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1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

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5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall
A-
Matriculation A
Academics B+
Extracurriculars A
Community A-
Reviews A-
Number 1 all boys school in CT Top 5 boys school in the country Strong athletic program
Avon Old Farms School understands how to teach boys. By leveraging relational learning, we breathe life into academia while challenging each individual to persevere in the pursuit of self-discovery. Our traditionally-structured and well-balanced environment refines character traits young men need to be successful throughout their entire life. Our unique brotherhood is diverse and inclusive: young men from all over the globe excel in leadership and build lasting friendships. ACADEMICS: Our REAL (Relational, Experiential, Active, and Lifelong) Learning program propels boys to learn strategically how the male mind works best. ARTS: Our art program has won more awards than any other school in the state and our Director of Arts was named the Connecticut Teacher of the Year! ATHLETICS: Every student has a place to be active, be a part of a team, and grow in strength and ability.

In the classroom, in the art studio, on the athletic fields, AND IN LIFE ...Avon inspires excellence.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$75200
Enrollment
405
International Students
16%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
67%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:6
Endowment
$86 millions
AP
19
Average SAT Score
1200
Average ACT Score
26
Class Size
11
Boarding %
75

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2023)
Ranking University/College Students
LAC #1 Williams College 2
#9 Duke University 1
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1
#13 Dartmouth College 2
#14 Brown University 1
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1
#17 Cornell University 1
#19 University of Notre Dame 1
#23 University of Michigan 1
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1
#25 University of Virginia 1
#27 University of Southern California 1
#28 New York University 2
#28 Tufts University 1
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1
#28 Wake Forest University 1
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1
#36 Boston College 2
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1
#42 Boston University 2
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2
LAC #9 Middlebury College 2
#49 Lehigh University 3
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 2
#49 Villanova University 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#55 Santa Clara University 1
#55 University of Miami 2
#57 Penn State University Park 1
#59 Syracuse University 1
#62 Rutgers University 1
#63 George Washington University 2
#63 University of Connecticut 2
#68 Fordham University 3
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1
#68 Southern Methodist University 3
#68 St. Lawrence University 1
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 2
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1
#75 Baylor University 1
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1
#79 American University 1
#83 Michigan State University 1
LAC #17 Colby College 3
#103 Drexel University 1
#103 New Jersey Institute of Technology 1
#103 Temple University 1
LAC #22 University of Richmond 1
LAC #22 Vassar College 1
#111 Ohio Wesleyan University 1
#115 Fairfield University 2
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1
#117 University of Vermont 1
LAC #25 Bates College 2
#136 University of New Hampshire 1
#137 University of Alabama 1
LAC #30 Kenyon College 1
#162 Oregon State University 1
#166 Quinnipiac University 2
LAC #35 College of the Holy Cross 1
#182 Oklahoma State University 1
LAC #38 Lafayette College 1
LAC #38 Skidmore College 1
#219 Hampton University 1
#219 Sacred Heart University 2
LAC #45 Union College 2
LAC #46 Trinity College 2
#234 University of Hartford 1
#234 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 1
LAC #50 Dickinson College 1
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1
Art Center College of Design 1
Babson College 2
Bentley University 4
Bryant University 1
Charleston Southern University 1
College of Charleston 3
Emmanuel College-Boston-MA 1
Franklin Pierce University 1
Franklin University Switzerland 1
High Point University 1
Lewis University 1
Louisiana State University at Eunice 1
Marist College 1
McGill University 1
Providence College 1
Queen Mary, University of London 1
Rollins College 1
Southern California Institute of Architecture 1
The Citadel 1
University of Tampa 4
Worcester Polytechinic Institute 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2022 2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 73 65 44 95 60
#1 Princeton University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#3 Harvard College 1 1 + 2
#5 Yale University 3 1 + 1 + 5
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 1 + 1 + 3
#7 Duke University 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 1 1 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Brown University 1 2 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 + 2
#12 University of Chicago 1 + 1
#12 Cornell University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#12 Columbia University 2 1 + 1 + 4
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 2
#15 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1
#18 Dartmouth College 2 1 + 1 + 4
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1
#20 University of Notre Dame 1 2 1 + 1 + 5
#21 University of Michigan 1 2 1 1 + 1 + 6
#22 Georgetown University 1 + 1 + 2
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 1 + 1 + 3
#24 Emory University 1 + 1 + 2
#24 University of Virginia 1 2 1 + 1 + 5
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 1 1
#28 University of Southern California 1 3 1 + 1 + 6
#28 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 + 2
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 2 1 + 1 + 4
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 1 + 2
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#35 New York University 2 2 1 1 + 1 + 7
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 1 2
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 1
#39 Boston College 2 2 2 1 + 1 + 8
