Dexter Southfield School

A- 4.8 Massachusetts, US

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Matriculation A

Academics B+

Extracurriculars A-

Community A+

Reviews B

Dexter Southfield School strives to develop in each student academic and athletic skills, moral and spiritual attitudes and habits, and self-discipline so that he may make positive contributions to today's society.
A range of offerings is available to students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12.
The curriculum is challenging, and high expectations are held for each student, yet the faculty provides a wide range of academic offerings and individualized programs.
Dexter's athletic programs feature a combination of intramural and interscholastic offerings.
In Kindergarten through Grade 2 physical education is a daily activity.
Intramural competition is introduced in Grade 3 through Grade 6 during which students compete in many different sports with the goal of instilling a spirit of sportsmanship and teamwork.
Beginning in Grade 7, athletes choose from a variety of interscholastic sports.

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Current School

Tuition

$62200

Enrollment

1076

International Students

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:7

Average SAT Score

1275

Average ACT Score

27.5

Class Size

Matriculation

(2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +
#6	Stanford University	1 +
#6	University of Chicago	1 +
#9	Northwestern University	1 +
#13	Dartmouth College	1 +
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +
#23	University of Michigan	1 +
#25	University of Virginia	1 +
#28	New York University	1 +
#28	Tufts University	1 +
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	1 +
#34	University of Rochester	1 +
#36	Boston College	1 +
#42	Boston University	1 +
#42	Tulane University	1 +
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +
LAC #9	Middlebury College	1 +
#49	Lehigh University	1 +
#49	Northeastern University	1 +
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1 +
#49	Villanova University	1 +
#55	University of Miami	1 +
#59	Syracuse University	1 +
#63	George Washington University	1 +
LAC #13	Hamilton College	1 +
#68	St. Lawrence University	1 +
#68	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1 +
#75	Loyola Marymount University	1 +
#75	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +
#79	American University	1 +
#83	Elon University	1 +
#83	Texas Christian University	1 +
LAC #17	Colby College	1 +
LAC #17	Colgate University	1 +
LAC #17	Wesleyan University	1 +
#93	University of Delaware	1 +
#93	University of Denver	1 +
#103	Temple University	1 +
#115	Fairfield University	1 +
	Arizona State University	1 +
#117	University of Vermont	1 +
LAC #25	Bates College	1 +
#166	Xavier University	1 +
LAC #35	College of the Holy Cross	1 +
#176	University of Massachusetts Lowell	1 +
LAC #38	Bucknell University	1 +
LAC #38	Skidmore College	1 +
#219	Sacred Heart University	1 +
LAC #45	Union College	1 +
LAC #46	Trinity College	1 +
LAC #50	Connecticut College	1 +
#263	Florida Atlantic University	1 +
	Babson College	1 +
	Bentley University	1 +
	College of Charleston	1 +
	Merrimack College	1 +
	Missouri State University	1 +
	Providence College	1 +
	Saint Anselm College	1 +
	Saint Michael's College	1 +
	San Jacinto College : South Campus	1 +
	United States Coast Guard Academy	1 +
	University of New Haven	1 +
	University of St. Andrews	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	Total
	All schools	39	221	44	50	39
#2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1 +					1
#3	Harvard College		3 admitted	1	2	2	8
#3	Stanford University	1 +					1
#5	Yale University					1	1
#6	University of Pennsylvania		2 admitted				2
#7	Duke University			1			1
#9	Northwestern University	1 +	1 admitted			1	3
#9	Brown University		1 admitted		1		2
#12	University of Chicago	1 +					1
#12	Columbia University		1 admitted	1			2
#12	Cornell University			1			1
#15	University of California: Berkeley		2 admitted				2
#17	Rice University			1		1	2
#18	Dartmouth College	1 +		1	1		3
#18	Vanderbilt University		1 admitted	1			2
#20	University of Notre Dame		1 admitted	1		1	3
#21	University of Michigan	1 +	3 admitted		2		6
#22	Georgetown University		1 admitted		2		3
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1 +		1			2
#24	University of Virginia	1 +	2 admitted		1		4
#28	University of California: San Diego		1 admitted				1
#28	University of California: Davis		2 admitted				2
#28	University of Southern California					1	1
#28	University of Florida		1 admitted				1
