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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

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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 A
Extracurriculars B
Community A
Reviews B
At The Winchendon School, we teach in the American style. We are guided by real-world learning where students lead discussions and debate questions in the American entrepreneurial tradition. Our Signature Programs reflect this commitment.

Internships and Entrepreneurship

Students have two opportunities a year to pursue a graded internship. Whether interning in business in London, UK or working in an internship studying gravitational waves at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), students are actively engaged in their learning. Internships in high school help students stand out on college applications.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$74500
Enrollment
346
International Students
14%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
60%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:6
Endowment
$30 millions
AP
20
Average SAT Score
1180
Average ACT Score
27
Class Size
8
Boarding %
75

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2018-2022)
Ranking University/College Students
#13 Dartmouth College 1
#17 Cornell University 1
#23 Georgetown University 1
#27 University of Southern California 1
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 Tufts University 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 1
#36 University of California: Irvine 1
#38 University of California: Davis 1
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Brandeis University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1
#49 Northeastern University 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
#49 Pepperdine University 1 +
#49 Purdue University 1 +
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1
#57 Penn State University Park 1
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#59 Syracuse University 1 +
#59 University of Washington 1 +
#62 Rutgers University 1
#63 University of Connecticut 1
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +
LAC #13 Grinnell College 1
LAC #13 Hamilton College 1
#68 Fordham University 1
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1
#68 St. Lawrence University 1 +
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1
#76 Muhlenberg College 1
#79 American University 1 +
#83 Michigan State University 1
SUNY University at Binghamton 1 +
#83 Texas Christian University 1
#83 University of Iowa 1
#85 Lake Forest College 1
LAC #17 Colby College 1 +
LAC #17 Smith College 1
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 1 +
#89 Stonehill College 1 +
SUNY University at Buffalo 1 +
SUNY University at Stony Brook 1
Auburn University 1
#103 Clark University 1 +
#103 Drexel University 1
#103 Temple University 1
#103 University of San Francisco 1
#103 University of South Florida 1
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
Arizona State University 1
#117 University of Vermont 1 +
#122 Chapman University 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1
#127 Clarkson University 1
#127 University of Dayton 1
#136 Simmons University 1
#136 University of New Hampshire 1
#148 Duquesne University 1
LAC #30 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1
#151 Colorado State University 1
#151 Gordon College 1 +
#151 University of Mississippi 1 +
#166 Hofstra University 1 +
#166 Quinnipiac University 1 +
LAC #35 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
#176 University of Arkansas 1
#176 University of Massachusetts Lowell 1 +
#176 University of Saint Joseph 1
#182 Adelphi University 1
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #38 Lafayette College 1 +
#202 Florida Institute of Technology 1
#202 Springfield College 1
LAC #42 Denison University 1 +
#219 Keiser University 1
#219 Sacred Heart University 1
#219 University of Maine 1
LAC #45 Union College 1 +
LAC #46 Trinity College 1 +
#234 Maryville University of Saint Louis 1
#234 Suffolk University 1 +
#234 University of Massachusetts Boston 1 +
#234 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 1 +
#234 West Virginia University 1
#234 Western New England University 1 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #50 The University of the South 1
#285 University of New England 1
#299 Marymount University 1
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1
Anna Maria College 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Becker College 1
Bentley University 1 +
Brescia University 1
Bridgewater State University 1
Bryant University 1 +
California College of the Arts 1
Castleton University 1
Central Connecticut State University 1
Champlain College 1
Coastal Carolina University 1
Colby-Sawyer College 1 +
College of Charleston 1
Columbia College Hollywood 1
Cuesta College 1
Curry College 1 +
Elmira College 1
Endicott College 1 +
Fashion Institute of Technology 1
Fisher College 1
Flagler College 1
Framingham State University 1
Franklin Pierce University 1 +
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 1
Gardner-Webb University 1
Georgian Court University 1
Hamline University 1
High Point University 1 +
hult international business school 1 +
Johnson & Wales University: Providence 1 +
Keene State College 1 +
Lasell College 1
Loyola University Maryland 1
Lynn University 1
Mary Baldwin University 1
Merrimack College 1 +
Montserrat College of Art 1
Nazareth College 1
New England College 1
North Central College 1
Norwich University 1
Penn State Berks 1
Penn State York 1 +
Plymouth State University 1
Post University 1
Pratt Institute 1 +
Providence College 1 +
Regis College 1 +
Roger Williams University 1 +
Rollins College 1
Saint Anselm College 1 +
Saint Joseph's College of Maine 1 +
Saint Michael's College 1 +
Salem State University 1
Salve Regina University 1 +
Seminole State College of Florida 1
Shawnee State University 1
Southern Connecticut State University 1 +
St. Francis College 1
St. John's University 1
Stephen F. Austin State University 1
SUNY College at Oswego 1
