Woodberry Forest School

A 4.9 Recommended Virginia, US

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Academics A

Extracurriculars A

Community C

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Top 5 boys school in the country School Community College Prep High Quality Teachers Athletic Programs 100% Boarding Close in Location to D.C. 100% Boys

Join a community where boys are known, challenged, and loved.
Woodberry is a school for boys who want something else, something more than they can get at home. It’s a school for boys who love a challenge and know that a hard thing is always worth doing.
On our beautiful campus in the Virginia countryside, boys join an enduring community, develop friendships that last a lifetime, and gain a sense of self-confidence that is balanced by humility. They are mentored by teachers and coaches who devote their lives to the school and the boys who live and learn here. Together students and teachers pursue excellence in all areas of our community's life.
Woodberry students graduate as young men who are becoming the very best versions of themselves. They graduate with a sense of honor and moral purpose, thanks to the uncommon experience they’ve had here together. Together Woodberry boys are shaping what it means to be a man in today’s ever-changing world.

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Current School

Tuition

$67650

Enrollment

395

International Students

12%

Faculty with Advanced Degrees

76%

Teacher-Student Ratio

1:6

Endowment

$420 millions

Average SAT Score

1257

Average ACT Score

25.7

Class Size

Boarding %

100%

School Materials

2023 Campus Guide.pdf

2023 School Photos.pdf

2023 Viewbook.pdf

Matriculation

(2023)

Ranking	University/College	Students
#1	Princeton University	1
#8	University of Pennsylvania	1
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1
#13	Dartmouth College	2
#14	Brown University	1
#14	Vanderbilt University	2
#14	Washington University in St. Louis	1
#19	University of Notre Dame	1
#21	Emory University	1
#23	Georgetown University	1
#23	University of Michigan	1
#25	Carnegie Mellon University	1
#25	University of Virginia	4
#28	University of Florida	1
#28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	9
#28	Wake Forest University	1
LAC #6	Bowdoin College	1
#34	University of Rochester	1
#36	Boston College	1
#38	Georgia Institute of Technology	1
#38	University of Texas at Austin	4
#40	College of William and Mary	2
#42	Case Western Reserve University	1
#42	Tulane University	2
#42	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1
#48	University of Georgia	2
#49	Lehigh University	1
#49	Northeastern University	1
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1
#49	Pepperdine University	1
#49	Purdue University	1
#49	Villanova University	1
#55	Florida State University	1
#55	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1
#55	Rhodes College	1
#55	Trinity University	1
LAC #11	Washington and Lee University	4
#57	Penn State University Park	1
#57	University of Pittsburgh	1
#59	University of Maryland: College Park	1
#59	University of Washington	1
LAC #13	Davidson College	2
LAC #13	Grinnell College	1
#68	Fordham University	1
#68	Indiana University Bloomington	1
#68	Southern Methodist University	1
#68	Texas A&M University	1
#68	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities	1
#70	Wofford College	6
#72	Sarah Lawrence College	1
#75	Clemson University	4
#75	Loyola Marymount University	1
#76	College of Wooster	1
#79	American University	1
#79	North Carolina State University	1
LAC #16	Haverford College	1
#83	Elon University	1
#83	Michigan State University	1
#83	Texas Christian University	2
LAC #17	Wesleyan University	1
#93	University of Denver	1
#94	Hampden-Sydney College	1
	Auburn University	2
#99	University of Utah	1
#103	Drexel University	1
#103	Miami University: Oxford	1
#103	New Jersey Institute of Technology	1
#103	Temple University	1
#103	University of Arizona	1
#104	University of Colorado Boulder	1
#104	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1
LAC #22	University of Richmond	1
#111	Ohio Wesleyan University	1
	Arizona State University	1
#117	Rochester Institute of Technology	2
#117	University of South Carolina: Columbia	9
#120	Roanoke College	1
#122	University of Kansas	1
#124	Morehouse College	1
#124	Randolph College	1
#124	Westmont College	1
#127	DePaul University	1
#127	Seattle University	1
#127	Seton Hall University	1
#127	University of Dayton	1
#127	University of Kentucky	1
#136	Catholic University of America	1
#137	George Mason University	1
#137	University of Alabama	5
#148	University of Cincinnati	1
LAC #30	Kenyon College	1
#151	Colorado State University	1
#151	James Madison University	2
#151	University of Mississippi	1
#166	Virginia Commonwealth University	2
#166	Xavier University	1
#176	University of Arkansas	1
#182	University of Houston	1
LAC #38	Bucknell University	1
LAC #38	Skidmore College	1
LAC #42	Denison University	1
#219	Hampton University	1
#219	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	1
LAC #46	Furman University	1
LAC #46	Trinity College	1
#234	East Carolina University	1
#234	West Virginia University	1
LAC #50	The University of the South	2
#285	University of North Texas	1
	Appalachian State University	1
	Babson College	1
	Berry College	1
	Bridgewater College	1
	Christopher Newport University	1
	College of Charleston	1
	High Point University	1
	Kettering University	1
	Lenoir-Rhyne University	1
	Louisiana State University at Eunice	1
	Loyola University Maryland	1
	Maine College of Art	1
	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University	1
	pennsylvania academy of the fine arts	1
	Point Loma Nazarene University	1
	Pratt Institute	1
	Rollins College	1
	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	1
	St Johns College Santa Fe	1
	United States Coast Guard Academy	1
	University of British Columbia Vancouver	1
	University of Lynchburg	1
	University of North Georgia	1
	University of St. Andrews	1
	University of Stirling	1
	University of Texas at San Antonio	1
	Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University Virginia Tech	1

