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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.

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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.

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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
A+
Matriculation A+
Academics A+
Extracurriculars A
Community A
Reviews A+
College Counseling Beautiful Campus Leadership Program Large number of AP and Honors classes Widely Admired Head of School
Suffield Academy has 420 students from more than 25 countries and 20 American states. The school is located between New York and Boston with easy access to major international airports. Suffield has distinctive four-year college counseling and leadership development programs. More than $100 million has been invested in the Suffield campus over the past decade with new facilities for academic, athletics, arts, and community life. In 2020 more than 1,000 students applied for 120 available spaces at Suffield Academy.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$74200
Enrollment
420
International Students
20%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
80%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:5
Endowment
$95 millions
AP
19
Average SAT Score
1380
Average ACT Score
29
Class Size
10
Boarding %
75%

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2024)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
#2 Columbia University 1 +
#2 Harvard College 1 +
#5 Yale University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#13 Dartmouth College 1 +
#14 Brown University 1 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#23 Georgetown University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
#27 University of Southern California 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 Tufts University 1 +
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 +
#28 Wake Forest University 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#38 University of California: Davis 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
LAC #9 Middlebury College 1 +
#49 Lehigh University 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 Villanova University 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
LAC #13 Hamilton College 1 +
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
LAC #26 Colorado College 1 +
LAC #30 Mount Holyoke College 1 +
LAC #35 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #38 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #38 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 1 +
Babson College 1 +
Providence College 1 +
Reed College 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2024 2020-2023 2021 2020 2019 Total
All schools 34 101 75 64 21
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#3 Harvard College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#3 Stanford University 1 1 + 2
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 2
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 3 1 5
#9 Brown University 1 + 1 2
#12 Cornell University 1 + 1 + 1 1 4
#12 Columbia University 1 + 1 + 2 1 5
#12 University of Chicago 1 + 3 4
#15 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 2
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 1 3
#18 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1
#20 University of Notre Dame 2 1 + 3
#21 University of Michigan 1 + 1 + 3 2 1 + 8
#22 Georgetown University 1 + 1 + 2 4 1 + 9
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 + 2 4
#24 Emory University 1 + 1 + 3 2 1 + 8
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 + 4 6
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#24 University of Virginia 1 + 1 + 2 3 1 + 8
#28 University of Southern California 1 + 1 + 3 1 6
#28 University of California: San Diego 1 + 2 3
#28 University of California: Davis 1 + 1
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1 + 2
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 3
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 + 2
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1
#35 New York University 1 + 1 + 3 6 1 + 12
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 2 3
#39 Boston College 1 + 1 + 5 5 1 + 13
#40 University of Washington 1 + 1
#40 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 2 3 1 + 8
#43 Boston University 1 + 1 + 1 4 1 + 8
#47 Texas A&M University 1 + 1
#47 Lehigh University 1 + 1 + 2 1 5
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1 1 3
#47 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 2 1 5
#47 University of Rochester 1 + 1 1 3
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1
#53 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 3 6 1 + 12
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 2
#57 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1
#58 University of Connecticut 1 + 1 1 + 3
#60 Michigan State University 1 + 1
#60 Santa Clara University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#60 Brandeis University 1 + 1 2
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 1 2
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1
#67 Villanova University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#67 George Washington University 1 + 1 3 1 + 6
#67 University of Miami 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#67 Syracuse University 1 + 2 1 1 + 5
#73 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 + 1
#73 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 3 1 6
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 + 2
#76 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 + 1
#76 University of Delaware 1 + 1
#76 Pepperdine University 1 + 1
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#86 Clemson University 1 + 1 2 4
#86 Marquette University 1 + 1
#89 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 2
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 + 2 3
#93 Baylor University 1 + 1
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 1
#98 Texas Christian University 1 + 1
#98 University of San Diego 1 + 1
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#98 University of Oregon 1 + 1
#98 Drexel University 1 + 1 2
#105 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 1
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#105 Arizona State University 1 + 1
#105 American University 1 + 1
#115 University of San Francisco 1 + 1
#115 Howard University 1 + 1 2
#115 University of New Hampshire 1 + 1
#115 University of Arizona 1 + 1
#124 James Madison University 1 + 1 2
#124 Fairfield University 1 + 1 2
#124 University of Denver 1 + 1
#133 Chapman University 1 + 1
#133 Elon University 1 + 2 3
#133 University of Vermont 2 1 + 3
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 1
#142 University of the Pacific 1 + 1
#142 Loyola University Chicago 2 2
#151 Duquesne University 1 + 1
#151 Michigan Technological University 1 1
#151 University of Rhode Island 1 + 1
#159 University of Massachusetts Lowell 1 + 1
#163 University of Mississippi 1 + 1
#170 Quinnipiac University 1 + 1
#178 University of Arkansas 1 + 1
#178 Catholic University of America 1 + 1
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 1 + 1
#201 Xavier University 1 + 1
#209 Sacred Heart University 1 + 1
#209 Chatham University 1 + 1
#216 Springfield College 1 + 1
#236 Belmont University 1 + 1
#249 Pace University 1 + 1
#249 Suffolk University 1 + 1
#269 Wilkes University 1 + 1
#303 Montana State University 1 + 1
#304 Florida Gulf Coast University 1 + 1
#352 Georgia Southern University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2024 2020-2023 2021 2020 2019 Total
All schools 11 39 24 23 9
#1 Williams College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1
#9 Carleton College 1 + 1 2
#11 Grinnell College 1 + 1 2
#11 Middlebury College 1 + 1 + 2
#11 Barnard College 1 + 1
#11 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1 1 + 3
#11 Wesleyan University 1 + 2 3 1 + 7
#16 Vassar College 1 + 1
#16 Hamilton College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#16 Davidson College 1 1
#21 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1
#21 Colgate University 1 1 + 2
#24 Bates College 1 + 1 + 2 3 7
#25 University of Richmond 1 + 1 + 2
#25 Colby College 1 + 2 2 5
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 + 1 3 6
#30 Bucknell University 1 + 1 + 3 5
#30 Lafayette College 1 + 1 + 2
#33 Colorado College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#35 Occidental College 1 + 1
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1 2
#36 Oberlin College 1 1 + 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 1
#39 Pitzer College 1 + 1
#39 Denison University 1 + 1
#39 Trinity College 1 + 3 4 1 + 9
#39 Kenyon College 1 + 1 + 2
#45 Union College 1 + 3 4
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 1 + 1 1 1 + 5
#46 Dickinson College 1 + 1
#51 The University of the South 1 + 1
#59 St. Lawrence University 1 + 1 2
#63 Gettysburg College 1 + 1
#67 Reed College 1 + 1
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 + 1
#70 Muhlenberg College 1 + 1
#72 Bard College 1 + 1 2
#86 Stonehill College 1 + 1
#93 Lewis & Clark College 1 + 1
#116 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2024 2020-2023 2021 2020 2019 Total
All schools 0 1 0 0 0
#33 University of St. Andrews 1 + 1

