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Evaluation method

Ranking Basis

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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.

Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.

Evaluation Mechanism

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
B+
Matriculation B+
Academics B
Extracurriculars A
Community B
Reviews B+
Exceptional Arts Program Strong Student Leadership Beautiful, Safe, Rural Campus Fosters Independence Project-Based Learning Hands-On Learning
The Putney School is designed for independent, motivated, and capable students seeking intellectual freedom, responsibility, and opportunities for competence in a variety of fields. The school's 500-acre campus is situated on a working Vermont dairy farm that supports a rich curriculum in sustainability. Putney’s vigorous liberal arts program prepares students for top colleges and the real world.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$77500
Enrollment
234
International Students
11%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
73%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:5
Endowment
$31 millions
Average SAT Score
1218
Average ACT Score
27
Class Size
12
Boarding %
74

Matriculation

(2021-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#2 Columbia University 1 +
#5 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#13 Dartmouth College 1 +
LAC #3 Swarthmore College 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
LAC #4 Pomona College 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#23 Georgetown University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 Tufts University 1 +
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Brandeis University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
LAC #9 Carleton College 1 +
LAC #9 Middlebury College 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#63 George Washington University 1 +
LAC #13 Grinnell College 1 +
#68 Fordham University 1 +
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
#79 American University 1 +
LAC #16 Haverford College 1 +
#81 Earlham College 1 +
#84 Bennington College 1 +
#85 Lake Forest College 1 +
LAC #17 Barnard College 1 +
LAC #17 Smith College 1 +
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 1 +
#94 Lewis & Clark College 1 +
#103 Clark University 1 +
LAC #22 Vassar College 1 +
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#117 University of Vermont 1 +
#120 Hampshire College 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
LAC #26 Colorado College 1 +
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 +
LAC #30 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
LAC #35 Pitzer College 1 +
LAC #36 Oberlin College 1 +
LAC #38 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #38 Whitman College 1 +
LAC #42 Occidental College 1 +
LAC #46 Trinity College 1 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #60 Bard College 1 +
American University of Paris 1 +
Berklee College of Music 1 +
College of the Atlantic 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts 1 +
Marlboro College 1 +
McGill University 1 +
Parsons The New School for Design 1 +
Pratt Institute 1 +
Rhode Island School of Design 1 +
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1 +
St. John's College 1 +
University of Aberdeen 1 +
University of Edinburgh 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2021-2022 2019-2021 2014-2016 2013-2015 Total
All schools 30 30 31 33 21
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1
#3 Stanford University 1 +admitted 1
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#9 Brown University 1 +admitted 1
#9 Northwestern University 1 +admitted 1
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#12 University of Chicago 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#12 Cornell University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#12 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1
#15 University of California: Berkeley 1 +admitted 1
#18 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 +admitted 1
#21 University of Michigan 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#22 Georgetown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#24 University of Virginia 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +admitted 1
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#24 Emory University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of Southern California 1 +admitted 1
#35 New York University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#39 Boston College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#40 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#43 Boston University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#47 University of Rochester 1 +admitted 1
#53 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#60 Brandeis University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#67 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#73 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#89 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#105 American University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#115 University of New Hampshire 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#133 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#142 Clark University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2021-2022 2019-2021 2014-2016 2013-2015 Total
All schools 34 34 34 34 21
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#4 Wellesley College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#9 Bowdoin College 1 +admitted 1
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#11 Grinnell College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#11 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#11 Middlebury College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#11 Barnard College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#16 Smith College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#16 Vassar College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 +admitted 1
#16 Hamilton College 1 +admitted 1
#21 Colgate University 1 +admitted 1
#21 Haverford College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#24 Bates College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#25 Colby College 1 +admitted 1
#27 Macalester College 1 +admitted 1
#30 Bucknell University 1 +admitted 1
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#33 Colorado College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#35 Scripps College 1 +admitted 1
#35 Occidental College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#39 Trinity College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#39 Pitzer College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#39 Kenyon College 1 +admitted 1
#46 Whitman College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 5
#67 Reed College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#72 Bard College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 4
#73 Lake Forest College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#75 St. John's College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#93 Lewis & Clark College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#100 Earlham College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#112 Bennington College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#139 Hampshire College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#156 College of the Atlantic 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2021-2022 2019-2021 2014-2016 2013-2015 Total
All schools 1 1 1 0 0
#3 McGill University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2021-2022 2019-2021 2014-2016 2013-2015 Total
All schools 2 2 0 0 0
#5 University of Edinburgh 1 + 1 + 2
#26 University of Aberdeen 1 + 1 + 2

