Shattuck-St. Mary’s School is known for its programs in engineering, bioscience, pre-conservatory music, vocal performance, soccer, hockey, figure skating, and golf. Located in Faribault, Minnesota, approximately 70% of its students are boarders. Opportunities at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School includes several team-building activities and social events which help foster a strong, supportive community.
What can students expect at Shattuck-St. Mary’s? A vibrant campus life with exciting academics, athletics, and arts programs. Academic innovation receives strong impetus here. The school even has specific centers of excellence for students interested in bioscience and engineering. Artistically inclined students can choose from various theater, chorus, dance, and visual arts programs.
Marymount School of New York - $51,750 Yearly Tuition
Marymount School of New York is a Catholic day school for girls established on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Mother Marie Joseph Butler founded it in 1926 as a component of a chain of schools managed by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. This school is filled with students from all across the country and has a great community within itself.
Their academic program aims to instill curiosity, where learning is joyous and adventurous. Students dare to dream thanks to innovative school programs on the visual and performing arts, technology, financial literacy, and design and innovation. The athletics program has everything from lacrosse and volleyball to fencing. Most importantly, the Marymount experience is rooted in character building and sisterhood.
Trevor Day School - $52,600 Yearly Tuition
Trevor Day School teaches college-bound students to achieve academic and personal excellence within an inquiry-driven, idea-rich community in New York. The education approach at Trevor Day School is uniquely innovative, resulting in students who balance a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum with achievement and meaningful engagement.
The school caters to children from Nursery through Grade 12 and encourages students to embrace both academics and extracurriculars. Apart from rigorous academics, Trevor offers Arts electives, clubs, JV and Varsity teams. Community service is central to life at Trevor. The school’s mission is to give students the tools to balance the world’s challenges with healthy and dynamic lives.
St. Thomas More School – $53,900
Located in Oakdale, Connecticut, St. Thomas More School holds the unofficial basketball school title. This is the main reason students choose to come to this school – they have tremendous basketball talent and aspire to be picked for an NCAA Division I level college basketball team. With at least 20 alumni who went on to become professional basketball players in the NBA, this makes sense.
But every dream has its price; with nearly $54,000-a-year, that price is steep. But the school does offer some perks, such as top-of-the-line gymnasiums, a beach, a dock, and a boathouse. They also have five athletic fields, a track, tennis courts, and up to 40 different academic subjects to choose from.
Collegiate School - Yearly Tuition: $54,125
Collegiate School is an independent school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Seeing as it was founded in 1628, this is the oldest school in the United States. The Collegiate School is part of both the New York Interschool and the Ivy Preparatory School League. The school is among the top all-boys schools in the world with “a program designed and delivered with boys in mind.”
What does that mean? It means Collegiate understands that boys flourish when they can be themselves, build authentic relationships, learn by doing and exploring, lead and set high expectations for themselves. The school’s many programs and facilities reflect this philosophy. Its outdoor space includes a large roof deck on floor 9 with a large recreation area and a ground-level, 5,000-square-foot courtyard that allows for handball and basketball.