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		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2018-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	124	28	30	143	37
#1	Princeton University	1			1 +		2
#3	Stanford University				1 +	1 +	2
#3	Harvard College				1 +		1
#6	University of Pennsylvania	1		1 +	1 +		3
#7	Duke University			1 +	1 +	1 +	3
#9	Johns Hopkins University	1			1 +	1 +	3
#9	Northwestern University				1 +	1 +	2
#9	Brown University	1			1 +		2
#12	Columbia University				1 +		1
#12	University of Chicago		1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#12	Cornell University				1 +		1
#15	University of California: Berkeley		1 +		1 +	1 +	3
#15	University of California: Los Angeles				1 +	1 +	2
#17	Rice University				1 +		1
#18	Dartmouth College	2	1 +		1 +	1 +	5
#18	Vanderbilt University	2	1 +		1 +		4
#20	University of Notre Dame	1					1
#21	University of Michigan	1	1 +		1 +		3
#22	Georgetown University	1			1 +	1 +	3
#22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	9	1 +	1 +	1 +		12
#24	Carnegie Mellon University	1	1 +	1 +	1 +		4
#24	Emory University	1		1 +	1 +		3
#24	Washington University in St. Louis	1			1 +		2
#24	University of Virginia	4	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	8
#28	University of California: Davis				1 +		1
#28	University of Southern California		1 +		1 +	1 +	3
#28	University of California: San Diego				1 +	1 +	2
#28	University of Florida	1			1 +		2
#33	University of California: Irvine			1 +	1 +		2
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	1			1 +	1 +	3
#35	New York University			1 +	1 +	1 +	3
#35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1			1 +		2
#35	University of California: Santa Barbara				1 +		1
#38	University of Texas at Austin	4	1 +		1 +		6
#39	Boston College	1	1 +		1 +	1 +	4
#40	Rutgers University				1 +	1 +	2
#40	University of Washington	1			1 +		2
#40	Tufts University				1 +		1
#43	Boston University		1 +		1 +		2
#47	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	1			1 +		2
#47	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University		1 +	1 +	1 +		3
#47	Texas A&M University	1			1 +		2
#47	University of Georgia	2			1 +	1 +	4
#47	Wake Forest University	1			1 +		2
#47	University of Rochester	1			1 +		2
#47	Lehigh University	1	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#49	Purdue University	1	1 +		1 +	1 +	4
#49	Ohio State University: Columbus Campus	1					1
#53	Case Western Reserve University	1		1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#53	Northeastern University	1			1 +		2
#53	College of William and Mary	2		1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#53	Florida State University	1		1 +	1 +		3
#53	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities	1			1 +		2
#57	Penn State University Park	1			1 +		2
#58	University of Connecticut				1 +		1
#59	University of Maryland: College Park	1			1 +		2
#60	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	1			1 +	1 +	3
#60	Michigan State University	1			1 +		2
#60	Santa Clara University				1 +		1
#60	North Carolina State University	1		1 +	1 +		3
#67	George Washington University			1 +	1 +		2
#67	Villanova University	1	1 +		1 +		3
#67	Syracuse University				1 +		1
#67	University of Miami		1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#67	University of Massachusetts Amherst				1 +		1
#67	University of Pittsburgh	1			1 +		2
#73	Tulane University	2	1 +	1 +	1 +		5
#73	Indiana University Bloomington	1			1 +		2
#76	Stevens Institute of Technology				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 +		2
#86	New Jersey Institute of Technology	1					1
#86	Clemson University	4	1 +	1 +	1 +		7
#88	University of California: Riverside				1 +		1
#89	Temple University	1			1 +		2
#89	University of South Florida				1 +		1
#89	Southern Methodist University	1	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#89	Fordham University	1			1 +	1 +	3
#93	Auburn University	2			1 +	1 +	4
#93	Baylor University				1 +		1
#93	Loyola Marymount University	1			1 +		2
#97	University of California: Santa Cruz				1 +		1
#98	Rochester Institute of Technology	2			1 +		3
#98	Drexel University	1			1 +		2
#98	Texas Christian University	2	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	6
#98	University of Oregon				1 +		1
#98	University of San Diego				1 +		1
#104	University of California: Merced				1 +		1
#105	George Mason University	1			1 +		2
#105	University of Tennessee: Knoxville	1	1 +		1 +	1 +	4
#105	American University	1			1 +	1 +	3
#105	Arizona State University	1			1 +		2
#105	University of Colorado Boulder	1		1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#115	University of New Hampshire				1 +		1
#115	University of Utah	1	1 +				2
#115	University of Arizona	1	1 +		1 +		3
#115	University of San Francisco				1 +		1
#124	University of Oklahoma				1 +		1
#124	University of Central Florida				1 +		1
#124	Florida International University				1 +		1
#124	University of South Carolina: Columbia	9	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	13
#124	James Madison University	2		1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#124	University of Missouri: Columbia		1 +		1 +		2
#124	University of Denver	1			1 +		2
#133	University of Dayton	1					1
#133	SUNY University at Albany				1 +		1
#133	Miami University: Oxford	1			1 +		2
#133	Elon University	1			1 +		2
#133	University of Vermont				1 +		1
#133	University of Houston	1					1
#133	University of Nebraska - Lincoln				1 +		1
#137	University of Alabama	5		1 +	1 +	1 +	8
#142	Virginia Commonwealth University	2			1 +		3
#142	University of the Pacific		1 +		1 +		2
#142	Loyola University Chicago		1 +				1
#142	University of Cincinnati	1					1
#151	University of Kansas	1					1
#151	Colorado State University	1			1 +		2
#151	Seton Hall University	1			1 +		2
#151	DePaul University	1			1 +		2
#159	University of Kentucky	1			1 +		2
#163	Adelphi University				1 +		1
#163	University of Mississippi	1		1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#163	Seattle University	1					1
#170	Mercer University				1 +		1
#170	Quinnipiac University				1 +		1
#170	University of Hawaii at Manoa				1 +		1
#178	Catholic University of America	1					1
#178	University of Arkansas	1			1 +	1 +	3
#178	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	1		1 +			2
#185	Oklahoma State University				1 +		1
#185	University of Detroit Mercy				1 +		1
#185	Missouri University of Science and Technology				1 +		1
#185	Samford University				1 +		1
#185	Bradley University				1 +		1
#195	East Carolina University	1			1 +		2
#195	University of Louisville				1 +		1
#201	Xavier University	1					1
#201	University of North Carolina at Wilmington				1 +		1
#216	University of Massachusetts Boston				1 +		1
#216	West Virginia University	1			1 +		2
#216	University of Wyoming				1 +		1
#216	Texas Tech University				1 +		1
#216	Mississippi State University				1 +		1
#227	Georgia State University				1 +		1
#227	Kent State University				1 +	1 +	2
#227	Nova Southeastern University				1 +		1
#236	Belmont University				1 +		1
#249	Pace University				1 +		1
#249	Suffolk University			1 +			1
#260	University of North Texas	1					1
#280	Hampton University	1					1
#280	Old Dominion University				1 +		1
#304	Radford University				1 +		1
#304	Shenandoah University			1 +			1
#320	Campbell University				1 +		1
#345	University of Louisiana at Lafayette				1 +		1
#352	University of Southern Mississippi				1 +		1
#361	Western Kentucky University				1 +		1

