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School Overview

Data & methodology
Overall
B+
Matriculation B
Academics B+
Extracurriculars A+
Community B
Reviews B
Burr and Burton Academy is an independent, coeducational New England secondary school that serves as the school of choice for students from Manchester and several surrounding communities. Burr and Burton are committed to educating students of diverse backgrounds and talents in a warm and caring environment that encourages excellence and community. Burr and Burton offer a broad and challenging curriculum that seeks a balance between science and the liberal arts. Faculty members strive to instill in their students a love of lifelong learning through their examples and their guidance. The school actively promotes good citizenship, personal responsibility, and service to the wider community.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$23589
Enrollment
755
International Students
3%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
76%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:10
AP
17
Average SAT Score
1130
Average ACT Score
23
Class Size
15

Matriculation

(2021-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#3 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
#12 Dartmouth College 1 +
#13 Brown University 1 +
#18 Columbia University 1 +
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#25 New York University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#36 University of Rochester 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Brandeis University 1 +
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
LAC #11 Middlebury College 1 +
#62 George Washington University 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 1 +
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#63 Lawrence University 1 +
#63 St. Olaf College 1 +
LAC #13 Smith College 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 University of Connecticut 1 +
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#68 St. Lawrence University 1 +
#72 American University 1 +
#72 Fordham University 1 +
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
LAC #15 Davidson College 1 +
#76 Muhlenberg College 1 +
#77 Michigan State University 1 +
#84 Bennington College 1 +
#89 Brigham Young University 1 +
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 +
#89 Juniata College 1 +
#89 Stonehill College 1 +
LAC #18 Colgate University 1 +
LAC #18 United States Air Force Academy 1 +
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 1 +
#94 Lewis & Clark College 1 +
Auburn University 1 +
#97 University of San Diego 1 +
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#105 University of Denver 1 +
#111 Susquehanna University 1 +
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
#120 Hampshire College 1 +
LAC #24 Colby College 1 +
#121 Temple University 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
#127 Clarkson University 1 +
#130 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 1 +
LAC #27 Macalester College 1 +
#137 George Mason University 1 +
#137 University of New Hampshire 1 +
#142 Hartwick College 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 1 +
#151 Duquesne University 1 +
#151 Gordon College 1 +
#151 Simmons University 1 +
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College 1 +
LAC #31 Kenyon College 1 +
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
#166 Hofstra University 1 +
#166 Quinnipiac University 1 +
#176 Catholic University of America 1 +
LAC #36 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #39 Denison University 1 +
LAC #39 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#202 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1 +
#219 Sacred Heart University 1 +
#234 University of Hartford 1 +
#234 Western New England University 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
#263 Montana State University 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
#285 University of New England 1 +
LAC #60 Bard College 1 +
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
Academy of Art University 1 +
Adirondack Community College 1 +
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 1 +
Assumption College 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Berklee College of Music 1 +
Boston Conservatory at Berklee 1 +
California College of the Arts 1 +
Castleton University 1 +
Champlain College 1 +
Colby-Sawyer College 1 +
College of Agricultural Environmental Sciences 1 +
College of Charleston 1 +
College of Social Behavioral Sciences 1 +
College of the Atlantic 1 +
College of William and Mary 1 +
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Delaware Valley University 1 +
Emerson College 1 +
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Fashion Institute of Technology 1 +
Florida Southern College 1 +
Foothill College 1 +
Franklin Pierce University 1 +
Green Mountain College 1 +
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Hudson Valley Community College 1 +
International Dual BA Programs 1 +
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Johnson & Wales University: Providence 1 +
Keene State College 1 +
Lakeland Community College 1 +
Latter Day Saints Business College 1 +
Loyola University Maryland 1 +
Maine College of Art 1 +
Marist College 1 +
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 1 +
Merrimack College 1 +
Messiah College 1 +
Mount St. Mary's University 1 +
Nazareth College 1 +
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 1 +
Northern Vermont University 1 +
Northland College 1 +
Norwich University 1 +
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
Paul Smith's College 1 +
Penn State University Park 1 +
Plymouth State University 1 +
Pratt Institute 1 +
Roger Williams University 1 +
Roosevelt University 1 +
Saint Michael's College 1 +
Santa Fe College 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
School of Visual Arts 1 +
Southern Maine Community College 1 +
Southern Vermont College 1 +
Sterling College 1 +
Stetson University 1 +
SUNY College at Old Westbury 1 +
The New School College of Performing Arts 1 +
Union College 1 +
University of Aberdeen 1 +
University of British Columbia 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of Maryland: Baltimore County 1 +
University of Ottawa 1 +
University of Southern Maine 1 +
University of Tampa 1 +
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 +
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Wagner College 1 +
Wentworth Institute of Technology 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2017-2018 Total
All schools 51 51 36 35 42
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#3 Yale University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1
#10 Northwestern University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#12 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#13 Brown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#18 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 2
#25 New York University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#27 Wake Forest University 1 + 1
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 2
#29 University of Florida 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#36 University of Rochester 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 6
#41 Boston University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#44 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#44 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#44 Brandeis University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#49 Villanova University 1 + 1 + 2
#50 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#50 University of Georgia 1 + 1
#51 Purdue University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#51 Lehigh University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#55 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#62 Syracuse University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#62 University of Washington 1 + 1
#62 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#64 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#67 University of Connecticut 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1
#72 American University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#72 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 + 2
#77 Michigan State University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#79 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 + 1
#79 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 + 2
#89 Brigham Young University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#97 University of San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#97 Auburn University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#99 University of Utah 1 + 1
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1
#104 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#105 University of Denver 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#121 Temple University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#121 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#127 Clarkson University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#137 University of New Hampshire 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#151 Simmons University 1 + 1 + 2
#151 Duquesne University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#172 SUNY University at Albany 1 + 1 + 2
#176 Catholic University of America 1 + 1 + 2
College of William and Mary 1 + 1 + 2
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2023 2020-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2017-2018 Total
All schools 23 22 18 18 16
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1
#11 Middlebury College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#13 Hamilton College 1 + 1
#13 Vassar College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#13 Smith College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#15 Davidson College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#18 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#18 Colgate University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#18 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#24 Colby College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#25 Bates College 1 + 1
#27 Macalester College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#31 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#31 Kenyon College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#33 Scripps College 1 + 1
#33 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#36 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1
#37 Bucknell University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#39 Skidmore College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#39 Trinity College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#39 Denison University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#51 Dickinson College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#55 Connecticut College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#60 Bard College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#61 Gettysburg College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
Union College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4

