Dunn School

B+ 4.5 California, US

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Ranking Basis

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Weight Distribution: We gathered feedback from thousands of families and consulted over 50 industry experts to create ranking weights tailored to the needs of Asian students.

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 B

Community B

Reviews A-

Dunn is located 28 miles northeast of Santa Barbara, California, in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley. The philosophy of Dunn School is based on the conviction that the depth and quality of the relationship between students and teachers is central to the process of education. Our academic curriculum offers AP courses in thirteen subject areas. The personal and social growth of each student is enhanced by our exceptional fine and performing arts programs, co-curricular athletics, and outdoor education. All Dunn graduates are prepared for the college of their choice.

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Average

Current School

Tuition

$78700

Enrollment

239

International Students

0.18%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

63%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:5

Endowment

$13 millions

Average SAT Score

1210

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Boarding %

0.49

Matriculation

(2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#20	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +
#28	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +
#34	University of California: San Diego	1 +
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1 +
#42	Case Western Reserve University	1 +
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +
#49	Northeastern University	1 +
#49	Pepperdine University	1 +
#49	Purdue University	1 +
#57	Penn State University Park	1 +
#59	Syracuse University	1 +
#59	University of Washington	1 +
#63	University of Connecticut	1 +
#75	Loyola Marymount University	1 +
#79	American University	1 +
#85	University of Puget Sound	1 +
#93	University of San Diego	1 +
#99	University of Oregon	1 +
#103	Drexel University	1 +
#103	Loyola University Chicago	1 +
#103	University of Arizona	1 +
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +
#103	University of San Francisco	1 +
#104	University of California: Merced	1 +
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +
	Arizona State University	1 +
#122	Chapman University	1 +
#127	Seattle University	1 +
#130	Eckerd College	1 +
#151	University of Mississippi	1 +
#162	Oregon State University	1 +
#166	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1 +
#166	Xavier University	1 +
#263	Montana State University	1 +
	California Lutheran University	1 +
	California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo	1 +
	California State University: Northridge	1 +
	College of Charleston	1 +
	Cuesta College	1 +
	Emerson College	1 +
	Foothill College	1 +
	Hawaii Pacific University	1 +
	Saint Mary's College of California	1 +
	Santa Barbara City College	1 +
	University of Redlands	1 +
	University of St. Andrews	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2020	2014-2016	2013-2014	Total
	All schools	32	85	185	23	11
#9	Brown University				1 +admitted		1
#9	Johns Hopkins University			1 +			1
#12	Columbia University		1	1 +			2
#12	Cornell University				1 +admitted	1 +	2
#15	University of California: Berkeley		2	1 +	1 +admitted		4
#15	University of California: Los Angeles	1 +	5	5 +	1 +admitted		12
#17	Rice University		1				1
#21	University of Michigan		2	1 +	1 +admitted		4
#24	Emory University				1 +admitted	1 +	2
#24	University of Virginia			1 +			1
#28	University of California: Davis			5 +			5
#28	University of California: San Diego	1 +	1	5 +	1 +admitted		8
#28	University of Southern California		3	5 +			8
#33	University of California: Irvine		3	5 +	1 +admitted		9
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara	1 +	1	5 +			7
#35	New York University		1	1 +	1 +admitted		3
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1 +	1	1 +			3
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1 +					1
#39	Boston College			1 +	1 +admitted		2
#40	Rutgers University			1 +			1
#40	University of Washington	1 +	2	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	6
#43	Boston University		2	5 +		1 +	8
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign			1 +	1 +admitted		2
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University			1 +			1
#47	University of Rochester			1 +			1
#49	Purdue University	1 +	1	1 +			3
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus			1 +			1
#53	Northeastern University	1 +	6	5 +	1 +admitted	1 +	14
#53	Case Western Reserve University	1 +		1 +			2
#53	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities			1 +			1
#57	Penn State University Park	1 +		1 +	1 +admitted		3
#58	SUNY University at Stony Brook			1 +			1
#58	University of Connecticut	1 +		1 +			2
#60	Brandeis University			1 +			1
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute				1 +admitted	1 +	2
#60	Michigan State University			1 +			1
#60	Santa Clara University			1 +			1
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst			1 +			1
#67	University of Miami		2	1 +			3
#67	George Washington University		1	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	4
#67	University of Pittsburgh			1 +			1
#67	Villanova University			1 +			1
#67	Syracuse University	1 +	2	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	6
#73	SUNY University at Binghamton			1 +			1
#73	Tulane University			1 +			1
#73	Indiana University Bloomington		2	1 +	1 +admitted		4
#76	Pepperdine University	1 +	3	5 +			9
#76	Colorado School of Mines			1 +			1
#76	SUNY University at Buffalo		1				1
#86	Marquette University			1 +			1
#86	Clemson University		1	1 +			2
#89	Fordham University		1	5 +	1 +admitted	1 +	8
#93	Loyola Marymount University	1 +	3	5 +			9
#93	Gonzaga University			1 +			1
#93	Baylor University			1 +			1
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology		4	1 +			5
#98	University of Oregon	1 +	3	5 +			9
#98	Drexel University	1 +		5 +	1 +admitted		7
#98	University of San Diego	1 +	1	5 +			7
#103	University of California: Santa Cruz	1 +		5 +	1 +admitted		7
#104	University of California: Merced	1 +					1
#105	San Diego State University			1 +			1
#105	George Mason University			1 +			1
#105	American University	1 +					1
#105	California State University: Long Beach			1 +			1
#105	Arizona State University	1 +	1	5 +			7
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1 +	3	5 +	1 +admitted		10
#115	University of Arizona	1 +	1				2
#115	University of San Francisco	1 +	1	5 +			7
#124	University of Denver		1	5 +		1 +	7
#133	University of Vermont				1 +admitted	1 +	2
#133	Elon University			1 +			1
#133	Chapman University	1 +	5	5 +			11
#133	Miami University: Oxford			1 +			1
#137	University of Alabama			1 +			1
#142	Clarkson University			1 +			1
#142	Loyola University Chicago	1 +					1
#142	Oregon State University	1 +					1
#142	University of the Pacific			1 +			1
#142	Clark University			1 +			1
#151	Michigan Technological University			1 +			1
#151	Colorado State University			5 +			5
#151	DePaul University		1	1 +			2
#163	University of Mississippi	1 +		1 +			2
#163	Seattle University	1 +		5 +			6
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1 +	1	1 +			3
#170	Kansas State University		1	1 +			2
#178	San Francisco State University			1 +			1
#178	Washington State University			1 +			1
#185	University of Idaho		1	1 +			2
#185	Oklahoma State University		3	1 +			4
#201	Xavier University	1 +					1
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts		4	5 +			9
#209	Illinois State University			1 +			1
#216	Texas Tech University			1 +			1
#216	University of Wyoming		1	1 +			2
#216	University of Massachusetts Boston			1 +			1
#236	University of North Dakota			1 +			1
#236	Azusa Pacific University			1 +			1
#236	Belmont University		1	1 +			2
#249	Pace University			1 +			1
#260	Regis University		1				1
#269	Florida Institute of Technology			1 +			1
#303	Montana State University	1 +	1	1 +			3
#332	Boise State University			1 +			1
#342	Lesley University			1 +			1
	Idaho State University			1 +			1
	University of California: Riverside		2	1 +			3