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2018-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	35	13	9	59	17
#1	Williams College		1 +				1
#2	Amherst College		1 +				1
#3	United States Naval Academy		1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	4
#4	Pomona College		1 +				1
#9	Bowdoin College	1					1
#9	Carleton College				1 +		1
#11	Claremont McKenna College		1 +				1
#11	United States Military Academy		1 +				1
#11	Middlebury College			1 +	1 +	1 +	3
#11	Wesleyan University	1			1 +		2
#11	Grinnell College	1			1 +		2
#16	Vassar College				1 +		1
#16	Harvey Mudd College				1 +		1
#16	Hamilton College				1 +		1
#16	Davidson College	2			1 +	1 +	4
#21	Haverford College	1					1
#21	Washington and Lee University	4	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	8
#24	Bates College				1 +	1 +	2
#25	Colby College				1 +		1
#25	University of Richmond	1			1 +	1 +	3
#27	Macalester College				1 +		1
#30	Bucknell University	1	1 +		1 +		3
#30	Lafayette College				1 +	1 +	2
#35	Franklin & Marshall College				1 +		1
#35	Occidental College				1 +		1
#38	Skidmore College	1					1
#39	Trinity College	1			1 +	1 +	3
#39	Denison University	1	1 +	1 +	1 +	1 +	5
#39	Hillsdale College				1 +	1 +	2
#39	Pitzer College				1 +		1
#39	Kenyon College	1	1 +		1 +	1 +	4
#45	Union College				1 +		1
#46	Furman University	1	1 +		1 +	1 +	4
#46	Dickinson College		1 +		1 +	1 +	3
#51	Centre College				1 +		1
#51	The University of the South	2	1 +			1 +	4
#56	Wheaton College				1 +		1
#56	Rhodes College	1			1 +	1 +	3
#59	Wofford College	6		1 +	1 +	1 +	9
#59	Trinity University	1					1
#59	St. Lawrence University				1 +		1
#63	Virginia Military Institute				1 +		1
#63	Gettysburg College			1 +	1 +		2
#67	Reed College				1 +		1
#67	Gustavus Adolphus College				1 +		1
#70	Hobart and William Smith Colleges				1 +		1
#70	Muhlenberg College				1 +		1
#72	Bard College				1 +		1
#73	Lake Forest College			1 +	1 +		2
#75	Allegheny College				1 +		1
#75	Lawrence University				1 +		1
#82	St. Mary's College of Maryland				1 +		1
#89	University of Puget Sound				1 +		1
#89	Southwestern University				1 +		1
#93	Whittier College				1 +		1
#93	Austin College				1 +		1
#93	Lewis & Clark College				1 +		1
#93	Drew University				1 +		1
#100	Morehouse College	1			1 +		2
#100	Sarah Lawrence College	1					1
#107	Randolph-Macon College				1 +		1
#107	Westmont College	1					1
#116	Ohio Wesleyan University	1			1 +		2
#116	Hampden-Sydney College	1			1 +		2
#124	Millsaps College				1 +		1
#130	Roanoke College	1			1 +		2
#130	Eckerd College				1 +		1
#135	Birmingham-Southern College				1 +		1
#152	Wittenberg University				1 +		1
#154	University of Mary Washington			1 +	1 +	1 +	3
#165	Randolph College	1					1
#167	Bridgewater College	1					1
#167	Guilford College			1 +	1 +		2