AP Scores

(2020-2021)
Number of students took AP test
162
Number of tests taken
292
32%
25%
29%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(19)
Biology
Macroeconomics
Statistics
Microeconomics
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Biology
Macroeconomics
Statistics
Microeconomics
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Physics C: Mechanics
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Computer Science A
French Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish Literature and Culture
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Comparative Government and Politics
Psychology
United States History
Art History
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Sports

(19)
Alpine Skiing
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Diving
Field Hockey
Alpine Skiing
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Diving
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Riflery
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Volleyball
Water Polo
Wrestling
Crew
Fitness
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(12)
Bachelor Club
Chess Club
Christian Fellowship
DECA
Fishing Club
Investment Club
Bachelor Club
Chess Club
Christian Fellowship
DECA
Fishing Club
Investment Club
Law & Justice Club Knitting Club
Outing Club
Philosophy Club
Political Action Club
Pre-Health Club
What Would Ruth Bader Ginsburg Do? (WWRBGD)
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Arts

(22)
Studio Art
Ceramics
Photography
Graphic Design
Media
Image Making
Studio Art
Ceramics
Photography
Graphic Design
Media
Image Making
Vocal
Jazz
Music Media
Music Theory
Chamber Choir
Choir
Sculpture
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http://www.suffieldacademy.org
185 North Main Street, Suffield, CT 06078
860-386-4400
saadmit@suffieldacademy.org
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1833
Campus Size: 350 acres
Boarding Rate: 75%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
School Code:
TOEFL: 8627
SSAT: 7558

Frequently Ask Questions about Suffield Academy

Tell me a bit about Suffield Academy.
Suffield Academy is Co-ed private boarding school located in Connecticut, US. It was founded 1833 , and currently has about 420 students, 20.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.suffieldacademy.org.
Does Suffield Academy have rigorous academic requirements?
Suffield Academy is offering 19 AP courses.

In recent years, 25 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Suffield Academy also have 80% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Suffield Academy students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 27.97% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 17.8% go to top 25, and about 5.93% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Suffield Academy?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Suffield Academy’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Suffield Academy’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Suffield Academy in 2024 is $74,200 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 saadmit@suffieldacademy.org .
Where is Suffield Academy located?
Suffield Academy is located in the State of Connecticut of USA.
How popular is Suffield Academy on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Suffield Academy is among the most popular schools, within top 45 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Suffield Academy has been favorited by 736 users.
How to start with an application with Suffield Academy?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Suffield Academy. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Suffield Academy’s official site: http://www.suffieldacademy.org or call them at 860-386-4400.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Suffield Academy?
Yes, here are few: Springfield Commonwealth Academy, The MacDuffie School and The Loomis Chaffee School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for Suffield Academy?
The overall rating for Suffield Academy is A+.

The section ratings of Suffield Academy are:
A+ for Matriculation
A+ for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A for Community
A+ for Students and Parents reviews

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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