Chadwick School

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Extracurriculars B+

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Chadwick, a K-12 school founded in 1935, is dedicated to academic excellence and to the development of self-confident individuals of exemplary character. Students are prepared through experience and self-discovery to accept the responsibilities inherent in personal freedom and to contribute positively to contemporary society. The Chadwick Community is committed to living in accordance with its core values of respect, responsibility, honesty, fairness and compassion. In all of its programs, Chadwick seeks to discover and nurture the special gifts each student possesses; to deepen each student's understanding of the complexities of the world; and to inspire each to realize his or her full potential.

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Current School

Tuition

$49660

Enrollment

865

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

80%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:8

Endowment

$27 millions

Average SAT Score

1400

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Matriculation

(2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#7	Johns Hopkins University	1
#9	California Institute of Technology	1
#10	Duke University	1
LAC #2	Amherst College	1
#12	Dartmouth College	2
#15	Rice University	1
#15	Washington University in St. Louis	2
#17	Cornell University	2
#20	University of California: Berkeley	4
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	4
#25	New York University	4
#25	University of Michigan	1
#25	University of Southern California	5
#29	Wake Forest University	1
LAC #6	United States Naval Academy	1
#32	University of California: Santa Barbara	3
#34	University of California: Irvine	1
#36	Boston College	2
#36	University of Rochester	1
#38	University of Texas at Austin	2
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2
#41	Boston University	1
#44	Case Western Reserve University	1
#44	Northeastern University	3
#44	Tulane University	3
#51	Lehigh University	1
#55	Pepperdine University	1
#55	Santa Clara University	1
#55	University of Miami	1
#62	Syracuse University	2
#72	American University	1
LAC #15	Davidson College	1
#77	Loyola Marymount University	3
#77	Michigan State University	1
#83	Gonzaga University	1
#83	Stevens Institute of Technology	1
#105	University of Oregon	1
	Arizona State University	1
#127	Clarkson University	1
#137	DePaul University	1
#151	Colorado State University	1
LAC #33	Pitzer College	3
LAC #33	Scripps College	1
#166	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1
LAC #37	Occidental College	1
LAC #61	Gettysburg College	1
	Aaniiih Nakoda College	2
	El Camino College	1
	Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	1
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1
	San Jose State University	1
	Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College	1
	The New School College of Performing Arts	1
	University of British Columbia	1
	University of California: Santa Cruz	1
	University of Colorado Boulder	2
	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2016-2022	2016-2021	2020	2019	Total
	All schools	70	370	400	75	71
#1	Princeton University		5	4	1	1	11
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology			1			1
#2	Harvard College		2	3	1		6
#2	Columbia University		2	4	1		7
#5	Yale University		3	1		1	5
#6	University of Chicago		5	8	1	2	16
#6	Stanford University		5	7		2	14
#8	University of Pennsylvania		5	9	3	1	18
#9	Duke University	1	1	2			4
#9	Northwestern University		4	4		1	9
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1	1	2			4
#9	California Institute of Technology	1	1	1	1		4
#13	Dartmouth College	2	3	6	1	1	13
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	2	7	8	2	2	21
#14	Vanderbilt University		5	6	3		14
#14	Brown University		5	5	2		12
#17	Cornell University	2	10	11	1	4	28
#17	Rice University	1	2	4			7
#19	University of Notre Dame		1				1
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	4	7	9	2	1	23
#21	Emory University		3	4		1	8
#22	University of California: Berkeley	4	28	26	3	5	66
#23	University of Michigan	1	7	9	2	1	20
#23	Georgetown University		7	8		1	16
#25	University of Virginia		4	6	1		11
#25	Carnegie Mellon University		2	2			4
#27	University of Southern California	5	1	38	6	4	54
#28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		2		1		3
#28	University of Florida		1				1
#28	Wake Forest University	1	3	3	2	1	10
#28	Tufts University		3	3	1	1	8
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	3	5	8	1		17
#28	New York University	4	7	1	2	2	16
#34	University of Rochester	1	1				2
#34	University of California: San Diego		1	2		1	4
#36	Boston College	2	7	8	4	1	22
#36	University of California: Irvine	1	1	1	1		4
#38	University of California: Davis		4	3		1	8
#38	University of Texas at Austin	2	7	3	1	1	14
#38	Georgia Institute of Technology		1				1
#42	Case Western Reserve University	1	1				2
#42	Boston University	1	8	13	3	4	29
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2	4	3			9
#42	Brandeis University		1				1
#42	Tulane University	3	14	13	1	3	34
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		1				1
#48	University of Georgia		1	1			2
#49	Pepperdine University	1	4	3		4	12
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1	2	1			4
#49	Northeastern University	3	7	7	1	3	21
#49	Purdue University		5	7	1		13
#49	Lehigh University	1	4	7	1		13
#49	Villanova University		3	4	2	1	10
#55	Santa Clara University	1	4	4	1	1	11
#55	University of Miami	1	2	3			6
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		4	1		1	6
#59	Syracuse University	2	5	4	1	1	13
#59	University of Washington		7	5	3		15
#59	University of Maryland: College Park		1				1
#62	University of Pittsburgh		1				1
#63	University of Connecticut		1				1
#63	George Washington University		1	3			4
#68	Fordham University		3	4		1	8
#68	Texas A&M University		1				1
#68	Indiana University Bloomington		3	4	2		9
#68	Southern Methodist University		7	10	1	2	20
#68	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities	1	1				2
#68	University of Massachusetts Amherst		1				1
#75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		1	1	1		3
#75	Baylor University		4	4	1	1	10
#75	Loyola Marymount University	3	13	12	1	3	32
#75	Clemson University		1				1
#79	Gonzaga University	1	1	3			5
#79	American University	1	1	2		1	5
#83	Stevens Institute of Technology	1					1
#83	Howard University		2	2		1	5
#83	University of California: Riverside		1	1	1		3
#83	Elon University		1	2			3
#83	Michigan State University	1	1				2
#83	Marquette University		1				1
#83	University of Iowa		2	2			4
#83	Texas Christian University		1	3			4
#83	Colorado School of Mines		1				1
#93	University of Denver		1				1
#93	SUNY University at Stony Brook		1				1
#93	University of Delaware		1				1
#93	University of San Diego		2	3			5
#99	University of Oregon	1	10	10	2	2	25
#99	University of Utah		2				2
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1	2	2	1	1	7
#103	Clark University		1				1
#103	Drexel University		3	2			5
#103	University of San Francisco		1	1			2
#103	Temple University		2	1	1		4
#103	University of Arizona		1	1			2
#103	Miami University: Oxford		1				1
#103	Loyola University Chicago		1				1
#117	University of South Carolina: Columbia		1				1
#117	Arizona State University	1	1	1		1	4
#117	University of Vermont		1				1
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology		4	2		2	8
#122	University of Missouri: Columbia		2				2
#122	University of Kansas		1				1
#122	Chapman University		4	9	1		14
#122	Illinois Institute of Technology		1				1
#127	Seton Hall University		1				1
#127	Clarkson University	1	1				2
#127	DePaul University	1	2	2	1	1	7
#127	Seattle University		1				1
#136	University of Nebraska - Lincoln		1				1
#136	University of Texas at Dallas		1				1
#136	University of Tulsa		1				1
#136	University of the Pacific		1	1	1		3
#136	University of New Hampshire		1				1
#148	University of Cincinnati		1				1
#148	University of Alabama		1				1
#148	San Diego State University		1				1
#162	Oregon State University		2				2
	Iowa State University		1	1			2
	University of Colorado Boulder	2	5	11	1		19
	University of California: Merced		1				1
	Penn State University Park		2	1		1	4
	Rutgers University		1				1
	University of Tennessee: Knoxville		1				1
	College of William and Mary		3	3	2		8

