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Evaluation method

Ranking Basis

Data Scale: FindingSchool leverages an extensive data set that exceeds that of similar rankings, ensuring accurate and relevant evaluations through well-defined weight distributions and scoring mechanisms.

Weight Distribution: We gathered feedback from thousands of families and consulted over 50 industry experts to create ranking weights tailored to the needs of Asian students.

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.

Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.

Evaluation Mechanism

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.

Scoring Mechanism

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
C
Matriculation C
Academics B+
Extracurriculars B-
Community C
Reviews N/A
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$10800
Enrollment
317
International Students
2%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
76%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:10
AP
10
Average SAT Score
1290
Average ACT Score
27
Class Size
16

Matriculation

(2017-2019)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1
#2 Harvard College 1
#3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
#3 Yale University 1
LAC #1 Williams College 1
#6 Stanford University 1
#6 University of Chicago 1
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1
#9 Northwestern University 1
#10 Duke University 1
#10 Johns Hopkins University 1
LAC #2 Amherst College 1
#14 Brown University 1
#15 Vanderbilt University 1
LAC #3 Swarthmore College 1
#17 Cornell University 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1
#21 Emory University 1
#22 University of Southern California 1
#24 Georgetown University 1
#25 University of Michigan 1
LAC #5 Pomona College 1
#27 Wake Forest University 1
#28 University of Virginia 1
#29 Georgia Institute of Technology 1
#29 Tufts University 1
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1
#34 University of Florida 1
LAC #7 Carleton College 1
LAC #7 Middlebury College 1
#37 Boston College 1
#40 Boston University 1
#40 Case Western Reserve University 1
#40 College of William and Mary 1
#40 Tulane University 1
#46 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1
#48 University of Texas at Austin 1
#50 Pepperdine University 1
#50 University of Georgia 1
LAC #10 Washington and Lee University 1
#54 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1
#55 Rhodes College 1
LAC #11 Colby College 1
LAC #11 Smith College 1
#57 Florida State University 1
#57 Penn State University Park 1
#57 Purdue University 1
#57 University of Miami 1
#63 Agnes Scott College 1
#63 St. Olaf College 1
#64 Southern Methodist University 1
#70 Texas A&M University 1
#70 Wofford College 1
LAC #14 Grinnell College 1
LAC #14 Vassar College 1
#74 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1
#76 Willamette University 1
#79 Baylor University 1
#84 Colorado School of Mines 1
#84 Michigan State University 1
LAC #17 Colgate University 1
LAC #17 Davidson College 1
LAC #17 United States Naval Academy 1
LAC #17 Wesleyan University 1
#91 Miami University: Oxford 1
#94 Hampden-Sydney College 1
#102 Hollins University 1
Auburn University 1
#104 Howard University 1
#104 Loyola University Chicago 1
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 1
#104 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1
#104 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1
#107 Randolph-Macon College 1
#111 Drew University 1
Arizona State University 1
#124 Morehouse College 1
#124 Presbyterian College 1
#130 University of Kansas 1
#132 University of Kentucky 1
#132 University of Oklahoma 1
LAC #27 Kenyon College 1
#136 Millsaps College 1
#137 George Mason University 1
#137 University of Alabama 1
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham 1
#139 Catholic University of America 1
#139 University of Cincinnati 1
#147 Samford University 1
#151 Colorado State University 1
#151 University of Mississippi 1
LAC #32 Mount Holyoke College 1
#166 Hofstra University 1
#182 University of Louisville 1
#194 Mississippi State University 1
LAC #39 United States Air Force Academy 1
LAC #43 The University of the South 1
LAC #46 Trinity College 1
#234 Maryville University of Saint Louis 1
#263 Montana State University 1
#263 Western Carolina University 1
LAC #55 Centre College 1
#317 Mississippi College 1
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University 1
Appalachian State University 1
Berry College 1
bob jones university 1
College of Charleston 1
Converse College 1
Jacksonville State University 1
Judson College 1
Kettering University 1
Liberty University 1
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College 1
Millikin University 1
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1
Providence College 1
Rollins College 1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 1
The Citadel 1
The King's College 1
Troy University 1
Tuskegee University 1
University of Alabama in Huntsville 1
University of Montevallo 1
University of South Alabama 1
Wingate University 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2017-2019 2017 2009-2015 Total
All schools 74 38 39
#1 Princeton University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#3 Stanford University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#3 Harvard College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#5 Yale University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#7 Duke University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#9 Brown University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#12 University of Chicago 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#12 Cornell University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#17 Rice University 1 + 1
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#21 University of Michigan 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#22 Georgetown University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 admitted 1
#24 University of Virginia 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#24 Emory University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#28 University of Florida 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#28 University of Southern California 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 admitted 1
#39 Boston College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#40 Tufts University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#43 Boston University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#47 Wake Forest University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#47 Texas A&M University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#47 Lehigh University 1 + 1
#47 University of Georgia 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#48 University of Texas at Austin 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#53 College of William and Mary 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#53 Florida State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#54 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#57 Purdue University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#57 Penn State University Park 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#60 Michigan State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#67 University of Miami 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#73 Tulane University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#76 Pepperdine University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#76 Colorado School of Mines 1 admitted 1 + 2
#86 Clemson University 1 + 1
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#93 Auburn University 1 admitted 1
#93 Baylor University 1 admitted 1 + 2
#105 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 admitted 1
#105 Arizona State University 1 admitted 1
#105 George Mason University 1 admitted 1
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#115 Howard University 1 admitted 1
#124 University of Oklahoma 1 admitted 1
#124 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 admitted 1
#133 Miami University: Oxford 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#137 University of Alabama 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#142 Loyola University Chicago 1 admitted 1
#142 University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 admitted 1
#142 University of Cincinnati 1 admitted 1
#151 University of Kansas 1 admitted 1
#151 Colorado State University 1 admitted 1
#159 University of Kentucky 1 admitted 1
#163 University of Mississippi 1 admitted 1
#178 Catholic University of America 1 admitted 1
#185 Hofstra University 1 admitted 1
#185 Samford University 1 admitted 1
#185 Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College 1 admitted 1
#195 University of Louisville 1 admitted 1
#216 Mississippi State University 1 admitted 1
#227 Western Carolina University 1 admitted 1
#249 Maryville University of Saint Louis 1 admitted 1
#303 Montana State University 1 admitted 1
#369 Mississippi College 1 admitted 1
#376 Wingate University 1 admitted 1
#382 University of South Alabama 1 admitted 1
Liberty University 1 admitted 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2017-2019 2017 2009-2015 Total
All schools 34 18 15
#1 Williams College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#2 Amherst College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#4 Swarthmore College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#4 Pomona College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#7 United States Air Force Academy 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#9 Carleton College 1 admitted 1
#11 Middlebury College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#11 Grinnell College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#11 Wesleyan University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#16 Vassar College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#16 Smith College 1 admitted 1 + 2
#16 Davidson College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#21 Colgate University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#21 Washington and Lee University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#22 United States Military Academy 1 + 1
#25 Colby College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#33 Colorado College 1 +admitted 1 + 2
#34 Mount Holyoke College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#39 Kenyon College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#39 Trinity College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#51 The University of the South 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#51 St. Olaf College 1 admitted 1
#51 Centre College 1 admitted 1
#56 Rhodes College 1 admitted 1
#59 Wofford College 1 admitted 1
#63 Agnes Scott College 1 admitted 1
#75 Willamette University 1 admitted 1
#93 Drew University 1 admitted 1
#100 Morehouse College 1 admitted 1
#107 Randolph-Macon College 1 admitted 1
#116 Hampden-Sydney College 1 admitted 1
#124 Millsaps College 1 admitted 1
#124 Hollins University 1 admitted 1
#139 Presbyterian College 1 admitted 1
#167 The King's College 1 admitted 1