#40 Rutgers University 1 1
#40 Tufts University 1 1 1 1 + 1 + 5
#40 University of Washington 1 1
#43 Boston University 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 2 1 + 1 + 5
#47 Wake Forest University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 1
#47 Lehigh University 3 1 1 + 5
#47 University of Rochester 1 + 1 + 2
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 2 1 + 1 + 4
#49 Purdue University 1 1 1 + 3
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1
#53 Northeastern University 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#57 Penn State University Park 1 1 1 1 + 1 + 5
#58 University of Connecticut 2 5 5 1 + 1 + 14
#58 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 + 2
#60 Santa Clara University 1 1
#60 Michigan State University 1 1
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#60 North Carolina State University 1 + 1
#60 Brandeis University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 2 1 + 1 + 4
#67 George Washington University 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#67 University of Miami 2 2 1 1 + 1 + 7
#67 Syracuse University 1 1 1 1 + 1 + 5
#67 Villanova University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#73 Tulane University 3 1 + 1 + 5
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 + 2
#76 University of Delaware 1 1
#76 Pepperdine University 1 + 1
#76 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#76 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 + 1
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 2
#86 New Jersey Institute of Technology 1 1
#86 Clemson University 1 + 1 + 2
#89 Southern Methodist University 3 2 2 1 + 1 + 9
#89 Temple University 1 1
#89 Fordham University 3 1 1 1 + 1 + 7
#89 University of South Florida 1 1 + 2
#93 Baylor University 1 1
#93 Auburn University 1 + 1
#93 University of Iowa 1 + 1 + 2
#98 University of San Diego 1 + 1
#98 Texas Christian University 2 1 + 1 + 4
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 1 1 1 + 4
#98 Drexel University 1 3 1 + 5
#98 University of Oregon 1 1
#105 American University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#105 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 1
#115 Howard University 1 + 1
#115 University of New Hampshire 1 2 1 + 4
#115 University of Arizona 1 + 1
#115 University of San Francisco 1 + 1
#124 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 + 1
#124 Fairfield University 2 1 1 + 4
#124 University of Denver 1 1 + 1 + 3
#124 University of Oklahoma 1 + 1
#133 University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1 + 1
#133 Elon University 2 1 + 3
#133 Miami University: Oxford 1 1 + 2
#133 University of Vermont 1 3 1 + 1 + 6
#133 SUNY University at Albany 1 + 1
#137 University of Alabama 1 1
#142 Oregon State University 1 1
#142 Clarkson University 1 + 1
#142 Clark University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#151 University of Rhode Island 1 + 1
#163 St. John's University 1 + 1
#170 Quinnipiac University 2 1 1 + 4
#176 University of Saint Joseph 1 + 1
#178 Catholic University of America 1 + 1
#178 University of Arkansas 1 + 1
#185 Oklahoma State University 1 1 + 2
#201 Xavier University 1 1 + 2
#209 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 1 1
#209 Florida Atlantic University 1 1
#209 Sacred Heart University 2 1 + 3
#216 University of Massachusetts Boston 1 1
#216 Springfield College 1 + 1
#216 West Virginia University 1 + 1
#236 Western New England University 1 + 1
#249 University of Maine 1 + 1
#280 Hampton University 1 1
#304 Florida Gulf Coast University 1 + 1
#304 University of Hartford 1 1 + 2
#332 Boise State University 1 1
#352 Georgia Southern University 1 + 1
#361 University of Montana 1 1
American International College 1 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2022 2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 26 24 31 43 27
#1 Williams College 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 2
#3 United States Naval Academy 3 1 + 1 + 5
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 + 2
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 + 2
#7 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 1
#9 Bowdoin College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 + 2
#11 United States Military Academy 2 1 + 1 + 4
#11 Wesleyan University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#11 Middlebury College 2 1 1 + 1 + 5
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 + 2
#16 Hamilton College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#16 Vassar College 1 1
#21 Haverford College 1 + 1
#21 Colgate University 1 2 1 + 4
#24 Bates College 2 3 1 + 1 + 7
#25 University of Richmond 1 1 + 1 + 3
#25 Colby College 3 1 1 + 1 + 6
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 2 1 1 + 1 + 6
#27 Macalester College 1 1 2
#30 Lafayette College 1 1 1 + 1 + 4
#30 Bucknell University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#33 Colorado College 1 1
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#36 Oberlin College 1 1
#38 Skidmore College 1 2 1 + 1 + 5
#39 Kenyon College 1 3 1 + 1 + 6
#39 Trinity College 2 1 6 1 + 1 + 11
#39 Denison University 1 + 1 + 2
#45 Union College 2 3 1 + 6
#46 Connecticut College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#46 Furman University 1 1 + 2
#46 Dickinson College 1 2 1 + 4
#51 St. Olaf College 1 + 1
#51 The University of the South 1 + 1
#56 Wheaton College 1 + 1
#59 Wofford College 1 1 + 2
#59 St. Lawrence University 1 1 1 1 + 4
#63 Gettysburg College 1 3 1 + 1 + 6
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 1 1 1 + 4
#70 Muhlenberg College 1 + 1
#72 Bard College 1 + 1
#73 Lake Forest College 1 + 1
#86 Stonehill College 1 + 1
#89 Saint Anselm College 1 1
#93 Drew University 1 + 1
#93 Washington College 1 + 1
#93 Whittier College 1 + 1
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 1
#116 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 1
#130 Eckerd College 1 + 1
#152 Emmanuel College-Boston-MA 1 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2022 2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 1 1 0 2 0
#1 University of Toronto 1 1
#2 University of British Columbia 1 + 1
#3 McGill University 1 1 + 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2022 2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 1 1 0 0 0
#12 Queen Mary, University of London 1 1
#35 University of Bath 1 1

