Watkinson School

B+ 4.8 Connecticut, US

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Overall

B+

Matriculation A-

Academics B

Extracurriculars C

Community B+

Reviews B

Watkinson School founded in 1881 is Hartford's only independent school. Serving 260 students from over forty Connecticut towns in grades six through twelve, including a unique post graduate program, Watkinson is also a founding member of the Hartford independent schools initiative. Watkinson's mission is to develop in our students the power to shape their own lives and the world around them.

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Current School

Tuition

$49700

Enrollment

213

International Students

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

58%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:5

Average SAT Score

1200

Average ACT Score

Class Size

Matriculation

(2019-2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#3	Yale University	2
#7	Johns Hopkins University	1
#13	Brown University	1
#15	Washington University in St. Louis	1
#17	Cornell University	3
#22	Emory University	1
#25	New York University	5
#25	University of Michigan	1
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	1
#32	Tufts University	1
#34	University of California: Irvine	4
#34	University of California: San Diego	1
#36	Boston College	1
#36	University of Rochester	2
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1
#38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2
#41	Boston University	5
#44	Brandeis University	2
#44	Northeastern University	1
#55	University of Miami	2
LAC #11	Middlebury College	2
#62	George Washington University	3
#62	Syracuse University	2
#62	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1
LAC #13	Smith College	1
LAC #13	Vassar College	1
#67	University of Connecticut	11
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1
#68	St. Lawrence University	1
#72	American University	3
#72	Sarah Lawrence College	1
LAC #15	Hamilton College	1
#76	College of Wooster	1
#76	Muhlenberg College	1
#83	Marquette University	1
#83	Stevens Institute of Technology	1
#89	Elon University	1
#89	Stonehill College	1
LAC #18	Colgate University	1
LAC #18	Wesleyan University	2
#97	Clark University	4
#105	Rochester Institute of Technology	3
#111	Susquehanna University	1
#115	Fairfield University	2
#121	Temple University	3
#121	University of Vermont	2
LAC #25	Bates College	1
#130	Eckerd College	1
LAC #27	Macalester College	1
#136	SUNY College at Purchase	1
#137	University of New Hampshire	1
#151	University of Mississippi	1
LAC #31	Bryn Mawr College	1
#166	Hofstra University	2
#166	Quinnipiac University	1
#166	Xavier University	1
LAC #36	Mount Holyoke College	1
LAC #39	Skidmore College	1
LAC #39	Trinity College	4
#202	Loyola University New Orleans	1
#202	Springfield College	1
#202	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	1
#219	Sacred Heart University	4
#219	University of Maine	1
#234	Suffolk University	1
#234	University of Hartford	11
#234	Western New England University	1
LAC #51	Dickinson College	1
LAC #55	Connecticut College	4
LAC #60	Bard College	4
	Barry University	1
	Bentley University	2
	Berklee College of Music	2
	Bethune-Cookman University	1
	Bryant University	2
	Cazenovia College	1
	Central Connecticut State University	4
	Champlain College	3
	College of William and Mary	2
	Eastern Connecticut State University	4
	Emerson College	1
	Endicott College	2
	High Point University	2
	Ithaca College	1
	Johnson & Wales University: Providence	2
	Kettering University	1
	LIM College	2
	Lynn University	4
	Manhattanville College	1
	Marist College	2
	Nichols College	1
	Oberlin College	1
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	2
	Providence College	3
	Queens University of Charlotte	1
	Rhode Island School of Design	2
	Roger Williams University	1
	Saint Michael's College	1
	Salve Regina University	1
	Savannah College of Art and Design	2
	School of Visual Arts	1
	Siena College	1
	Southern Connecticut State University	1
	Stetson University	1
	SUNY College at Oneonta	1
	Tunxis Community College	1
	Union College	1
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2
	University of New Haven	2
	University of Saint Joseph	1
	University of Tampa	1
	Wagner College	1
	Westfield State University	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2019-2023	2019-2022	2021	2017-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	110	565	29	97	47
#1	Princeton University		1				1
#5	Yale University	2	2		1	1 +admitted	6
#6	University of Pennsylvania		1				1
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1	1	1			3
#9	Brown University	1	1		1		3
#12	Cornell University	3	3	1	1		8
#12	Columbia University		1			1 +admitted	2
#17	Rice University		1				1
#18	Dartmouth College		1				1
#20	University of Notre Dame		1		1		2
#21	University of Michigan	1	3	1		1 +admitted	6
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill		1				1
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1	2		1	1 +admitted	5
#24	Carnegie Mellon University		5				5
#24	Emory University	1	1	1			3
#24	University of Virginia				1		1
#28	University of California: Davis		4			1 +admitted	5