AP Scores

(2023)
87%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(10)
Biology
Calculus AB
English Language and Composition
European History
French Language and Culture
Macroeconomics
Biology
Calculus AB
English Language and Composition
European History
French Language and Culture
Macroeconomics
United States Government and Politics
United States History
Computer Science A
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Sports

(11)
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
American Football
Golf
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(10)
Academic teams
Band
Chorus
Drama
Fellowship of Christian Students
FOCUS Club
Academic teams
Band
Chorus
Drama
Fellowship of Christian Students
FOCUS Club
Forensics
Honor Council
National Honor Society
Student Government Association
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Arts

(5)
Band
Choir
Theater
Studio Art
Design

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: k-12
Rural
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1963
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Interview: Skype

Frequently Ask Questions about The Donoho School

Tell me a bit about The Donoho School.
The Donoho School is Co-ed private day school located in Alabama, US. It was founded 1963 , and currently has about 317 students, 2.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.donohoschool.com/.
Does The Donoho School have rigorous academic requirements?
The Donoho School is offering 10 AP courses.

The Donoho School also have 76% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Donoho School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2017-2019, some students attended Princeton University, Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University and Williams College.
What is the application requirement for The Donoho School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Donoho 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 Donoho School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Donoho School in 2024 is $10,800 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 knewton@donohoschool.com .
Where is The Donoho School located?
The Donoho School is located in the State of Alabama of USA.
How popular is The Donoho School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Donoho School is within top 900 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also The Donoho School has been favorited by 5 users.
How to start with an application with The Donoho School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Donoho School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Donoho School’s official site: http://www.donohoschool.com/ or call them at 256-237-5477.
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What is the FindingSchool rating for The Donoho School?
The overall rating for The Donoho School is C.

The section ratings of The Donoho School are:
C for Matriculation
B+ for Academics
B- for Extracurriculum
C for Community

Nearby City

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%
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