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Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.

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The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included

The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.

Scoring Mechanism

The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.

  • In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.

  • In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

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.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

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 A
Extracurriculars A
Community A
Reviews A-
Located on 75 beautiful acres, Athenian is the San Francisco Bay Area's only nonsectarian boarding school. Talented and diverse students become life-long learners and confident successful adults with a deep understanding of themselves, extraordinary skills for achievement, and the compassion to make a positive difference in the world. Distinguishing features: amazing international programs, robotics, town meeting, service, and wilderness experiences. Vitually 100% attend 4-yr colleges, including: Berkeley (& all UCs), Brown, Columbia, Stanford, USC, Wellesley, and U. of Pennsylvania, among many others.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$89750
Enrollment
366
International Students
15%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
74%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:9
Endowment
$8.7 millions
Average SAT Score
1388
Average ACT Score
30
Class Size
15
Boarding %
16

Matriculation

(2023)
Ranking University/College Students
LAC #1 Williams College 1
#7 University of Pennsylvania 1
#10 Northwestern University 1
#12 Dartmouth College 1
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 2 +
LAC #3 Pomona College 1
#17 Cornell University 1
#20 University of California: Berkeley 2 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 3 +
#22 Emory University 1
#22 Georgetown University 1
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1
#25 University of Southern California 3 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1
#34 University of California: Irvine 2 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 University of Rochester 1
#38 University of California: Davis 2 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1
#41 Boston University 4 +
#44 Brandeis University 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1
#44 Northeastern University 5 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1
#51 Purdue University 1
#55 Santa Clara University 1
#55 University of Miami 1
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 1
LAC #13 Smith College 1
#67 Texas A&M University 1
#72 American University 1
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1
LAC #18 Barnard College 1
#94 Lewis & Clark College 1
#105 University of Oregon 1
#121 Chapman University 1
#137 Seattle University 1
LAC #33 Pitzer College 1
#166 University of Hawaii at Manoa 1
LAC #37 Occidental College 5 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1
Art Center College of Design 1
Babson College 1
California State University: Chico 1 +
Diablo Valley College 1
Endicott College 1
Las Positas College 1
Otis College of Art and Design 1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1
Saint Mary's College of California 1
University of California: Riverside 1 +
University of California: Santa Cruz 1
University of Colorado Boulder 1
University of Maryland: College Park 1
Wentworth Institute of Technology 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2016-2020 2015-2018 Total
All schools 52 69 69 62 50
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#3 Stanford University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#3 Harvard College 1 + 1 + 2
#5 Yale University 1 + 1
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#7 Duke University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#7 California Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#9 Northwestern University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#9 Brown University 1 + 1
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1
#12 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#12 University of Chicago 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#12 Cornell University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 3 + 1 + 1 + 5
#15 University of California: Berkeley 2 + 1 + 3
#17 Rice University 1 + 1
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 + 2
#18 Dartmouth College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#21 University of Michigan 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#22 Georgetown University 1 1 + 2
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1
#24 Emory University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1
#28 University of Southern California 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 7
#28 University of California: Davis 2 + 2
#33 University of California: Irvine 2 + 2
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#35 New York University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#39 Boston College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#40 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#40 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#43 Boston University 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 8
#47 University of Rochester 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1
#47 Lehigh University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 + 2
#47 Texas A&M University 1 1
#51 Purdue University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#53 Northeastern University 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#53 College of William and Mary 1 + 1
#53 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#58 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#60 Brandeis University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#60 Santa Clara University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#60 Michigan State University 1 + 1
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#67 Syracuse University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#67 University of Miami 1 1 + 2
#67 Villanova University 1 + 1 + 2
#67 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1
#73 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#76 Pepperdine University 1 + 1
#76 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#76 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#82 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 + 1
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#86 Marquette University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#89 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#93 Baylor University 1 + 1
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2
#98 University of Oregon 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#98 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#98 Drexel University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#98 University of San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#105 American University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#105 Arizona State University 1 + 1
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#115 University of San Francisco 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#115 Howard University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#118 Iowa State University 1 + 1 + 2
#124 University of Denver 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#133 Elon University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#133 California State University: Fullerton 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#133 Chapman University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#133 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#142 Oregon State University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#142 University of the Pacific 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#151 Colorado State University 1 + 1
#151 DePaul University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#163 Seattle University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#170 University of Hawaii at Manoa 1 1 + 1 + 3
#178 Washington State University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 1 + 1
#236 Belmont University 1 + 1 + 2
#249 Northern Arizona University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#342 Lesley University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
University of Maryland: College Park 1 1 + 1 + 3
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 1
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 2
University of California: Riverside 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2016-2020 2015-2018 Total
All schools 15 37 36 25 26
#1 Williams College 1 1 + 2
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#4 Wellesley College 1 + 1
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 + 2
#4 Pomona College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 + 2
#9 Bowdoin College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#11 Barnard College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#11 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#11 Grinnell College 1 + 1 + 2
#11 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1 + 2
#11 Middlebury College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#16 Smith College 1 1
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1
#16 Davidson College 1 + 1
#16 Hamilton College 1 + 1 + 2
#21 Washington and Lee University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#21 Colgate University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#21 Haverford College 1 + 1 + 2
#22 United States Military Academy 1 + 1
#24 Bates College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#25 Colby College 1 + 1
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1 + 2
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#30 Lafayette College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#33 Colorado College 1 + 1 + 2
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#35 Occidental College 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#35 Scripps College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1 + 2
#38 Union College 1 + 1
#39 Trinity College 1 1
#39 Pitzer College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#39 Kenyon College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#39 Denison University 1 + 1 + 2
#46 Whitman College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 1 + 2
#46 Dickinson College 1 1
#56 Rhodes College 1 + 1
#59 Trinity University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#63 Gettysburg College 1 + 1
#67 Reed College 1 + 1 + 2
#72 Bard College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#75 Willamette University 1 + 1
#89 University of Puget Sound 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#93 Washington College 1 + 1
#93 Drew University 1 + 1 + 2
#93 Lewis & Clark College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#130 Eckerd College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#139 Hampshire College 1 + 1 + 2
Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2016-2020 2015-2018 Total
All schools 0 2 2 0 0
#2 University of British Columbia 1 + 1
#3 McGill University 1 + 1
#13 University of Victoria 1 + 1 + 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2016-2020 2015-2018 Total
All schools 0 1 0 0 0
#33 University of St. Andrews 1 + 1

