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School Overview

Data & methodology
Overall
B
Matriculation B+
Academics B+
Extracurriculars B+
Community B+
Reviews B-
Key School engages children from 2.5 years of age through grade 12 in a progressive, coeducational, college-preparatory program on its picturesque 15-acre campus, located 4 miles from downtown Annapolis.Key is renowned for its rigorous academic program which emphasizes inquiry-based learning, interdisciplinary studies, and a global perspective while building the habits of grit, tenacity, and resourcefulness.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$35220
Enrollment
650
International Students
4.5%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
71%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:6
Endowment
$15 millions
AP
13
Average SAT Score
1255
Average ACT Score
27
Class Size
16

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2019-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
#3 Stanford University 1
LAC #1 Williams College 1
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1
#7 University of Pennsylvania 3
#10 Duke University 1
#12 Dartmouth College 2
#13 Brown University 2
#13 Vanderbilt University 3
#17 Cornell University 4
#18 Columbia University 1
#20 University of California: Berkeley 5
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 2
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 2
#22 Georgetown University 1
#25 New York University 1
#25 University of Virginia 3
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 2
#34 University of California: San Diego 1
#36 Boston College 1
#36 University of Rochester 1
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3
#41 Boston University 2
#44 Brandeis University 3
#44 Case Western Reserve University 2
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1
#51 Lehigh University 1
#51 Purdue University 2
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#51 Spelman College 3
#51 Villanova University 1
#55 Pepperdine University 1
LAC #11 Middlebury College 1
#62 George Washington University 3
#62 Syracuse University 8
#62 University of Pittsburgh 4
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 3
#68 Kalamazoo College 1
#68 St. Lawrence University 2
#72 American University 3
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1
LAC #15 Davidson College 2
LAC #15 Hamilton College 2
#76 Willamette University 1
#77 Michigan State University 4
#85 Washington College 3
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1
#89 Elon University 1
#89 Howard University 2
#89 St. Mary's College of Maryland 5
#89 Ursinus College 1
LAC #18 Barnard College 1
LAC #18 Colgate University 2
LAC #18 Haverford College 2
LAC #18 University of Richmond 2
#94 Hampden-Sydney College 1
#105 Drexel University 4
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 3
#105 University of Arizona 2
#105 University of Denver 1
#105 University of Oregon 1
#111 Goucher College 2
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1
LAC #24 Colby College 2
#121 Temple University 1
#121 University of Vermont 2
LAC #25 Bates College 1
#130 Eckerd College 2
#137 DePaul University 1
#137 University of Alabama 1
#137 University of Kentucky 1
#149 University of Mary Washington 1
#151 Colorado State University 1
#151 Gordon College 1
#151 James Madison University 1
#151 San Diego State University 1
#151 University of Mississippi 1
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College 2
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1
LAC #33 Scripps College 1
#176 Catholic University of America 1
LAC #36 Mount Holyoke College 1
#182 Belmont University 2
LAC #37 Bucknell University 4
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1
#219 Sacred Heart University 1
#219 University of Maine 1
#219 Widener University 1
#234 Pace University 1
LAC #51 Dickinson College 3
LAC #55 Connecticut College 2
LAC #60 Bard College 2
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1
Anne Arundel Community College 5
baruch college of the city university of new york 1
College of Charleston 4
College of William and Mary 3
Columbia College Chicago 1
Franklin & Marshall College 3
Frostburg State University 1
Full Sail University 1
Howard Community College 1
Ithaca College 1
Liberty University 1
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College 1
Loyola University Maryland 4
Manhattan College 1
McGill University 1
Miami University: Middletown 1
Parsons The New School for Design 1
Penn State University Park 2
Pratt Institute 3
Providence College 2
Rutgers University 1
Saint Joseph's University 1
Salisbury University 5
Savannah College of Art and Design 4
St. John's College 2
Towson University 3
Union College 2
University of Colorado Boulder 3
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1
University of Lincoln 1
University of Maryland: Baltimore County 4
University of Maryland: College Park 7
University of Maryland: Eastern Shore 1
University of South Alabama 1
University of St. Andrews 1
University of Tampa 1
Waynesburg University 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2013-2019 2018 2011-2016 Total
All schools 118 206 71 23 118
#1 Princeton University 1 1 2
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 2
#2 Harvard College 1 1
#2 Columbia University 1 1 2 1 5 10
#5 Yale University 3 3
#6 Stanford University 1 1 1 3
#6 University of Chicago 2 2
#8 University of Pennsylvania 3 3 6