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2016-2022	2016-2021	2020	2019	Total
	All schools	9	65	57	15	16
#1	Williams College		1	3			4
#2	Amherst College	1					1
#3	Swarthmore College		2	2	1	1	6
#4	Pomona College		2				2
#5	Wellesley College		1	3		1	5
#6	United States Naval Academy	1					1
#6	Bowdoin College		1	1			2
#8	Claremont McKenna College		3	2		1	6
#9	Middlebury College		4	3	3	1	11
#9	Carleton College		3	4	3		10
#13	Hamilton College		1				1
#13	Davidson College	1					1
#16	Haverford College		2	2	1	1	6
#17	Colgate University		2	1		1	4
#17	Colby College		1	2		1	4
#17	Smith College		1	1		1	3
#17	Wesleyan University		1				1
#17	Barnard College		3	2	1		6
#22	Vassar College		2	2		2	6
#22	University of Richmond		1	2		1	4
#26	Colorado College		4	6	1	1	12
#27	Macalester College		1	1			2
#30	Scripps College	1	3	3	1	1	9
#30	Bryn Mawr College		1				1
#30	Mount Holyoke College		1				1
#30	Kenyon College		1				1
#35	College of the Holy Cross		1	1			2
#35	Pitzer College	3	4	3		1	11
#38	Skidmore College		1				1
#38	Bucknell University		1				1
#38	Lafayette College		2	3	1	1	7
#38	Whitman College		1				1
#42	Occidental College	1	3	3	2		9
#42	Denison University		1				1
#46	Trinity College		1	2			3
#50	Connecticut College		1	1			2
#50	Dickinson College		1				1
#54	Gettysburg College	1	1				2
#62	Bard College		1				1
	Oberlin College		2	2	1	1	6
	Franklin & Marshall College		1				1
	Union College		1	2			3

AP Scores

(2023)

Number of students took AP test

Number of tests taken

436

88%

Score 5

Score 4

Score 3

Other scores

Academics

AP

(23)

Art History	Biology
Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Chemistry	Chinese Language and Culture

Art History	Biology
Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Chemistry	Chinese Language and Culture
English Language and Composition	English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science	French Language and Culture
Music Theory	Physics 1
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics	United States Government and Politics
United States History	Computer Science A
Computer Science Principles	Research
Seminar	Physics C: Mechanics
Studio Art: 2-D Design

Sports

(12)

Basketball	Cheerleading
Cross Country	Dance
American Football	Golf

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(8)

Science Olympiad	Round Square Club
Surf Club	Theater Club
Project Girl to Girl	Poetry Club

Arts

(11)

Dance	Music Theory
Stagecraft	Theater
Ceramics	Drawing

Contact Info

http://www.chadwickschool.org

26800 South Academy Drive, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274

310-377-1543

admission@chadwickschool.org

California

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: K-12

Urban

IB: No

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1935

Campus Size: 45 acres

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/08

Interview: Skype, On Campus

Other Accepted Scores: ISEE

School Code:

ISEE: 052680

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Nearby City

Long Beach, California

Long Beach, a coastal city in Southern California, is known for its vibrant waterfront and cultural attractions. The iconic RMS Queen Mary, a retired ocean liner, serves as a museum docked in Queensway Bay. The Aquarium of the Pacific offers interactive exhibits, including touch tanks and a shark lagoon. The Museum of Latin American Art showcases modern and contemporary art, while Rancho Los Cerritos, a historic 19th-century adobe home, provides a glimpse into the past amidst beautiful gardens. Long Beach is a dynamic blend of history, nature, and the arts.

Population (2022) 463,789

Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

Nearby Airport Long Beach/Daugherty Field Airport

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