AP Scores

(2022)
Number of students took AP test
132
Number of tests taken
232
66%
18%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

Sports

(14)
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Sailing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(36)
Airplane Construction Project
Asian Club
Athenian Wilderness Experience--required
Band/Orchestra
Basketball
Capoeira
Airplane Construction Project
Asian Club
Athenian Wilderness Experience--required
Band/Orchestra
Basketball
Capoeira
Chorus
Community Action Board
Conditioning
Conservative Club
Dance
Fencing
Hiking
Independent Physical Education Option
Interim Trips--teacher-led adventuresome trips or activities
Interweave-
Jew Crew
Latino Club
LIterary Magazine
Music and Dance Concerts
On Campus speakers and artists
Outdoor Adventure
Poetry Readings
QED Math Club
Robotics Team--award-winning
Rock Climbing
Round Square
Round Square Study Abroad
Running
Sailing
Students of Color
Theater Productions
Ultimate Frisbee
Weight Lifting
Yearbook
Yoga
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Arts

(20)
Choir
Dance
Music
Music Production
Theater
3D Design
Choir
Dance
Music
Music Production
Theater
3D Design
Ceramics
Digital Art
Drawing
Filmmaking
Glass
Painting
Photography
Portfolio
Printmaking
Sculpture
Video
2D Art
Art
Audition
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Contact Info

http://www.athenian.org
2100 Mt. Diablo Scenic Blvd., Danville, CA 94506
925-362-7223
admission@athenian.org
California

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12
Urban
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1965
Campus Size: 75 acres
Boarding Rate: 16%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: TOEFL Jr., ISEE
School Code:
TOEFL: 9155
SSAT: 1414
ISEE: 50724

Frequently Ask Questions about The Athenian School

Tell me a bit about The Athenian School.
The Athenian School is Co-ed private boarding school located in California, US. It was founded 1965 , and currently has about 366 students, 15.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.athenian.org.
Does The Athenian School have rigorous academic requirements?
In recent years, 66 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

The Athenian School also have 74% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Athenian School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2023, some students attended Williams College, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and Washington University in St. Louis.
What is the application requirement for The Athenian School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Athenian 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 The Athenian School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Athenian School in 2024 is $89,750 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 admission@athenian.org .
Where is The Athenian School located?
The Athenian School is located in the State of California of USA. The closest major city is Oakland, which is about 15 miles away from school. Most families can choose Metropolitan Oakland International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is The Athenian School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Athenian School is among the most popular schools, within top 51 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Athenian School has been favorited by 630 users.
How to start with an application with The Athenian School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Athenian School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Athenian School’s official site: http://www.athenian.org or call them at 925-362-7223.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Athenian School?
Yes, here are few: Archbishop Riordan High School, Woodside Priory School and San Domenico School.

The closest major city is Oakland. You can find out more schools near Oakland here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for The Athenian School?
The overall rating for The Athenian School is A.

The section ratings of The Athenian School are:
A for Matriculation
A for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A for Community
A- for Students and Parents reviews

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Nearby City

Oakland, California
Oakland, located on the east side of San Francisco Bay in California, is a vibrant city with a rich cultural heritage. Jack London Square, named after the famed writer, features a statue of London and is a popular waterfront area. Nearby, Old Oakland boasts beautifully restored Victorian architecture and unique boutiques. The Oakland Museum of California offers exhibits on the state's history, nature, and art. Uptown is known for its art deco Fox and Paramount theaters, as well as its lively dining, nightlife, and art galleries, making it a hub for entertainment and creativity.
Population (2022) 404,155
Cost of Living Higher than average 51%
Nearby Airport Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
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