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 3 3 2 3 12
#9 Northwestern University 2 2
#9 Duke University 1 1 4 1 7
#13 Dartmouth College 2 2 1 5
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 5 5
#14 Brown University 2 2 3 4 11
#14 Vanderbilt University 3 1 4
#17 Cornell University 4 4 1 1 10
#17 Rice University 1 1
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 2 2 4
#21 Emory University 1 1
#22 University of California: Berkeley 5 5 10
#23 University of Michigan 1 1 2 4
#23 Georgetown University 1 1 3 2 7
#25 University of Virginia 3 1 4
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 2 1 3
#28 New York University 1 1 2 6 10
#28 Wake Forest University 1 1
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 2
#28 University of Florida 2 2
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 1
#28 Tufts University 1 1 2 4
#34 University of Rochester 1 4 5
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 1 2
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 1
#36 Boston College 1 2 2 1 2 8
#38 University of California: Davis 2 2
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 1 2 4
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 3 1 7
#42 Tulane University 3 1 4
#42 Case Western Reserve University 2 1 3 3 9
#42 Brandeis University 3 3 6
#42 Boston University 2 2 4 4 12
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 1 1 3
#48 University of Georgia 3 1 4
#49 Northeastern University 3 1 4
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 4 4
#49 Purdue University 2 1 3
#49 Lehigh University 1 1 2 1 5
#49 Pepperdine University 1 1 1 3
#49 Villanova University 1 1 2
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 2
#55 University of Miami 4 1 1 6
#55 Florida State University 1 1 2
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 7 1 5 19 32
#59 University of Washington 3 3
#59 Syracuse University 8 8 16
#62 University of Pittsburgh 4 1 1 6
#63 George Washington University 3 3 6 1 6 19
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2 2
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1
#68 Fordham University 1 3 1 2 7
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 2 1 3
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 6 6
#68 Southern Methodist University 2 2
#75 Baylor University 1 1
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 3 3 6
#75 Clemson University 1 5 1 3 10
#79 American University 3 4 12 1 10 30
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 3 3
#83 Colorado School of Mines 1 1 1 3
#83 Michigan State University 4 2 1 7
#83 Elon University 1 1 4 6
#83 SUNY University at Binghamton 2 2
#83 Howard University 2 2 4
#93 University of Denver 1 11 1 3 16
#93 University of Delaware 5 4 9
#93 SUNY University at Stony Brook 1 1
#99 Auburn University 1 1
#99 University of Oregon 1 1 2
#103 Drexel University 4 4 2 1 3 14
#103 Miami University: Oxford 2 2
#103 Clark University 1 1
#103 Temple University 1 2 3
#103 Loyola University Chicago 1 1
#103 University of San Francisco 1 1
#103 University of Arizona 2 2 4
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 2 2
#103 University of South Florida 1 1
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 3 3 6
#117 Arizona State University 1 1
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 1 2
#117 University of Vermont 2 1 7 10
#127 DePaul University 1 1 2
#127 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Newark Campus 1 1
#127 Seton Hall University 2 2
#127 University of Kentucky 1 1 2
#127 Clarkson University 1 1
#136 University of New Hampshire 2 2
#136 Catholic University of America 1 5 2 8
#148 San Diego State University 1 1 2
#148 Duquesne University 1 1
#148 University of Alabama 1 1 2
#148 University of Cincinnati 1 1
#162 Oregon State University 1 1
#172 SUNY University at Albany 1 1
College of William and Mary 3 1 4 1 9
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 1
Rutgers University 1 1 2
Penn State University Park 2 3 2 2 9
University of Colorado Boulder 3 1 1 5
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2013-2019 2018 2011-2016 Total
All schools 44 78 44 9 43
#1 Williams College 1 1 2
#2 Amherst College 1 1
#3 Swarthmore College 2 1 3
#4 Pomona College 1 1
#5 Wellesley College 1 1
#6 Bowdoin College 1 1 1 1 4
#6 United States Naval Academy 2 3 1 6
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 1
#9 Carleton College 1 2 3
#9 Middlebury College 1 2 2 3 8
#13 Hamilton College 2 1 3 6
#13 Davidson College 2 3 2 1 8
#16 Haverford College 2 1 2 5
#17 Wesleyan University 3 3
#17 Barnard College 1 1 2 2 6
#17 Smith College 2 3 5
#17 Colgate University 2 2 1 5
#17 Colby College 2 3 5
#22 Vassar College 3 1 4
#22 University of Richmond 2 2 4
#25 Bates College 1 1 2 1 5
#26 Colorado College 2 3 2 1 8
#27 Macalester College 1 1 1 3
#30 Scripps College 1 1 2
#30 Kenyon College 3 4 7
#30 Bryn Mawr College 2 2 2 2 8
#30 Mount Holyoke College 1 1 1 1 4
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 1 2
#35 Pitzer College 1 1 1 3
#38 Lafayette College 1 1 2
#38 Bucknell University 4 2 1 7
#38 Skidmore College 1 1 2
#42 Occidental College 4 1 5
#42 Denison University 2 2
#46 Furman University 1 1
#46 Trinity College 2 1 3
#50 Connecticut College 2 5 1 1 9
#50 The University of the South 1 1 2
#50 Dickinson College 3 4 7 1 4 19
#54 Gettysburg College 1 3 1 5
#62 Bard College 2 2 4 4 12
Oberlin College 6 3 9
Franklin & Marshall College 3 4 4 2 2 15
Union College 2 2