		Matriculation
Ranking	University/College	2023	2022	2021	2018-2020	2019	Total
	All schools	2	0	0	0	0
#33	University of St. Andrews	1					1
#51	University of Stirling	1					1

AP Scores

(2022-2023)

Number of students took AP test

112

Number of tests taken

180

16%

19%

43%

Score 5

Score 4

Score 3

Other scores

Academics

Sports

(18)

Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	American Football
Golf	Lacrosse

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(45)

Math League	Model United Nations
Science Olympiad	Speech and Debate
Student Bands	Boy Scouts

Math League	Model United Nations
Science Olympiad	Speech and Debate
Student Bands	Boy Scouts
Johnson Stadium Concession Stand	Student Conservation Committee
Peer Leadership Council	Music Production
Lyrical Analysis	Boys & Girls Club
Environmental	Vegetable Gardening INitiative
Chess	Bridge
WFS Video Game	Fly-Fishing
Outdoors	Classical Languages
Computer Science	Investment
Robotics	Young Republicans
Young Democrats	& Young Libertarians
Admission Ambassadors	Admission Host
1889 Society	Saturday Night Film
Photography	Rod & Gun
Ropes Course	Fir Tree
Yearbook	The Oracle
The Talon	WFSPN
Minority Caucus	Woodberry GSA
International Forum	Asian Affinity Association
Latinos at Woodberry	St. Andrew’s Chapel
Woodberry Christian Fellowship

Arts

(25)

Acting	Band
Choir	Directing
Drama	Jazz

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Washington, District of Columbia

Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, is a vibrant city located along the Potomac River, bordered by Maryland and Virginia. Known for its neoclassical monuments and buildings, the city is home to the iconic landmarks of the U.S. government, including the Capitol, White House, and Supreme Court. Washington also boasts renowned museums like the Smithsonian and cultural venues such as the Kennedy Center. As the nation’s political and cultural hub, it attracts millions of visitors each year to experience its rich history and diverse attractions.

Population (2022) 591,833

Cost of Living Higher than average 39%

Nearby Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

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Baseball	Basketball
Cross Country	American Football
Golf	Lacrosse
Mountain Biking	Soccer
Squash	Swimming
Tennis	Track and Field
Wrestling	Cycling
Diving

Acting	Band
Choir	Directing
Drama	Jazz
Music	Music Theory
Speech	Voice
Ceramics	Drawing
Editing	Filmmaking
Painting	Photography
Printmaking	Studio Art
Woodworking	Documentary

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