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2020	2014-2016	2013-2014	Total
	All schools	2	29	40	5	3
#4	Pomona College		2	1 +			3
#4	Wellesley College		1	1 +			2
#9	Bowdoin College				1 +admitted		1
#11	Wesleyan University		1	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	4
#11	Barnard College		1	1 +			2
#11	Grinnell College			1 +			1
#16	Vassar College			1 +			1
#16	Hamilton College			1 +			1
#16	Smith College		1	1 +			2
#21	Haverford College			1 +			1
#25	University of Richmond		1				1
#27	Macalester College		1				1
#30	Lafayette College			1 +			1
#30	Bucknell University			1 +	1 +admitted		2
#33	Colorado College				1 +admitted		1
#34	Mount Holyoke College		2	1 +			3
#35	Occidental College		1				1
#35	Scripps College		1				1
#38	Skidmore College			1 +			1
#39	Kenyon College			1 +			1
#39	Denison University			1 +			1
#39	Trinity College		1	1 +			2
#46	Dickinson College			1 +			1
#46	Whitman College		1	1 +	1 +admitted	1 +	4
#46	DePauw University		1	1 +			2
#46	Connecticut College			1 +			1
#51	The University of the South		2				2
#56	Rhodes College			1 +			1
#67	Reed College			1 +			1
#70	Muhlenberg College		1				1
#72	Bard College		2	5 +		1 +	8
#75	St. John's College		1	1 +			2
#75	Lawrence University		1				1
#75	Willamette University		1				1
#75	Wheaton College-Norton-MA		1	1 +			2
#86	Beloit College			1 +			1
#89	Southwestern University			1 +			1
#89	University of Puget Sound	1 +		1 +			2
#93	Lewis & Clark College		1	1 +			2
#93	Drew University		1	1 +			2
#107	Westmont College			1 +			1
#116	Cornell College			1 +			1
#124	Hollins University		1				1
#124	Albion College			1 +			1
#130	Eckerd College	1 +	1	1 +			3
#139	Hampshire College			1 +			1
	Oberlin College		1	1 +			2

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2020	2014-2016	2013-2014	Total
	All schools	0	1	0	0	0
#1	University of Toronto		1				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2018-2020	2014-2016	2013-2014	Total
	All schools	1	1	0	0	0
#33	University of St. Andrews	1 +	1				2

Academics

Sports

(11)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Dance
Mountain Biking	Soccer

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(18)

Amnesty International Club	Ballet
Cooking Club	Economics Club
School Newspaper	Student Government

Arts

(7)

Acting	Guitar
Jazz	Vocal
Ceramics	Photography

School Link

Official website

Contact Info

http://www.dunnschool.org

2555 West Highway 154, Los Olivos, California, 93441

805-686-0650

admissions@dunnschool.org

California

Basic Info

Co-ed

Boarding Grades: 9-12

Rural

ESL: No

Year Founded: 1957

Campus Size: 65 acres

Boarding Rate: 0%

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01

Interview: On Campus, Zoom

School Code:

TOEFL: 8147

SSAT: 2914

ISEE: 51863

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Nearby City

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, commonly known as L.A., is the largest city in California and the second most populous in the U.S. It serves as the commercial, financial, and cultural hub of Southern California. With a population of around 3.9 million as of 2020, L.A. is famous for its Mediterranean climate, diverse population, and as the epicenter of the entertainment industry, particularly Hollywood. The city also offers a rich mix of cultural landmarks, including world-class museums, beaches, and a dynamic food scene, making it a global metropolis.

Population (2022) 3,833,995

Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

Nearby Airport Los Angeles International Airport

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Amnesty International Club	Ballet
Cooking Club	Economics Club
School Newspaper	Student Government
Swimming	The Academy (book group)
Yoga	Diversity Club
Badminton Club	Climbing Club
Community Service Club	Debate Club
Film Club	Interact Club
Mahjong Club	Young Life