John Bapst School

A- 4.9 Maine, US

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Ranked #1 in northern New England by the Washington Post in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018, John Bapst School is a private, non-religious day and boarding school serving about 500 boys and girls in grades 9-12. Applicants are accepted into all four grades.
Featuring a caring school community in the small, safe city of Bangor (city population 33,000), John Bapst serves day students (90%) from 35 towns and cities in Maine and boarding students (10%) from foreign countries like China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and Vietnam.

John Bapst is accredited by the NEASC and is a member of NAIS, iTEP, TABS and Enrollment Management Association, formerly SSATB (Secondary SAT Board). The staff includes 49 teachers, 2 college counselors, and 10 on-campus houseparents. Headmaster Dr. Armistead is in his 16th year at John Bapst. In recent years, graduates have attended many Top 100 World Universities, including Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, MIT, McGill, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, UC-Berkley etc. Art and music graduates are studying at Pratt, Parsons, Fashion Technology Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, Berklee College of Music and Los Angeles College of Music. The school's strong technology program includes coding, cyber-security, robotics, and engineering. International students have captained teams in math, robotics, tennis, basketball, and chess. John Bapst has a strong AP program (25 courses taught on campus) and a culture that encourages students to join in American school life through drama, Model UN, Key Club (for community service), sports, and many other opportunities.

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Current School

Tuition

$52900

Enrollment

500

International Students

13%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

72%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:11

Endowment

$0.25 millions

Average SAT Score

1336

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Boarding %

13%

Matriculation

(2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#6	Stanford University	1 +
#13	Dartmouth College	1 +
#28	New York University	1 +
#28	Tufts University	1 +
#42	Boston University	1 +
#49	Northeastern University	1 +
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1 +
#59	University of Washington	1 +
#103	University of Arizona	1 +
	Arizona State University	1 +
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +
#117	University of Vermont	1 +
LAC #25	Bates College	1 +
LAC #30	Mount Holyoke College	1 +
#219	University of Maine	1 +
#234	Suffolk University	1 +
	Husson University	1 +
	Lasell College	1 +
	Maine Maritime Academy	1 +
	Saint Anselm College	1 +
	Salem State University	1 +
	University of Toronto	1 +

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2021	2020	2018-2019	Total
	All schools	15	59	75	28	48
#1	Princeton University		1 admitted	1			2
#3	Harvard College		1 admitted	1			2
#3	Stanford University	1 +	1 admitted		1	1 +	4
#6	University of Pennsylvania		1 admitted			1 +	2
#7	Duke University		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
#9	Johns Hopkins University		1 admitted		1		2
#9	Northwestern University		1 admitted				1
#9	Brown University		1 admitted			1 +	2
#12	Columbia University		1 admitted	1			2
#12	Cornell University		1 admitted				1
#15	University of California: Berkeley		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
#15	University of California: Los Angeles		1 admitted		1		2
#18	Vanderbilt University		1 admitted				1
#18	Dartmouth College	1 +	1 admitted			1 +	3
#22	Georgetown University		1 admitted				1
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		1 admitted				1
#24	University of Virginia		1 admitted			1 +	2
#24	Carnegie Mellon University					1 +	1
#24	Emory University		1 admitted				1
#24	Washington University in St. Louis		1 admitted	1			2
#28	University of California: Davis		1 admitted	2	1	1 +	5
#28	University of Florida		1 admitted			1 +	2
#28	University of California: San Diego		1 admitted	1	1		3
#28	University of Southern California		1 admitted		1		2
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology		1 admitted			1 +	2
#33	University of California: Irvine		1 admitted	1			2
#35	New York University	1 +	1 admitted	1	1	1 +	5
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison		1 admitted				1
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
#38	University of Texas at Austin		1 admitted			1 +	2
#39	Boston College		1 admitted			1 +	2
#40	Rutgers University		1 admitted			1 +	2
#40	University of Washington	1 +	1 admitted	1		1 +	4
#40	Tufts University	1 +	1 admitted	1			3
#43	Boston University	1 +	1 admitted	4	1	1 +	8
#47	Texas A&M University		1 admitted			1 +	2
#47	Wake Forest University					1 +	1
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		1 admitted	1			2
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign			2	1		3
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1 +	1 admitted		1		3
#51	Purdue University		1 admitted	1	1		3
#53	Case Western Reserve University		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
#53	Northeastern University	1 +	1 admitted	1		1 +	4
#53	Florida State University				1		1
#53	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities				1		1
#53	College of William and Mary		1 admitted				1
#58	SUNY University at Stony Brook		1 admitted				1
#58	University of Connecticut				1	1 +	2
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		1 admitted				1
#60	North Carolina State University			1		1 +	2
#60	Michigan State University		1 admitted		1		2
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst		1 admitted				1
#67	Syracuse University		1 admitted		1		2
#67	George Washington University		1 admitted				1
#67	Villanova University		1 admitted				1
#73	Indiana University Bloomington		1 admitted	1	1	1 +	4
#77	Brigham Young University					1 +	1
#82	University of Illinois at Chicago		1 admitted			1 +	2
#82	Worcester Polytechnic Institute		1 admitted	1		1 +	3
#86	New Jersey Institute of Technology				1		1
#89	University of South Florida				1		1
#89	Fordham University		1 admitted	2		1 +	4
#97	University of California: Santa Cruz				1		1
#98	Illinois Institute of Technology					1 +	1
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology	1 +		1		1 +	3
#105	San Diego State University					1 +	1
#105	Arizona State University	1 +					1
#105	University of Colorado Boulder		1 admitted	2		1 +	4
#105	American University		1 admitted			1 +	2
#115	University of Arizona	1 +			1	1 +	3
#115	University of New Hampshire			1	1	1 +	3
#124	University of Denver					1 +	1
#124	Fairfield University					1 +	1
#133	University of Vermont	1 +	1 admitted	4		1 +	7
#151	University of Rhode Island			1			1
#151	Simmons University				1		1
#163	Rowan University					1 +	1
#195	University of Louisville					1 +	1
#236	University of North Dakota					1 +	1
#249	University of Maine	1 +	1 admitted	24		1 +	27
#249	Suffolk University	1 +					1
#260	University of New England			2		1 +	3
#269	University of Nevada: Las Vegas					1 +	1
#280	California State University: East Bay					1 +	1
#361	Husson University	1 +	1 admitted	13		1 +	16
	Penn State University Park		1 admitted	1			2
	University of Maryland: College Park		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
	Liberty University			1			1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2021	2020	2018-2019	Total
	All schools	3	15	5	9	19
#2	Amherst College		1 admitted				1
#3	United States Naval Academy				1	1 +	2
#4	Wellesley College		1 admitted		1		2
#9	Bowdoin College		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
#11	Middlebury College		1 admitted				1
#11	United States Military Academy			1			1
#16	Vassar College		1 admitted				1
#16	Smith College		1 admitted	1		1 +	3
#24	Bates College	1 +	1 admitted				2
#25	Colby College		1 admitted				1
#27	College of the Holy Cross					1 +	1
#30	Bucknell University		1 admitted		1		2
#30	Bryn Mawr College					1 +	1
#33	Colorado College		1 admitted				1
#34	Mount Holyoke College	1 +	1 admitted		1		3
#38	Skidmore College				1	1 +	2
#39	Denison University				1		1
#45	Union College				1	1 +	2
#46	Dickinson College		1 admitted				1
#46	Connecticut College		1 admitted		1	1 +	3
#46	Furman University					1 +	1
#46	DePauw University		1 admitted				1
#56	Wheaton College					1 +	1
#59	Wofford College					1 +	1
#75	St. John's College			1		1 +	2
#86	Stonehill College					1 +	1
#89	Saint Anselm College	1 +		1		1 +	3
#100	Sarah Lawrence College					1 +	1
#100	Earlham College					1 +	1
#100	Augustana College					1 +	1
#124	Hollins University					1 +	1
#152	Emmanuel College-Boston-MA			1			1
#163	Gordon College					1 +	1
	Oberlin College		1 admitted				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2021	2020	2018-2019	Total
	All schools	1	4	5	0	0
#1	University of Toronto	1 +	1 admitted	3			5
#2	University of British Columbia		1 admitted				1
#3	McGill University		1 admitted	1			2
#5	University of Alberta			1			1
#12	Dalhousie University		1 admitted				1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2018-2022	2021	2020	2018-2019	Total
	All schools	0	2	0	0	0
#5	University of Edinburgh		1 admitted				1
#25	London School of Economics and Political Science		1 admitted				1

