
Pasadena, CA 91104
(626) 507-9223
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Lake Tahoe Prep and ISI Academy Olympic Valley Photo - Co-ed boarding school offering daily adventure, opportunities for winter sports at Palisades Tahoe, other sports seasonally, and college-prep academics in a supportive academic setting.
Lake Tahoe Prep and ISI Academy Olympic Valley
Gr: 9-12 | 5-12 (day) | 35 students
Student-teacher ratio: 7:1
Avg. class size: 7 students
Acceptance rate: 80%
Tuition listed
255 Olympic Valley Road | P.O. Box 2180
Olympic Valley, CA 96146
(801) 336-0753
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Ojai Valley School Photo - OVS offers an exceptional college-prep program. Recent college acceptances for our students include Stanford, Columbia, Northeastern, NYU, Boston College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Pitzer College, Smith College, Vassar College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and many more.
Ojai Valley School
Gr: 3-12 | PK-12 (day) | 323 students
Student-teacher ratio: 6:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Acceptance rate: 64%
Tuition listed
723 El Paseo Road
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 646-1423
(2)
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San Domenico School
Gr: 9-12 | K-12 (day) | 680 students
Student-teacher ratio: 9:1
Avg. class size: 18 students
Tuition listed
1500 Butterfield Road
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415) 258-1990
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Santa Catalina School Photo - Come visit our beautiful campus in Monterey, California! Call the admission office at 831.655.9356 or email admission@santacatalina.org to schedule your visit.
Santa Catalina School
Gr: 9-12 | 215 students
Student-teacher ratio: 8:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Tuition listed
All-girls (Catholic)
1500 Mark Thomas Drive
Monterey, CA 93940
(831) 655-9356
(1)
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Stevenson School Photo - Situated between the Pacific and Silicon Valley, Stevenson is a school shaped by both its surroundings and its namesake. Like Robert Louis Stevenson - the adventurer and writer who once roamed this coast - the school embraces learning as an exploration. Here, tidepools become classrooms, cypress groves frame our campuses and students are encouraged to chart their own journeys with curiosity andcreativity.
Stevenson School
Gr: 9-12 | PK-12 (day) | 507 students
Student-teacher ratio: 10:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Tuition listed
3152 Forest Lake Road
Pebble Beach, CA 93953
(831) 625-8309
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The Thacher School Photo - In courses designed for intellectual and creative expansion, students and teachers meet in seminar circles, studios, and laboratories to create a learning environment that is vigorous and supportive, galvanizing and nurturing.
The Thacher School
Gr: 9-12 | 255 students
Student-teacher ratio: 6:1
Avg. class size: 11 students
Acceptance rate: 15%
Tuition listed
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 640-3210
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The Webb Schools Photo - Imagine learning from expert teachers, exploring paleontology in the Alf Museum, and heading to LA for concerts, sports, or museums-all while living near beaches, mountains, and desert. For more than 100 years, Webb has prepared and placed students at the nation's top colleges.
The Webb Schools
Gr: 9-12 | 400 students
Student-teacher ratio: 6:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Acceptance rate: 14%
Tuition listed
1175 West Baseline Road
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 482-5214
(29)
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Woodside Priory School (Priory) Photo - School spirit is huge at Priory. More than 30 club and activity choices are available to High School students. Clubs provide opportunities to discover passions, develop strengths, apply academic knowledge in a practical way, develop self-knowledge, and learn to make the choices necessary to manage a busy schedule independently.
Woodside Priory School (Priory)
Gr: 9-12 | 6-12 (day) | 425 students
Student-teacher ratio: 7:1
Avg. class size: 13 students
Acceptance rate: 30%
Tuition listed
Catholic
302 Portola Road
Portola Valley, CA 94028
(650) 851-8223
(2)
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