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School Overview

Data & methodology
Overall
B+
Matriculation A-
Academics A
Extracurriculars B+
Community A
Reviews B
The Buckley School prides itself on having a 4-Fold Plan of Education - providing students with academic training, ability to participate in athletics, as well as having creative expression through the arts, and a strong moral education.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$54090
Enrollment
830
International Students
7%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
62%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:8
AP
27
Average SAT Score
1391
Average ACT Score
31
Class Size
14

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2021)
Ranking University/College Students
#5 Yale University 1 +
#6 Stanford University 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
#27 University of Southern California 1 +
#28 New York University 1 +
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 +
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 +
#40 College of William and Mary 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#49 Northeastern University 1 +
#49 Purdue University 1 +
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#57 Penn State University Park 1 +
#59 Syracuse University 1 +
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#75 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
#79 American University 1 +
#83 Elon University 1 +
#83 Texas Christian University 1 +
#83 University of California: Riverside 1 +
#84 Bennington College 1 +
LAC #17 Barnard College 1 +
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 1 +
#89 Stonehill College 1 +
#99 University of Utah 1 +
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 +
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 +
LAC #26 Colorado College 1 +
LAC #36 Oberlin College 1 +
LAC #42 Occidental College 1 +
California Lutheran University 1 +
California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo 1 +
California State University: Los Angeles 1 +
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Worldwide Campus 1 +
Hawaii Pacific University 1 +
McGill University 1 +
Santa Monica College 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2022 2021 2020 2016-2019 2012-2015 Total
All schools 12 30 22 108 36
#1 Princeton University 1 + 1
#2 Harvard College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 1 + 1 + 3
#5 Yale University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 Stanford University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 + 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 1 + 2
#10 California Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#10 Duke University 1 1 + 2
#10 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1 + 2
#12 Dartmouth College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 + 2
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#15 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 + 2
#17 Rice University 1 + 1
#18 Cornell University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#18 Columbia University 1 1 + 1 + 3
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1
#22 Georgetown University 1 1 + 2
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1
#25 New York University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 5
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1 + 2
#28 University of Virginia 1 + 1 + 2
#29 University of Rochester 1 + 1
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2
#29 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 2
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#36 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1
#37 Boston College 1 + 1 + 2
#39 University of California: Davis 1 + 1
#40 College of William and Mary 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#41 Boston University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1 + 2
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#44 Northeastern University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#46 Villanova University 1 + 1
#48 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1
#48 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 + 2
#49 University of Miami 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#50 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 + 2
#50 Lehigh University 1 + 1 + 2
#50 University of Georgia 1 + 1
#54 Santa Clara University 1 + 1
#54 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 2
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#57 Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 2
#58 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#64 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1
#64 University of Connecticut 1 + 1
#64 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#70 Clemson University 1 + 1
#70 George Washington University 1 + 1
#72 American University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 + 2
#74 Fordham University 1 + 1
#77 Brigham Young University 1 + 1
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#79 Gonzaga University 1 + 1
#80 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 + 2
#83 Texas Christian University 1 + 1 + 2
#83 University of California: Riverside 1 + 1 + 2
#84 University of Iowa 1 + 1
#84 Michigan State University 1 + 1 + 2
#84 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 1
#84 Marquette University 1 + 1
#91 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1
#91 Clark University 1 + 1
#91 University of San Diego 1 + 1
#97 Drexel University 1 + 1 + 2
#97 University of San Francisco 1 + 1
#97 University of Denver 1 + 1 + 2
#99 University of Utah 1 + 1 + 2
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#104 University of California: Merced 1 + 1
#104 Howard University 1 + 1
#104 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 2
#104 Temple University 1 + 1
#104 University of Oregon 1 + 1
#117 University of Arizona 1 + 1
#117 Arizona State University 1 + 1
#117 Clarkson University 1 + 1
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 2
#121 University of Vermont 1 + 1
#121 Chapman University 1 1 + 2
#125 University of the Pacific 1 + 1
#125 Simmons University 1 + 1
#125 DePaul University 1 + 1
#132 University of La Verne 1 + 1
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 1
#139 Oregon State University 1 + 1
#139 Seattle University 1 + 1
#139 University of Cincinnati 1 + 1
#139 Seton Hall University 1 + 1
#139 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 + 1
#147 San Diego State University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2022 2021 2020 2016-2019 2012-2015 Total
All schools 5 6 8 38 20
#1 Williams College 1 + 1
#2 Amherst College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#3 Swarthmore College 1 + 1 + 2
#4 Wellesley College 1 + 1
#4 Pomona College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#6 Carleton College 1 1 + 1 + 3
#6 Bowdoin College 1 + 1
#7 Middlebury College 1 + 1
#7 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 1
#11 Smith College 1 + 1 + 2
#11 Colby College 1 + 1
#12 Haverford College 1 + 1
#13 Grinnell College 1 + 1
#14 Hamilton College 1 + 1
#14 Vassar College 1 + 1 + 2
#17 Davidson College 1 + 1
#17 Wesleyan University 1 + 1 + 2
#18 Barnard College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#18 Colgate University 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#21 Bates College 1 + 1 + 2
#23 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 1 + 2
#23 University of Richmond 1 + 1 + 2
#25 Macalester College 1 + 1
#26 Colorado College 1 + 1 + 2
#27 Bryn Mawr College 1 + 1 + 2
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1
#28 Scripps College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#31 Kenyon College 1 1 + 2
#35 Bucknell University 1 + 1 + 2
#36 Pitzer College 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#36 Oberlin College 1 + 1 + 2
#37 Occidental College 1 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#38 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1
#39 Lafayette College 1 + 1 + 2
#39 Skidmore College 1 + 1 + 2
#45 Union College 1 + 1
#46 Dickinson College 1 + 1
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 1
#46 Whitman College 1 + 1 + 2
#60 Bard College 1 + 1 + 2
#61 Gettysburg College 1 + 1