#28	University of Florida		2				2
#28	University of Southern California		1				1
#28	University of California: San Diego	1	3		1		5
#33	University of California: Irvine	4	6	4			14
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2	3	1		1 +admitted	7
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara		2				2
#35	New York University	5	5		5	1 +admitted	16
#38	University of Texas at Austin	1	1		1	1 +admitted	4
#39	Boston College	1	3	1			5
#40	University of Washington		2				2
#40	Rutgers University		8		1	1 +admitted	10
#40	Tufts University	1	4		3	1 +admitted	9
#43	Boston University	5	10		7	1 +admitted	23
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1	4		1		6
#47	University of Georgia		3				3
#47	University of Rochester	2	6	2			10
#47	Lehigh University		6	1	1	1 +admitted	9
#51	Purdue University		4		1		5
#53	Northeastern University	1	5	1	4		11
#53	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities		2				2
#53	College of William and Mary	2	3	1	1	1 +admitted	8
#58	University of Connecticut	11	74	4	11	1 +admitted	101
#58	SUNY University at Stony Brook		2				2
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute		3				3
#60	Brandeis University	2	4		2	1 +admitted	9
#60	Michigan State University		1		1	1 +admitted	3
#67	University of Pittsburgh		4			1 +admitted	5
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1	13		1	1 +admitted	16
#67	University of Miami	2	5	1	1	1 +admitted	10
#67	George Washington University	3	8		4	1 +admitted	16
#67	Syracuse University	2	6		3		11
#73	Indiana University Bloomington		1		1		2
#73	Tulane University		1			1 +admitted	2
#73	SUNY University at Binghamton		1				1
#76	University of Delaware		4	1		1 +admitted	6
#76	Stevens Institute of Technology	1	3				4
#82	Worcester Polytechnic Institute		5				5
#86	Clemson University		2				2
#86	New Jersey Institute of Technology		1				1
#86	Marquette University	1	1				2
#89	Southern Methodist University		1				1
#89	Temple University	3	11		2	1 +admitted	17
#89	Fordham University		12		2	1 +admitted	15
#98	University of Oregon		1				1
#98	Drexel University		6			1 +admitted	7
#98	Illinois Institute of Technology		1				1
#98	University of San Diego				1		1
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology	3	6		2		11
#105	George Mason University		2				2
#105	American University	3	7	1	3	1 +admitted	15
#105	Arizona State University		2				2
#105	University of Colorado Boulder		3				3
#105	Saint Louis University		1				1
#115	University of Arizona		2				2
#115	University of New Hampshire	1	5				6
#115	University of San Francisco		1				1
#115	Howard University		6			1 +admitted	7
#124	University of Denver		3		2		5
#124	Florida International University		1			1 +admitted	2
#124	University of South Carolina: Columbia		1				1
#124	Fairfield University	2	10		1	1 +admitted	14
#133	Chapman University		1				1
#133	University of Vermont	2	16		1		19
#133	Elon University	1	2		2		5
#133	Miami University: Oxford		4			1 +admitted	5
#133	SUNY University at Albany		1				1
#142	Clark University	4	19	1	4	1 +admitted	29
#142	Oregon State University		1				1
#142	Loyola University Chicago		2		1	1 +admitted	4
#142	Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls		1				1
#151	University of Rhode Island		7			1 +admitted	8
#151	Colorado State University				1		1
#151	Michigan Technological University		1				1
#151	DePaul University		2		1		3
#151	Duquesne University		1				1
#163	University of Mississippi	1					1
#163	St. John's University		2				2
#163	Adelphi University		2		1	1 +admitted	4
#170	Quinnipiac University	1	24		2	1 +admitted	28
#185	Hofstra University	2	13	1	1	1 +admitted	18
#195	University of Louisville		2				2
#201	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	1					1
#201	Xavier University	1	2				3
#201	The New School College of Performing Arts		2		1		3
#201	Wayne State University		1				1
#209	Sacred Heart University	4	6		2		12
#216	Springfield College	1	4				5
#216	University of Massachusetts Boston		2				2
#227	Georgia State University		1				1
#236	Western New England University	1	6			1 +admitted	8
#249	Pace University		8			1 +admitted	9
#249	Suffolk University	1	2		2	1 +admitted	6
#249	University of Maine	1	4				5
#260	Regis University		1				1
#260	Central Michigan University		1				1
#260	University of New England		3				3
#260	Loyola University New Orleans	1	2	1			4
#269	University of South Dakota		1				1
#280	Texas State University		1				1
#296	Alvernia University		1				1
#304	University of Hartford	11	32		7	1 +admitted	51
#320	Marymount University		1				1
#342	Lesley University		2		1		3
#352	University of Northern Colorado		1				1
#361	University of Montana		1				1
	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2	7	2		1 +admitted	12
	University of Saint Joseph	1	7		1		9
	University of California: Santa Cruz		4			1 +admitted	5
	Barry University	1	1				2
	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	2	9	2		1 +admitted	14
	University of California: Merced		1				1
	Penn State University Park		10			1 +admitted	11
	University of Maryland: College Park		4			1 +admitted	5
	American International College		1			1 +admitted	2
	University of California: Riverside		2			1 +admitted	3