United States Merchant Marine Academy 1
University of British Columbia 1
University of Montevallo 1
University of New Haven 1 +
University of South Carolina: Upstate 1
University of Southern Maine 1 +
University of Tampa 1
University of Toronto 1 +
Wentworth Institute of Technology 1 +
Western University 1
Westfield State University 1
Wheaton College 1 +
Worcester State University 1 +
York University 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2018-2022 2021 2016-2020 2019 2013-2017 Total
All schools 79 51 44 24 28
#3 Stanford University 1 1
#5 Yale University 1 1
#12 Cornell University 1 2 1 1 5
#17 Rice University 1 1
#18 Dartmouth College 1 1
#21 University of Michigan 1 1
#22 Georgetown University 1 1 2
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 1 2
#28 University of California: Davis 1 1 1 3
#28 University of Southern California 1 1 2
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 1 2
#35 New York University 1 + 2 4 1 admitted 8
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 1 2
#39 Boston College 1 1 2
#40 Rutgers University 1 1 1 3
#40 University of Washington 1 + 1 1 admitted 1 4
#40 Tufts University 1 + 2 1 1 admitted 5
#41 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 1
#43 Boston University 1 + 2 6 6 admitted 1 16
#47 Lehigh University 1 1
#47 University of Rochester 1 1 admitted 2
#47 Wake Forest University 1 1 2
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1 2
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 1 3
#53 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 1
#53 Northeastern University 1 1 3 3 admitted 1 9
#57 Penn State University Park 1 1 1 3
#58 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 1 2
#58 University of Connecticut 1 1 1 1 admitted 1 5
#60 North Carolina State University 1 1
#60 Michigan State University 1 1 1 admitted 1 4
#60 Brandeis University 1 + 1 2
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 4 1 admitted 7
#67 University of Miami 1 4 5
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1 1 admitted 1 4
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#67 Villanova University 1 1
#67 Syracuse University 1 + 1 1 1 admitted 4
#67 George Washington University 1 1 2
#73 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 + 1
#73 Tulane University 1 1 1 3
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 2
#76 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 + 1 2
#76 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 1 1 4
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 1 admitted 1 4
#84 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 1 admitted 2
#88 University of California: Riverside 1 1
#89 University of South Florida 1 1
#89 Fordham University 1 1 2
#89 Temple University 1 1 2
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 1
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 1
#93 Auburn University 1 1 2
#93 Baylor University 1 1
#93 University of Iowa 1 1
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 4 5
#98 Texas Christian University 1 1 1 admitted 1 4
#98 Drexel University 1 1 1 admitted 1 4
#105 Arizona State University 1 1
#105 American University 1 + 2 1 1 admitted 5
#115 University of New Hampshire 1 1
#115 Howard University 1 1
#115 University of San Francisco 1 1
#124 Fairfield University 1 + 1
#133 University of Dayton 1 1
#133 University of Vermont 1 + 1
#133 Chapman University 1 + 1
#142 Clarkson University 1 2 1 4
#142 Clark University 1 + 2 1 1 admitted 1 6
#151 University of Rhode Island 1 + 1 2
#151 Duquesne University 1 1
#151 Colorado State University 1 1
#151 Simmons University 1 1
#159 University of Massachusetts Lowell 1 + 1
#163 Adelphi University 1 1
#163 St. John's University 1 1
#163 University of Mississippi 1 + 1
#170 Quinnipiac University 1 + 1
#176 University of Saint Joseph 1 1
#178 University of Arkansas 1 1
#185 Hofstra University 1 + 1 2
#209 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 1 + 1 2
#209 Sacred Heart University 1 1
#216 West Virginia University 1 1
#216 Springfield College 1 1
#216 University of Massachusetts Boston 1 + 1
#236 Western New England University 1 + 1 2
#249 Pace University 1 1
#249 Suffolk University 1 + 1 2
#249 University of Maine 1 2 3
#249 Maryville University of Saint Louis 1 1 2
#249 Keiser University 1 1
#260 University of New England 1 1
#269 Florida Institute of Technology 1 1
#320 Marymount University 1 1
#356 Gardner-Webb University 1 1
Mary Baldwin University 1 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2018-2022 2021 2016-2020 2019 2013-2017 Total
All schools 28 23 9 8 7
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 1 2
#4 Wellesley College 1 1
#9 Bowdoin College 1 1 2
#11 Grinnell College 1 1
#11 Middlebury College 1 1
#11 Wesleyan University 1 + 2 3
#16 Smith College 1 1 1 admitted 3
#16 Hamilton College 1 1 1 admitted 3
#23 Oberlin College 1 1
#24 Bates College 1 1 1 admitted 3
#25 Colby College 1 + 1 1 1 admitted 4
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 3 1 admitted 6
#27 Macalester College 1 1
#30 Lafayette College 1 + 1
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 1 2
#35 Occidental College 1 1
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 1 1 admitted 3
#38 Union College 1 1
#39 Trinity College 1 + 2 1 1 admitted 1 6
#39 Denison University 1 + 1
#45 Union College 1 + 1
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 1 1 1 admitted 4
#51 The University of the South 1 1 2
#56 Wheaton College 1 + 1
#59 St. Lawrence University 1 + 1
#63 Gettysburg College 1 1 1 3
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 + 1 2
#70 Muhlenberg College 1 1
#72 Bard College 1 1
#73 Lake Forest College 1 1
#86 Stonehill College 1 + 2 3
#89 Saint Anselm College 1 + 1 2
#93 Washington College 1 1
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 1 2
#116 Saint Michael's College 1 + 1 2
#163 Gordon College 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2018-2022 2021 2016-2020 2019 2013-2017 Total
All schools 4 1 0 0 0
#1 University of Toronto 1 + 1 2
#2 University of British Columbia 1 1
#10 Western University 1 1
#17 York University 1 1