Academics

AP

(27)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chinese Language and Culture
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chinese Language and Culture
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
Environmental Science
European History
Physics C: Mechanics
Spanish Language and Culture
United States Government and Politics
United States History
English Literature and Composition
French Language and Culture
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Studio Art: Drawing
Psychology
Music Theory
Latin
Computer Science Principles
Macroeconomics
Chemistry
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Statistics
Microeconomics
Art History
Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Sports

(9)
Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(51)
Adopt a Classroom
Admission Ambassadors
Avocado Club
Biology Club
Black Student Union
Book Club
Adopt a Classroom
Admission Ambassadors
Avocado Club
Biology Club
Black Student Union
Book Club
Business Club
Car Club
Children’s Hospital
Chinese Club
Climbing Club
Common Ground
Community Service Club
Computer Science
Creative Writing Club
Culture Club
Diversity Club
Explore LA
F.I.T.E.
French Club
Genders and Sexualities Alliance
Generation of Change
Girls Who Code
Girls Up
Hamilton Club
Impact Charity
Interact
Israeli Club
K-Pop Dance
Latin Club
LEARN Club
Locks of Love
Magic: The Gathering
Middle School Griffin Pride
Mock Trial
Model Unity Nations
National Junior Honor Society
Neuro Psych Club
People for Animals Without
Shelter (PAWS)
Persian Club
Photography Club
Pre-Med Club
Red Army
Robotics
Russian Club
Schools on Wheels
WeRI
Theater for Change
UNICEF
Writing Fellows
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Arts

(7)
Ceramics
Graphic Design
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Studio Art
Ceramics
Graphic Design
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Studio Art
Metal
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Contact Info

https://www.buckley.org/page
3900 Stansbury Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
818-783-1610
admissions@buckley.org
California

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: K-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1933
Campus Size: 18 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 12/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
SSAT: 1945
ISEE: 51628
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4.8
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4.3

Frequently Ask Questions about The Buckley School

Tell me a bit about The Buckley School.
The Buckley School is Co-ed private day school located in California, US. It was founded 1933 , and currently has about 830 students, 7.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.buckley.org/page.
Does The Buckley School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Buckley School is offering 27 AP courses.

The Buckley School also have 62% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Buckley School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 3.9% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 5.19% go to top 25, and about 2.6% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for The Buckley School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Buckley 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 The Buckley School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Buckley School in 2024 is $54,090 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 admissions@buckley.org .
Where is The Buckley School located?
The Buckley School is located in the State of California of USA. The closest major city is Los Angeles, which is about 16 miles away from school. Most families can choose Los Angeles International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is The Buckley School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Buckley School is among the most popular schools, within top 243 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Buckley School has been favorited by 79 users.
How to start with an application with The Buckley School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Buckley School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Buckley School’s official site: https://www.buckley.org/page or call them at 818-783-1610.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Buckley School?
Yes, here are few: St. Francis De Sales School-CA, C And E Merdinian Armenian Evangelical School and Harvard-Westlake School.

The closest major city is Los Angeles. You can find out more schools near Los Angeles here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for The Buckley School?
The overall rating for The Buckley School is B+.

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

Nearby City

Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, commonly known as L.A., is the largest city in California and the second most populous in the U.S. It serves as the commercial, financial, and cultural hub of Southern California. With a population of around 3.9 million as of 2020, L.A. is famous for its Mediterranean climate, diverse population, and as the epicenter of the entertainment industry, particularly Hollywood. The city also offers a rich mix of cultural landmarks, including world-class museums, beaches, and a dynamic food scene, making it a global metropolis.
Population (2022) 3,833,995
Cost of Living Higher than average 54%
Nearby Airport Los Angeles International Airport

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