#33	University of California: Irvine		2 admitted				2
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology		1 admitted				1
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara					1	1
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +	1 admitted				2
#35	New York University	1 +	1 admitted	1		1	4
#38	University of Texas at Austin		2 admitted				2
#39	Boston College	1 +	7 admitted	2	2	1	13
#40	Tufts University	1 +	1 admitted	3	2	1	8
#43	Boston University	1 +	3 admitted	4	4	2	14
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1 +		1			2
#47	University of Rochester	1 +		1			2
#47	University of Georgia		1 admitted				1
#47	Wake Forest University		1 admitted	1	2	1	5
#47	Lehigh University	1 +		1	1		3
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1 +	2 admitted				3
#51	Purdue University		3 admitted				3
#53	Northeastern University	1 +	7 admitted	2	1	1	12
#53	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities		1 admitted				1
#53	Case Western Reserve University		1 admitted			1	2
#53	College of William and Mary		1 admitted				1
#58	University of Connecticut		1 admitted	2	1		4
#60	Michigan State University		1 admitted		1		2
#60	Brandeis University		2 admitted	1			3
#60	Santa Clara University		4 admitted	1		3	8
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		3 admitted		1		4
#67	Villanova University	1 +	1 admitted		1		3
#67	George Washington University	1 +	4 admitted				5
#67	University of Pittsburgh		3 admitted				3
#67	Syracuse University	1 +	5 admitted	1	3	1	11
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1 +	9 admitted		3	3	16
#67	University of Miami	1 +	4 admitted	1	1		7
#73	Tulane University	1 +	1 admitted	1	3	2	8
#73	Indiana University Bloomington		4 admitted				4
#76	University of Delaware	1 +					1
#82	Worcester Polytechnic Institute		2 admitted	1		2	5
#86	Clemson University		1 admitted		2		3
#89	University of South Florida		2 admitted				2
#89	Southern Methodist University		1 admitted				1
#89	Fordham University		4 admitted	3			7
#89	Temple University	1 +	1 admitted		1		3
#93	Loyola Marymount University	1 +				1	2
#93	Baylor University		1 admitted				1
#93	Auburn University		1 admitted				1
#98	University of San Diego		1 admitted				1
#98	Texas Christian University	1 +	1 admitted				2
#98	Drexel University		1 admitted				1
#105	Saint Louis University		1 admitted				1
#105	San Diego State University		1 admitted				1
#105	American University	1 +	1 admitted				2
#105	Arizona State University	1 +	2 admitted				3
#105	University of Tennessee: Knoxville		1 admitted			1	2
#105	University of Colorado Boulder		5 admitted				5
#115	University of New Hampshire		10 admitted			1	11
#115	University of Utah		1 admitted				1
#115	University of San Francisco		1 admitted			1	2
#124	University of Denver	1 +			1		2
#124	University of South Carolina: Columbia		1 admitted				1
#124	Fairfield University	1 +	7 admitted	1		2	11
#124	James Madison University		1 admitted				1
#133	Elon University	1 +	14 admitted	2	1	2	20
#133	Chapman University		1 admitted				1
#133	University of Vermont	1 +	5 admitted	1	2		9
#137	University of Alabama		5 admitted		1		6
#142	Clarkson University		1 admitted				1
#142	Clark University		5 admitted		1		6
#151	Seton Hall University		1 admitted				1
#151	Simmons University					1	1
#151	University of Rhode Island		3 admitted				3
#159	University of Massachusetts Lowell	1 +	2 admitted			1	4
#163	University of Mississippi		1 admitted				1
#163	St. John's University		1 admitted				1
#170	Quinnipiac University		9 admitted	1		1	11
#178	Catholic University of America		1 admitted		1		2
#178	Washington State University		1 admitted				1
#195	East Carolina University					1	1
#195	University of Louisville		1 admitted				1
#201	Xavier University	1 +					1
#209	Florida Atlantic University	1 +					1
#209	Sacred Heart University	1 +	4 admitted		1		6
#209	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth		1 admitted	1	1		3
#216	West Virginia University		1 admitted				1
#216	University of Massachusetts Boston		1 admitted		1		2
#236	Western New England University		1 admitted				1
#249	Suffolk University				1		1
#249	Pace University		1 admitted				1
#249	University of Maine		4 admitted				4
#260	University of New England		1 admitted	1			2
#280	Old Dominion University				1		1
#342	Missouri State University	1 +					1
#361	University of Montana		1 admitted				1
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		1 admitted	1			2
	University of Maryland: College Park		1 admitted				1
	Penn State University Park		6 admitted				6

