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  • 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
A-
Matriculation A
Academics B+
Extracurriculars B+
Community A
Reviews A-
Empowering students to achieve their fullest potential and live lives of purpose—this has been the core of Garrison Forest School since its founding in 1910. What was an innovative educational mission for girls at the turn of the 20th century remains so in the 21st century.

Throughout our history, our mission has been to prepare young women for a rewarding college experience and for a purposeful life well beyond. Guided by our motto, Esse Quam Videri—To Be Rather Than To Seem—Garrison Forest's curricular and co-curricular program balances exceedingly high standards within a welcoming, spirited atmosphere.

Located outside of Baltimore, the school's park-like campus offers collegiate-quality academic, athletic, arts and residential facilities. Our innovative partnership with The Johns Hopkins University, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, matches students with a Hopkins professor and lab to conduct research in science and engineering. Students may apply to be a Jenkins Fellow for an in-depth service learning project of their choice. Our new Equine and Veterinary Science program, expanded Robotics program, arts offerings, competitive interscholastic athletics (including riding and Polo at the national levels) and many clubs meet every interest, broaden horizons and provide leadership development. With Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York City and other Mid-Atlantic cities and states nearby, students enjoy a variety of weekend activities.

Here, students flourish intellectually and individually, find their voice, discover their passions and embrace their potential.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$73705
Enrollment
548
International Students
14%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
72%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:9
Endowment
$42 millions
AP
15
Average SAT Score
1220
Average ACT Score
26
Class Size
12
Boarding %
35

Matriculation

(2022)
Ranking University/College Students
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#22 Emory University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 2 +
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#29 Wake Forest University 1 +
#36 University of Rochester 1 +
#51 Villanova University 1 +
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 1 +
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 +
#77 Clemson University 2 +
#85 Washington College 1 +
#89 Elon University 2 +
#89 University of Delaware 1 +
LAC #18 University of Richmond 1 +
#97 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 +
#107 Randolph-Macon College 1 +
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 2 +
#121 Temple University 1 +
#137 University of Alabama 1 +
#137 University of Kentucky 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 2 +
#151 Florida International University 1 +
#151 San Diego State University 1 +
#151 University of Mississippi 2 +
#182 Belmont University 1 +
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#234 Georgia State University 1 +
Butler University 1 +
College of Charleston 1 +
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising: Los Angeles 1 +
Saint Joseph's University 1 +
Towson University 1 +
University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
University of Tampa 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2022 2021 2016-2018 2017 2014-2016 Total
All schools 33 34 71 56 31
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#3 Harvard College 1 + 1
#5 Yale University 1 + 1
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 +admitted 3 5
#7 Duke University 1 +admitted 1 2
#9 Brown University 1 + 1
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#12 University of Chicago 1 +admitted 1 2
#12 Columbia University 1 +admitted 1
#12 Cornell University 1 + 1 +admitted 2 4
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#15 University of California: Berkeley 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#17 Rice University 1 +admitted 1
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#20 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1
#21 University of Michigan 1 + 1
#22 Georgetown University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 4
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +admitted 1
#24 Emory University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 4
#24 University of Virginia 2 + 1 +admitted 1 4
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +admitted 1 2
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 +admitted 1
#28 University of Florida 1 +admitted 1
#28 University of Southern California 2 2
#28 University of California: Davis 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +admitted 1
#35 New York University 3 + 1 +admitted 1 + 2 7
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +admitted 1
#39 Boston College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#40 Rutgers University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#40 University of Washington 1 +admitted 1
#40 Tufts University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#41 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +admitted 1
#43 Boston University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 2 5
#47 Texas A&M University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#47 Lehigh University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#47 Penn State University Park 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#47 University of Rochester 1 + 1 +admitted 2
#47 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 5
#52 University of Texas at Austin 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#52 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +admitted 1
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#53 Northeastern University 1 + 1
#53 Florida State University 1 +admitted 1
#58 University of Connecticut 1 +admitted 1
#58 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 +admitted 1
#60 Brandeis University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#60 North Carolina State University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#60 Michigan State University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#61 Purdue University 1 +admitted 1 2
#67 Villanova University 1 + 1 + 2
#67 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 2
#67 Syracuse University 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 5
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#67 University of Miami 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +admitted 1
#73 Tulane University 1 +admitted 3 2 6
#76 University of Delaware 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 2 5
#76 Pepperdine University 1 +admitted 1
#82 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 +admitted 1
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#82 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 + 1
#86 Clemson University 2 + 2 + 1 +admitted 1 + 6
#89 University of South Florida 1 + 1
#89 Fordham University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#89 Temple University 1 + 2 + 3
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 3
#98 Drexel University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#98 Texas Christian University 2 + 1 +admitted 1 + 4
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +admitted 1
#105 American University 1 + 1 +admitted 2 1 5
#105 San Diego State University 1 + 1
#115 Howard University 1 + 1
#124 Florida International University 1 + 1
#124 University of Denver 1 +admitted 1
#124 University of South Carolina: Columbia 2 + 2 + 4
#133 University of Vermont 1 + 1 +admitted 1 3
#133 Elon University 2 + 1 + 3
#133 Miami University: Oxford 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 1 + 2
#142 Clark University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#142 Loyola University Chicago 1 +admitted 1
#151 Colorado State University 2 + 2
#159 University of Kentucky 1 + 1
#163 University of Mississippi 2 + 1 + 3
#170 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 1 + 1
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 1 + 1
#227 Georgia State University 1 + 1
#236 Belmont University 1 + 1
University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 + 1 +admitted 6 4 13
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2022 2021 2016-2018 2017 2014-2016 Total
All schools 7 14 30 23 10
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 + 2
#4 Wellesley College 1 + 1 + 2
#4 Swarthmore College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#4 Pomona College 1 +admitted 1 2
#9 Bowdoin College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#11 Grinnell College 1 +admitted 1
#11 Wesleyan University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#16 Smith College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#16 Vassar College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#16 Davidson College 1 +admitted 1
#16 Hamilton College 1 +admitted 1
#21 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 3
#21 Colgate University 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#21 Haverford College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#23 Oberlin College 1 +admitted 1
#25 University of Richmond 1 + 2 + 3
#25 Colby College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#27 Macalester College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1
#30 Lafayette College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 +admitted 1 + 1 3
#30 Bucknell University 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#33 Colorado College 1 +admitted 1 + 2 4
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#35 Occidental College 1 + 1
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#38 Union College 1 +admitted 1
#39 Trinity College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 1 4
#39 Denison University 1 + 1
#39 Spelman College 2 + 2
#39 Kenyon College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#39 Pitzer College 1 +admitted 1
#46 Dickinson College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 3
#46 Connecticut College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#51 The University of the South 1 + 1
#51 Centre College 1 +admitted 1
#63 Gettysburg College 1 + 1 +admitted 1 3
#72 Bard College 1 + 1
#93 Drew University 1 + 1
#93 Washington College 1 + 1
#107 Randolph-Macon College 1 + 1