AP Scores

(2018)
Number of students took AP test
95
Number of tests taken
278
41%
30%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(17)
Biology
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
Biology
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
German Language and Culture
Microeconomics
Physics C: Mechanics
Psychology
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
United States Government and Politics
United States History
Computer Science A
Computer Science Principles
Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Sports

(18)
Baseball
Basketball
Climbing
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Climbing
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Mountain Biking
Skiing
Snowboarding
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(46)
Astronomy
BBA p.m. Iron Club (after-school work-out)
BBA a.m. Iron Roosters (before school work-out)
BBA Jazz Combo
The Belltower (BBA's Newspaper)
Board Games
Astronomy
BBA p.m. Iron Club (after-school work-out)
BBA a.m. Iron Roosters (before school work-out)
BBA Jazz Combo
The Belltower (BBA's Newspaper)
Board Games
Broadway Workshop
Chamber Choir
Cinema club
Circuits Electronic Music Ensemble
Composer's Club
Debate Club
Digital Photo
Dumber Strummers-Guitar for Beginners
Electronic Music Club
Eco Club
Equestrian Club
Fall Tennis
French Club
Frisbee Club
German Club
G.L.O.W.
Investment Club
Jazz Combo
K1BBS
Leo's Service Club
Literary Society
Makers' Club
Manchester Rotary Club
Math Club
Open Studio Art
Pit Orchestra (Spring)
Play (Fall Play and Spring Musical)
Pointe Class
Rock Climbing Club
Recording Studio
Scholar's Bowl
Spanish Club
Speaking Buddies
Students of Color
TED Talk Club
Theater Arts Improv
Theater Tech
Volleyball
Writer's Forum
Yoga Club
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Arts

(18)
Performing
Voice
Ceramics
Clay
Digital Photography
Game Design
Performing
Voice
Ceramics
Clay
Digital Photography
Game Design
Graphic Design
Media
Portfolio
Sculpture
Wheelworking
Woodworking
Architecture
Art
Design
Mixed Media
Multimedia
Publishing
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: 9-12
Rural
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1829
Campus Size: 150 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Recommended
4.5
Recommended
Boarding
Cushing Academy United States Flag
4.8 (2 reviews)

Frequently Ask Questions about Burr And Burton Academy

Tell me a bit about Burr And Burton Academy.
Burr And Burton Academy is Co-ed private day school located in Vermont, US. It was founded 1829 , and currently has about 755 students, 3.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.burrburton.org.
Does Burr And Burton Academy have rigorous academic requirements?
Burr And Burton Academy is offering 17 AP courses.

In recent years, 41 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Burr And Burton Academy also have 76% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Burr And Burton Academy students typically go for their colleges?
In 2021-2023, some students attended Yale University, Williams College, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and Brown University.
What is the application requirement for Burr And Burton Academy?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Burr And Burton Academy’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Burr And Burton Academy’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Burr And Burton Academy in 2024 is $23,589 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 info@burrburton.org .
Where is Burr And Burton Academy located?
Burr And Burton Academy is located in the State of Vermont of USA.
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The overall rating for Burr And Burton Academy is B+.

The section ratings of Burr And Burton Academy are:
B for Matriculation
B+ for Academics
A+ for Extracurriculum
B for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

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