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Matriculation A-
Academics A
Extracurriculars A
Community B
Reviews A-
Strong in STEM & Research College level math courses Unique Filmmaking Program Highly Competitive Athletics
Since 1905, McCallie has offered a premiere college preparatory boarding program for boys in grades 9-12. The student-administered honor code governs a community where academics and character are of equal importance. McCallie features over 40 student-centered organizations and an outstanding array of extra-curricular activities that include nationally recognized programs in athletics, the arts, and community service. McCallie also offers a coordinated program with Girls Preparatory School.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$72640
Enrollment
992
International Students
19%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
88%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:8
Endowment
$166 millions
AP
18
Average SAT Score
1270
Average ACT Score
26.5
Class Size
15
Boarding %
45

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2020)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
#2 Harvard College 1 +
#3 Columbia University 1 +
#4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#4 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 Stanford University 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#9 Northwestern University 1 +
#12 Duke University 1 +
#14 Brown University 1 +
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#16 Rice University 1 +
#16 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#18 Cornell University 1 +
LAC #4 Pomona College 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#23 Georgetown University 1 +
#24 University of Southern California 1 +
#26 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#26 University of Virginia 1 +
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1 +
#30 New York University 1 +
#30 Tufts University 1 +
#30 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#30 University of Florida 1 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#35 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#35 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#39 University of California: Davis 1 +
#40 College of William and Mary 1 +
#41 Tulane University 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Brandeis University 1 +
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
LAC #9 Middlebury College 1 +
LAC #9 Washington and Lee University 1 +
#47 University of Georgia 1 +
#48 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#49 Lehigh University 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 University of Miami 1 +
#53 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
#53 Purdue University 1 +
#55 Rhodes College 1 +
#55 Wabash College 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
#58 Syracuse University 1 +
#58 University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
#58 University of Washington 1 +
#63 Lawrence University 1 +
#66 Fordham University 1 +
#66 George Washington University 1 +
#66 Southern Methodist University 1 +
#66 Texas A&M University 1 +
#66 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 +
#70 Virginia Military Institute 1 +
#70 Wofford College 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#74 Clemson University 1 +
LAC #15 Davidson College 1 +
#76 Allegheny College 1 +
#76 American University 1 +
#76 Baylor University 1 +
#76 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#80 Howard University 1 +
#80 North Carolina State University 1 +
#80 Texas Christian University 1 +
#80 University of Denver 1 +
#85 Lake Forest College 1 +
#88 Elon University 1 +
#94 Hampden-Sydney College 1 +
#94 Lewis & Clark College 1 +
Auburn University 1 +
#100 Cornell College 1 +
LAC #20 Colgate University 1 +
#102 Transylvania University 1 +
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 +
#103 Temple University 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
#104 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 +
LAC #22 Bates College 1 +
LAC #22 University of Richmond 1 +
#112 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
#118 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
#120 Roanoke College 1 +
#124 Westmont College 1 +
LAC #25 Colorado College 1 +
#130 Eckerd College 1 +
#133 Drexel University 1 +
#133 University of Dayton 1 +
#133 University of Kentucky 1 +
#137 University of Alabama 1 +
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 +
#137 University of Central Florida 1 +
LAC #28 United States Air Force Academy 1 +
#143 Samford University 1 +
#147 Covenant College 1 +
#147 Wittenberg University 1 +
#151 Colorado State University 1 +
#151 Florida International University 1 +
#151 James Madison University 1 +
#151 University of Mississippi 1 +
#153 Oregon State University 1 +
#166 Hofstra University 1 +
#166 Mercer University 1 +
LAC #34 Bucknell University 1 +
#176 University of Arkansas 1 +
LAC #36 Oberlin College 1 +
LAC #36 Pitzer College 1 +
#182 Belmont University 1 +
#182 University of Louisville 1 +
#194 Mississippi State University 1 +
LAC #40 Lafayette College 1 +
#202 Florida Institute of Technology 1 +
#202 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1 +
#202 University of Wyoming 1 +
#212 Ball State University 1 +
#212 Lipscomb University 1 +
#219 Hampton University 1 +
#219 Nova Southeastern University 1 +
#219 Texas Tech University 1 +
#219 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1 +
LAC #44 Denison University 1 +
LAC #44 Trinity College 1 +
#234 East Carolina University 1 +
#234 Georgia State University 1 +
#234 Suffolk University 1 +
#234 West Virginia University 1 +
LAC #47 The University of the South 1 +
LAC #47 Whitman College 1 +
LAC #52 Furman University 1 +
#263 Montana State University 1 +
#263 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1 +
#263 Western Carolina University 1 +
LAC #55 Centre College 1 +
#285 University of Montana 1 +
#299 Middle Tennessee State University 1 +
#299 Old Dominion University 1 +
#317 East Tennessee State University 1 +
#317 Northern Arizona University 1 +
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The Citadel 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020 2019 2015-2018 2016 2015 Total
All schools 74 35 53 36 21
#1 Princeton University 1 + 2 1 + 1 + 1 + 6
#2 Harvard College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#3 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#4 Yale University 1 + 3 1 + 1 + 6
#4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 Stanford University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#12 Duke University 1 + 2 1 + 1 + 5
#12 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 + 2
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 2 1 + 1 + 5
#16 Rice University 1 + 1
#16 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#18 Cornell University 1 + 1 2
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#23 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1
#23 Georgetown University 1 + 1
#24 University of Southern California 1 + 2 1 + 4
#26 University of Virginia 1 + 3 1 + 5
#26 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 + 2
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 2 1 + 1 + 5
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#30 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 1 + 3
#30 University of Florida 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#30 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#30 New York University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#35 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 1 + 3
#35 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 3 1 + 1 + 1 + 7
#39 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 + 2
#40 College of William and Mary 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#41 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#41 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#42 Boston University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 + 2
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 + 2
#47 University of Georgia 1 + 3 1 + 1 + 6
#48 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#49 University of Miami 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#53 Purdue University 1 + 1 + 2
#53 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1 + 2
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#58 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#58 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#58 Syracuse University 1 + 1 + 2
#66 Texas A&M University 1 + 1 + 2
#66 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#66 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#66 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1
#66 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 2
#74 Clemson University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#76 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 + 2
#76 Baylor University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#76 American University 1 + 1 + 2
#80 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 + 2
#80 University of Denver 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#80 North Carolina State University 1 + 1 + 2
#80 Howard University 1 + 1
#88 Elon University 1 + 1
#89 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 2
#97 Auburn University 1 + 1
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1
#103 Temple University 1 + 1
#104 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 1
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#112 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#118 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1
#133 University of Kentucky 1 + 1
#133 University of Dayton 1 + 1
#133 Drexel University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 5 1 + 1 + 1 + 9
#143 Samford University 1 + 1
#153 Oregon State University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020 2019 2015-2018 2016 2015 Total
All schools 22 12 18 7 5
#1 Williams College 1 + 1
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 4
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1 + 2
#9 Middlebury College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#9 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#14 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 + 2
#15 Davidson College 1 + 3 1 + 1 + 6
#20 Colgate University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1 + 2
#22 Bates College 1 + 2 3
#25 Colorado College 1 + 1 + 2
#25 Kenyon College 1 + 1 + 2
#28 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 1 + 2
#34 Bucknell University 1 + 1
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 2
#36 Pitzer College 1 + 1 + 2
#38 Union College 1 + 1
#40 Lafayette College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#44 Trinity College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#44 Denison University 1 + 1
#47 The University of the South 1 + 5 6
#47 Whitman College 1 + 1 + 2
#52 Furman University 1 + 1
#55 Centre College 1 + 1 + 2