AP Scores

(2021)
Number of students took AP test
78
Number of tests taken
182
10%
18%
27%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(15)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
Spanish Language and Culture
French Language and Culture
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Environmental Science
Spanish Language and Culture
French Language and Culture
Psychology
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
Latin
United States History
Chinese Language and Culture
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Statistics
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Sports

(11)
Badminton
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Lacrosse
Badminton
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Squash
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(29)
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE(ASL)
ART
ASIAN STUDENT ALLIANCE(ASA)
BOOK CLUB
BLACK STUDENT ALLIANCE (BSA)
DEBATE
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE(ASL)
ART
ASIAN STUDENT ALLIANCE(ASA)
BOOK CLUB
BLACK STUDENT ALLIANCE (BSA)
DEBATE
GIRLS ADVANCINGIN STEM (GAINS)
GIRL UP
GREEN CLUB
HISTORY CLUB
JEWISH STUDENT ALLIANCE(JSA)
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
MENTAL HEALTH CLUB
ONE LOVE
PAW PRINT
PHOTOGRAPHY
POLITICS
PSYCHOLOGY
SCIENCE BEHIND COOKING
SCIENCE HURRICANE
STUDENT DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL(SDLC)
SERVICE LEAGUE
SPECTRUM
STUDENTS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING
TEENS AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S
MOCK TRIAL
MODEL UN
YEARBOOK
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Arts

(19)
Acting
Chamber Choir
Dance
Directing
Music
Music Theory
Acting
Chamber Choir
Dance
Directing
Music
Music Theory
Playwriting
Theater
2D Design
3D Design
Art History
Color
Digital Photography
Drawing
Graphic Design
Painting
Portfolio
Woodworking
Tech Theater
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Contact Info

http://www.gfs.org
300 Garrison Forest Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117
410-559-3111
admission@gfs.org
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Basic Info

All-girls
Boarding Grades: 8-12
Urban
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1910
Campus Size: 110 acres
Boarding Rate: 35%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/05
Interview: Skype, On Campus, Others, Zoom
Pre Interview: school.preitv_Recommend Vericant
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
TOEFL: 5267
SSAT: 3358
ISEE: 210580

Frequently Ask Questions about Garrison Forest School

Tell me a bit about Garrison Forest School.
Garrison Forest School is All-girls private boarding school located in Maryland, US. It was founded 1910 , and currently has about 548 students, 14.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.gfs.org.
Does Garrison Forest School have rigorous academic requirements?
Garrison Forest School is offering 15 AP courses.

In recent years, 18 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Garrison Forest School also have 72% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Garrison Forest School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2022, some students attended Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Cornell University, University of California: Los Angeles and Emory University.
What is the application requirement for Garrison Forest School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Garrison Forest 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 Garrison Forest School’s All-girls student?
The total fee for Garrison Forest School in 2024 is $73,705 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 admission@gfs.org .
Where is Garrison Forest School located?
Garrison Forest School is located in the State of Maryland of USA. The closest major city is Baltimore, which is about 10 miles away from school. Most families can choose Baltimore-Washington International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Garrison Forest School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Garrison Forest School is among the most popular schools, within top 89 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Garrison Forest School has been favorited by 304 users.
How to start with an application with Garrison Forest School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Garrison Forest School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Garrison Forest School’s official site: http://www.gfs.org or call them at 410-559-3111.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Garrison Forest School?
Yes, here are few: St. Timothy's School, The Boys' Latin School Of Maryland and Oldfields School.

The closest major city is Baltimore. You can find out more schools near Baltimore here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Garrison Forest School?
The overall rating for Garrison Forest School is A-.

The section ratings of Garrison Forest School are:
A for Matriculation
B+ for Academics
B+ for Extracurriculum
A for Community
A- for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is a historic city in Maryland, known for its significant role as a major seaport. Located at the mouth of the Inner Harbor, the city is home to Fort McHenry, where the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," was penned. The Inner Harbor today features a vibrant mix of shops, seafood restaurants, and attractions like the USS Constellation, a Civil War-era warship, and the National Aquarium, which hosts a diverse array of marine life. Baltimore’s rich cultural and maritime heritage continues to attract visitors year-round.
Population (2022) 636,919
Cost of Living Higher than average 9%
Nearby Airport Baltimore-Washington International Airport
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