Academics

Sports

(22)
Basketball
Rowing
Running
Skiing
Soccer
Ultimate Frisbee
Basketball
Rowing
Running
Skiing
Soccer
Ultimate Frisbee
Aerobic Training
Alpine Skiing
Climbing
Fitness
Hiking
Mountain Biking
Riding
Snowshoeing
Wilderness Skills
Yoga
Badminton
Ballet
Dance
Fencing
Tai Chi
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(60)
Farm
Woods Crew
Maintenance
Carpentry
Recycling
Landscaping
Farm
Woods Crew
Maintenance
Carpentry
Recycling
Landscaping
Community Service
Chamber Music
Literary Magazine
Yearbook
Cider Making
Conservation Crew
Foraging
Garden & Greenhouse
Kitchen & Cooking
Sheep Farm and Dye Garden
Theater Tech
Animation
Art: Recycle/Reuse & Construct
Blacksmithing
Book Arts
Ceramics
Comic and Graphic Novels
Contemporary Embroidery
Contra & Social Dance
Creative Writing
Dance Ensemble
Digital Film Making
Digital Illustration and Design
Drawing for Painting
Figure Drawing
Furniture Building
Handcrafts
Hip Hop Dance
Jazz I (Ensemble)
Jazz II (Combo)
Jewelry
Knitting
Latin Cooking
Latin Dance
Meditation
Metal Sculpture
Music Lesson and Practice
Music Recording & Production
Painting
Photography: B&W
Photography: Digital
Printmaking
Pysanky
Sewing and Quilting
Skateboard/Snowboard Making
Songwriting
Stained Glass
Theater
Traditional Music Ensemble
Vocal Ensemble
Watercolors
Weaving
Wood Sculpture
Woodworking
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Arts

(46)
Acting
Dance
Music
Music Theory
Production
Sound
Acting
Dance
Music
Music Theory
Production
Sound
Theater
Ceramics
Drawing
Filmmaking
Painting
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Studio Art
Woodworking
Art
Jazz
Songwriting
Vocal
Animation
Book Arts
Color
Digital Imaging
Film
Glass
Illustration
Weaving
Design
Writing
Yearbook
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Contact Info

http://www.putneyschool.org
418 Houghton Brook Road, Putney, VT 05346
802-387-6219
admission@putneyschool.org
Vermont

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1935
Campus Size: 600 acres
Boarding Rate: 74%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: On Campus, Admission Travel to China, Zoom
Pre Interview: No Requirement
Other Accepted Scores: TOEFL, Duolingo, IELTS
School Code:
TOEFL: 8079
SSAT: 5950
Spots for Chinese Students Next Year: 5 - 8

Frequently Ask Questions about The Putney School

Tell me a bit about The Putney School.
The Putney School is Co-ed private boarding school located in Vermont, US. It was founded 1935 , and currently has about 234 students, 11.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.putneyschool.org.
Does The Putney School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Putney School also have 73% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Putney School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2021-2023, some students attended Columbia University, Yale University, Williams College, University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania.
What is the application requirement for The Putney School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Putney School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, TOEFL for international students, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for The Putney School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Putney School in 2024 is $77,500 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@putneyschool.org .
Where is The Putney School located?
The Putney School is located in the State of Vermont of USA.
How popular is The Putney School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Putney School is among the most popular schools, within top 131 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Putney School has been favorited by 202 users.
How to start with an application with The Putney School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Putney School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Putney School’s official site: http://www.putneyschool.org or call them at 802-387-6219.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Putney School?
Yes, here are few: The Greenwood School, Vermont Academy and Northfield Mount Hermon School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for The Putney School?
The overall rating for The Putney School is B+.

The section ratings of The Putney School are:
B+ for Matriculation
B for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
B for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, is the cultural and financial heart of New England. With a rich history dating back to the American Revolution, it is home to iconic landmarks such as the Freedom Trail, the Boston Common, and the Massachusetts State House. The city boasts prestigious universities like Harvard and MIT and is known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse neighborhoods, and thriving economy. Boston's blend of historical significance and modern innovation makes it one of the most influential cities in the U.S.
Population (2022) 609,023
Cost of Living Higher than average 54%
Nearby Airport Logan International Airport
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