Academics

AP

(18)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
European History
Latin
Macroeconomics
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
European History
Latin
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
World History
Chemistry
English Literature and Composition
United States History
Chinese Language and Culture
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Physics C: Mechanics
Computer Science Principles
Environmental Science
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Sports

(17)
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Climbing
Crew
Cross Country
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Climbing
Crew
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Wrestling
Mountain Biking
Ultimate Frisbee
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(57)
Habitat for Humanity
Cum Laude
National Honor Society
Mock Trial
Model UN
National History Day
Habitat for Humanity
Cum Laude
National Honor Society
Mock Trial
Model UN
National History Day
Youth in Government
Fitness
M-Fit
Yoga
Climbing
Kayaking
Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP)
Ultimate Frisbee
Wilderness Skills
The Pennant (Yearbook)
Argonaut (Literary Magazine)
Tutoring Programs at area schools & local organizations
Beekeeping
e-sports
Motorsports
Robotics
Rocketry
Scientific Research
Senate
Keo-Kio
TEPS
Student Council
S.P.I.R.I.T.U.A.L.S.
Mountain Biking
Drama
School Musical
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Club
Asian Student Union
Bass Fishing
Black Student Union
Community Service
Computational Linguistics Club
Cricket Club
Diversity Club
Economics Club
Friends of the Elderly Club
Future Medical Professionals Club
Game Design Club
Gardening Club
Key Club
Leo Club
McCallie Media Club
Mental Health Club
Music Appreciation Club
Pickleball Club
Ping Pong with a Purpose
Science Bowl
Science Olympiad
SCUBA Club
Skateboarding Club
Young Entrepreneurs Club
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Arts

(12)
Chorus
Guitar
Music
Theater
Wind Symphony
Filmmaking
Chorus
Guitar
Music
Theater
Wind Symphony
Filmmaking
Graphic Design
Photography
String
Handbells
2D Art
3D Art
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http://www.mccallie.org
500 Dodds Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404
423-493-5848
Admission@mccallie.org
Tennessee

Basic Info

All-boys
Boarding Grades: 9-12
Rural
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1905
Campus Size: 142 acres
Boarding Rate: 45%
Religious Affiliation: Christian

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01
Interview: Zoom, On Campus, International Admission Visits
Pre Interview: Required Vericant
Other Accepted Scores: Duolingo
School Code:
TOEFL: 1884
SSAT: 4744
ISEE: 430315
Spots for Chinese Students Next Year: 9

Frequently Ask Questions about McCallie School

Tell me a bit about McCallie School.
McCallie School is All-boys private boarding school located in Tennessee, US. It was founded 1905 , and currently has about 992 students, 19.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.mccallie.org.
Does McCallie School have rigorous academic requirements?
McCallie School is offering 18 AP courses.

McCallie School also have 88% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do McCallie School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 9.41% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 4.71% go to top 25, and about 3.53% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for McCallie School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, McCallie 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 McCallie School’s All-boys student?
The total fee for McCallie School in 2024 is $72,640 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@mccallie.org .
Where is McCallie School located?
McCallie School is located in the State of Tennessee of USA.
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Yes, here are few: Baylor School, St. Andrew's-Sewanee School and Darlington School.

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The overall rating for McCallie School is A-.

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

Nearby City

Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, is a city steeped in history, playing a key role in both the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. The Atlanta History Center offers insights into the city's past, while the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site honors the iconic leader’s life. In downtown, Centennial Olympic Park, created for the 1996 Olympics, hosts attractions like the Georgia Aquarium, one of the largest in the world. With its mix of history, culture, and modern attractions, Atlanta remains a vibrant hub of southern heritage and progress.
Population (2022) 537,958
Cost of Living Higher than average 2%
Nearby Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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