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	Total
	All schools	16	72	20	19	15
#2	Amherst College		1 admitted	1			2
#9	Carleton College			1			1
#9	Bowdoin College	1 +				1	2
#11	Wesleyan University	1 +	1 admitted	2		1	5
#11	Middlebury College	1 +	1 admitted				2
#16	Davidson College		1 admitted				1
#16	Vassar College			1			1
#16	Hamilton College	1 +	3 admitted	1	1		6
#21	Colgate University	1 +	1 admitted	1	1		4
#24	Bates College	1 +					1
#25	University of Richmond		3 admitted	1			4
#25	Colby College	1 +	1 admitted	4	1	1	8
#27	College of the Holy Cross	1 +	4 admitted		3	1	9
#30	Bucknell University	1 +	2 admitted		1		4
#30	Lafayette College		1 admitted				1
#33	Colorado College				1		1
#35	Franklin & Marshall College		1 admitted				1
#38	Skidmore College	1 +	3 admitted	1			5
#39	Trinity College	1 +	5 admitted	2	5	4	17
#39	Denison University		2 admitted				2
#39	Kenyon College		1 admitted		2		3
#45	Union College	1 +	7 admitted	2	3	2	15
#46	Furman University					1	1
#46	Dickinson College		1 admitted				1
#46	Connecticut College	1 +	4 admitted	1			6
#56	Rhodes College				1		1
#56	Wheaton College			1			1
#59	St. Lawrence University	1 +	3 admitted			1	5
#63	Gettysburg College		1 admitted				1
#70	Hobart and William Smith Colleges		3 admitted				3
#70	Muhlenberg College		1 admitted				1
#70	Kalamazoo College		1 admitted				1
#72	Bard College		1 admitted				1
#75	Lawrence University		1 admitted				1
#75	Wheaton College-Norton-MA		4 admitted	1			5
#86	Ursinus College		2 admitted				2
#86	Stonehill College		5 admitted			1	6
#89	Saint Anselm College	1 +	2 admitted			1	4
#100	Sarah Lawrence College		1 admitted				1
#116	Ohio Wesleyan University		2 admitted			1	3
#116	Saint Michael's College	1 +	1 admitted				2
	Oberlin College		1 admitted				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	Total
	All schools	0	3	0	0	0
#3	McGill University		1 admitted				1
#12	Dalhousie University		1 admitted				1
#16	Queen's University		1 admitted				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	Total
	All schools	1	0	0	0	0
#33	University of St. Andrews	1 +					1

Academics

AP

(17)

Biology	Calculus AB
Calculus BC	Chemistry
English Language and Composition	European History

Sports

(16)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Field Hockey
American Football	Golf

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(15)

Admissions Ambassadors	Art
American Discourse	Community Service
Debate	The Drumlin (Literary Magazine)

Arts

(6)

Performing	Play Production
Printmaking	3D Art
Art	Writing

Contact Info

http://www.dextersouthfield.org/

20 Newton St, Brookline, MA 02445

617-522-5544

spowers@dextersouthfield.org

Massachusetts

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: PreK-12

Urban

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1926

Campus Size: 36 acres

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling

Interview: Skype, On Campus

Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,ISEE,TOEFL

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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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Biology	Calculus AB
Calculus BC	Chemistry
English Language and Composition	European History
French Language and Culture	Latin
Spanish Language and Culture	Spanish Literature and Culture
Statistics	United States History
English Literature and Composition	Environmental Science
Computer Science A	Macroeconomics
Microeconomics

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Field Hockey
American Football	Golf
Ice Hockey	Lacrosse
Rowing	Soccer
Softball	Squash
Swimming	Tennis
Track and Field	Volleyball

Admissions Ambassadors	Art
American Discourse	Community Service
Debate	The Drumlin (Literary Magazine)
GAINS (Girls Advancing in Science)	Investment
Jam Band	LEAD (Diversity Leadership)
Model UN	Quiz Bowl
Rainbow Cafe (GSA)	SOC (Students of Color Affinity Group)
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