AP Scores

(2023)
Number of students took AP test
195
Number of tests taken
315
11%
25%
25%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(19)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Statistics
World History
Chemistry
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Statistics
World History
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
Microeconomics
Studio Art: Drawing
United States Government and Politics
United States History
French Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Computer Science A
Physics C: Mechanics
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Sports

(34)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Wrestling
Ice Hockey
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(22)
Avon Outreach
Chess Club
Club Forge
Culinary Arts Club
Global Outreach
Junior Achievement
Avon Outreach
Chess Club
Club Forge
Culinary Arts Club
Global Outreach
Junior Achievement
Minecraft Club
Model UN
Spectrum
Student Activities
Political Action Club
Public Speaking
Red Cross
The 5:45 Club
Short Film Club
Meditation Club (Club Med)
Hippocrene
Endangered Species Awareness Club
Environmental Club
NIMROD
Fishing Club
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Arts

(28)
Band
Guitar
Jazz
Drawing
Painting
Photography
Band
Guitar
Jazz
Drawing
Painting
Photography
Choral
Music
Music Production
Sound
2D Design
Digital Photography
Graphic Design
Sculpture
Woodworking
Chamber Ensemble
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http://www.avonoldfarms.com
500 Old Farms Road Avon, CT 06001
800-464-2866
admissions@avonoldfarms.com
Connecticut

Basic Info

All-boys
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1927
Campus Size: 1000 acres
Boarding Rate: 75%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Interview: Skype, On Campus, Admission Travel to China
Pre Interview: No Requirement
School Code:
TOEFL: 9582
SSAT: 1450

Frequently Ask Questions about Avon Old Farms School

Tell me a bit about Avon Old Farms School.
Avon Old Farms School is All-boys private boarding school located in Connecticut, US. It was founded 1927 , and currently has about 405 students, 16.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.avonoldfarms.com.
Does Avon Old Farms School have rigorous academic requirements?
Avon Old Farms School is offering 19 AP courses.

In recent years, 25 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Avon Old Farms School also have 67% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Avon Old Farms School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 10.29% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 5.88% go to top 25, and about 5.15% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Avon Old Farms School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Avon Old Farms School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Avon Old Farms School’s All-boys student?
The total fee for Avon Old Farms School in 2024 is $75,200 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissions@avonoldfarms.com .
Where is Avon Old Farms School located?
Avon Old Farms School is located in the State of Connecticut of USA.
How popular is Avon Old Farms School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Avon Old Farms School is among the most popular schools, within top 88 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Avon Old Farms School has been favorited by 310 users.
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Also it is highly recommended to visit Avon Old Farms School’s official site: http://www.avonoldfarms.com or call them at 800-464-2866.
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Yes, here are few: Miss Porter's School, The Ethel Walker School and Westminster School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for Avon Old Farms School?
The overall rating for Avon Old Farms School is A-.

The section ratings of Avon Old Farms School are:
A for Matriculation
B+ for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A- for Community
A- for Students and Parents reviews

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