AP Scores

(2021)

Number of students took AP test

230

18%

23%

28%

Score 5

Score 4

Score 3

Other scores

Academics

AP

(26)

Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Chemistry	Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A	English Language and Composition

Calculus AB	Calculus BC
Chemistry	Comparative Government and Politics
Computer Science A	English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition	European History
French Language and Culture	Human Geography
Latin	Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics	Biology
Chinese Language and Culture	Macroeconomics
Psychology	United States History
Environmental Science	Studio Art: 2-D Design
Physics C: Mechanics	Music Theory
United States Government and Politics	Art History
Studio Art: 3-D Design	Studio Art: Drawing

Sports

(18)

Alpine Skiing	Baseball
Basketball	Cheerleading
Cross Country	Diving

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(35)

Art Club	Book Club
Chess Team	Chinese Club
Civil Rights Team	Coding club

Art Club	Book Club
Chess Team	Chinese Club
Civil Rights Team	Coding club
Cyber-Security Team	French Club
Gaming Club	Guitar Club
High School Quiz Show	Junior Classical League
Key Club	Knitting and Crocheting Club
Math Team	Media Lab
Model UN	National Honor Society
National History Day	Newspaper
Outing Club	Philosophy Club
Photography Club	Residential Life Council
Robotics Team	Science Club
Spanish Club	Student Ambassadors
Student Environmental Action Committee	Student Senate
Tai Chi Club	Technology Club
Tenor/Bass Ensemble	Yearbook
Youth in Government

Arts

(25)

Acting	Band
Jazz	Music Theory
Piano	Singing

School Link

Official website

Contact Info

http://www.johnbapst.org

100 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401

207-947-0313

ydeng@johnbapst.org

Maine

Basic Info

Co-ed

Boarding Grades: 9-12

Urban

ESL: Yes

Year Founded: 1928

Boarding Rate: 13%

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling

Interview: Skype, On Campus, International Admission Visits, Zoom, Wechat

Other Accepted Scores: IELTS, TOEFL, TOEFL Jr. iTEP, SSAT, Duolingo, Vericant

School Code:

TOEFL: B213

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Nearby City

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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Alpine Skiing	Baseball
Basketball	Cheerleading
Cross Country	Diving
Field Hockey	American Football
Golf	Ice Hockey
Lacrosse	Orienteering
Soccer	Softball
Swimming	Tennis
Track and Field	Wrestling

Acting	Band
Jazz	Music Theory
Piano	Singing
Ceramics	Digital Photography
Drawing	Painting
Sculpture	Studio Art
Chamber Orchestra	Choir
Drama	Art History
Film History	Illustration
Design