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2019-2023	2019-2022	2021	2017-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	38	145	10	45	24
#2	Amherst College		1				1
#4	Wellesley College				1		1
#9	Bowdoin College	1	1	1			3
#9	Carleton College		1			1 +admitted	2
#11	Wesleyan University	2	4				6
#11	Middlebury College	2	3		2		7
#11	Barnard College		1		1		2
#11	Grinnell College		1			1 +admitted	2
#16	Smith College	1	6		2	1 +admitted	10
#16	Hamilton College	1	2	1			4
#16	Vassar College	1	2		1	1 +admitted	5
#21	Colgate University	1	3		2		6
#24	Bates College	1	3	1	1	1 +admitted	7
#25	University of Richmond		1				1
#25	Colby College		2			1 +admitted	3
#27	Macalester College	1	2		1	1 +admitted	5
#27	College of the Holy Cross		1		1		2
#30	Bryn Mawr College	1	1		1	1 +admitted	4
#30	Lafayette College		3		1		4
#30	Bucknell University		1				1
#33	Colorado College		1			1 +admitted	2
#34	Mount Holyoke College	1	3		1		5
#35	Occidental College		2			1 +admitted	3
#35	Franklin & Marshall College		3		1	1 +admitted	5
#38	Skidmore College	1	8		2	1 +admitted	12
#39	Kenyon College		1			1 +admitted	2
#39	Denison University		3		3		6
#39	Spelman College		1				1
#39	Trinity College	4	9	2	3	1 +admitted	19
#45	Union College	1	4	1			6
#46	Dickinson College	1	4		1		6
#46	Connecticut College	4	5		2	1 +admitted	12
#51	St. Olaf College		1				1
#56	Wheaton College		9		2		11
#59	St. Lawrence University	1	2	1	1		5
#63	Gettysburg College		2				2
#70	Hobart and William Smith Colleges		5			1 +admitted	6
#70	Muhlenberg College	1	2				3
#72	Bard College	4	9	2	2	1 +admitted	18
#75	Lawrence University		1				1
#75	Willamette University		1			1 +admitted	2
#75	Wheaton College-Norton-MA					1 +admitted	1
#86	Stonehill College	1	1		2		4
#93	Lewis & Clark College		2				2
#100	Sarah Lawrence College	1	3		1	1 +admitted	6
#107	Lycoming College				1		1
#107	Susquehanna University	1	2	1	1		5
#112	Bennington College		1				1
#112	Hanover College		1				1
#116	Saint Michael's College	1	1				2
#116	Cornell College		1				1
#121	Hartwick College				1		1
#124	Goucher College		3		2		5
#130	Eckerd College	1	3		2	1 +admitted	7
#139	Hampshire College		4				4
#139	SUNY College at Purchase	1					1
#152	Emmanuel College-Boston-MA				1		1
#156	College of the Atlantic		1			1 +admitted	2
#167	Guilford College		1		1		2
#174	Marymount Manhattan College		2			1 +admitted	3
	Bethune-Cookman University	1	1				2
	Oberlin College	1	3		1	1 +admitted	6

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2019-2023	2019-2022	2021	2017-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	0	2	0	1	0
#1	University of Toronto		1				1
#3	McGill University		1		1		2

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Sports

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Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	Lacrosse
Soccer	Tennis

Contact Info

https://www.watkinson.org

180 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105

860-236-5618

shannon_fortin@watkinson.org

Connecticut

Basic Info

Co-ed

Day S. Grades: 6-12

Rural

ESL: Yes

Year Founded: 1881

Campus Size: 40 acres

Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01

Interview: Skype, On Campus, WeChat

School Code:

TOEFL: 3378

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Boston, Massachusetts

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Population (2022) 609,023

Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

Nearby Airport Logan International Airport

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