AP Scores

(2022)
42%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(20)
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
French Language and Culture
Physics 1
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
French Language and Culture
Physics 1
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Biology
Chemistry
Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Environmental Science
European History
Latin
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Music Theory
Psychology
United States Government and Politics
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Sports

(10)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(2)
Jazz Club
eSports Club

Arts

(4)
Music
Theater
Filmmaking
Studio Art

School Link

Contact Info

http://www.winchendon.org
172 Ash Street Winchendon, MA 01475
978-297-4476
admissions@winchendon.org
Massachusetts

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1926
Campus Size: 326 acres
Boarding Rate: 75%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Interview: Skype, On Campus, Admission Travel to China, WeChat
Pre Interview: No Requirement
Other Accepted Scores: IELTS, TOEFL, SSAT
School Code:
TOEFL: 3012
SSAT: 8242

Frequently Ask Questions about The Winchendon School

Tell me a bit about The Winchendon School.
The Winchendon School is Co-ed private boarding school located in Massachusetts, US. It was founded 1926 , and currently has about 346 students, 14.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.winchendon.org.
Does The Winchendon School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Winchendon School is offering 20 AP courses.

The Winchendon School also have 60% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Winchendon School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 1.71% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 0.34% go to top 25, and about 0.17% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for The Winchendon School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Winchendon 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 Winchendon School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Winchendon School in 2024 is $74,500 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 admissions@winchendon.org .
Where is The Winchendon School located?
The Winchendon School is located in the State of Massachusetts of USA.
How popular is The Winchendon School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Winchendon School is among the most popular schools, within top 160 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Winchendon School has been favorited by 150 users.
How to start with an application with The Winchendon School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Winchendon School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Winchendon School’s official site: http://www.winchendon.org or call them at 978-297-4476.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Winchendon School?
Yes, here are few: Hampshire Country School, Cushing Academy and Applewild School.

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

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

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Cost of Living Higher than average 54%
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