AP Scores

(2023)
Number of students took AP test
24
Number of tests taken
40
21%
46%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(13)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
Latin
Physics 1
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Studio Art: Drawing
United States History
Spanish Literature and Culture
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Sports

(12)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Equestrain
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Equestrain
Field Hockey
Lacrosse
Sailing
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(20)
Chorus
Environmental Awareness
Investment Club
Jazz Band
LGBTQ+ Alliance
Maker Space Math Team
Chorus
Environmental Awareness
Investment Club
Jazz Band
LGBTQ+ Alliance
Maker Space Math Team
Mock Trial
Model Congress
Model United Nations
Peer Tutoring
Robotics
Students Against Destructive Decisions
Spark
student newspaper
Students for Social Change
Writing Seminar
Zenith
literary magazine
Yearbook
Yoga
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Arts

(14)
Acting
Chamber Choir
Chorus
Dance
Jazz
Music
Acting
Chamber Choir
Chorus
Dance
Jazz
Music
Music Theory
Performing
Playwriting
Theater
Theater Design
Digital Art
Digital Photography
Digital Video
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: PreK-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1958
Campus Size: 15 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
SSAT: 4355
ISEE: 210013
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Frequently Ask Questions about Key School-MD

Tell me a bit about Key School-MD.
Key School-MD is Co-ed private day school located in Maryland, US. It was founded 1958 , and currently has about 650 students, 4.50% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.keyschool.org.
Does Key School-MD have rigorous academic requirements?
Key School-MD is offering 13 AP courses.

In recent years, 46 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Key School-MD also have 71% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Key School-MD students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 6.18% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 16% go to top 25, and about 4.73% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Key School-MD?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Key School-MD’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Key School-MD’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Key School-MD in 2024 is $35,220 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 admontgomery@keyschool.org .
Where is Key School-MD located?
Key School-MD is located in the State of Maryland of USA.
How popular is Key School-MD on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Key School-MD is within top 800 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Key School-MD has been favorited by 7 users.
How to start with an application with Key School-MD?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Key School-MD. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Key School-MD’s official site: http://www.keyschool.org or call them at 410-263-9231.
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What is the FindingSchool rating for Key School-MD?
The overall rating for Key School-MD is B.

The section ratings of Key School-MD are:
B+ for Matriculation
B+ for Academics
B+ for Extracurriculum
B+ for Community
B- for Students and Parents reviews

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