List of boarding schools in the United States
The following are notable boarding schools in the United States.
By state/territory
[edit]Alabama
[edit]Alaska
[edit]Arizona
[edit]- Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind Tucson Campus
- Fenster School (Tucson)
- Greyhills Academy High School
- Hunters Point Boarding School
- Kaibeto Boarding School
- Many Farms Community School
- Many Farms High School
- The Orme School of Arizona (Mayer)
- Rough Rock Community School
- Shonto Prep High School
- Spring Ridge Academy
- Tuba City Boarding School
- Verde Valley School (Sedona)
Arkansas
[edit]California
[edit]- Army and Navy Academy (Carlsbad)
- The Athenian School (Danville)
- Besant Hill School of Happy Valley (Ojai)
- California Academy of Mathematics and Science (As of 1993[update],[1] Carson)
- California School for the Blind
- California School for the Deaf, Fremont
- California School for the Deaf, Riverside
- Cate School (Carpinteria)
- CEDU
- Dunn School (Los Olivos)
- Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy (La Cañada Flintridge)
- Idyllwild Arts Academy (Idyllwild)
- Julian Youth Academy (San Diego)
- Lake Tahoe Preparatory School (formerly Squaw Valley Academy)
- Midland School (Los Olivos)
- Monte Vista Christian School (Watsonville)
- Ojai Valley School (Ojai)
- St. Catherine's Academy (Anaheim)
- St. Michael's Preparatory School (Silverado)
- Santa Catalina School (Monterey)
- Sherman Indian High School
- Stevenson School (Pebble Beach)
- The Thacher School (Ojai)
- Villanova Preparatory School (Ojai)
- The Webb Schools (Webb School of California and Vivian Webb School for Girls) (Claremont)
- Woodside Priory School (Portola Valley)
Colorado
[edit]Connecticut
[edit]- Academy of the Holy Family (Sprague)
- Avon Old Farms School (Avon)
- Bridgeport International Academy (Bridgeport)
- Canterbury School (New Milford)
- Cheshire Academy (Cheshire)
- Choate Rosemary Hall (Wallingford)
- Devereux Glenholme School (Washington)
- Ethel Walker School (Simsbury)
- Forman School (Litchfield)
- Franklin Academy (East Haddam)
- Gilbert School
- Grove School (Madison)
- The Gunnery (Washington)
- Hotchkiss School (Lakeville)
- Indian Mountain School (Lakeville)
- Kent School (Kent)
- The Loomis Chaffee School (Windsor)
- Marianapolis Preparatory School (Thompson)
- Marvelwood School (Kent)
- Miss Porter's School (Farmington)
- Oxford Academy (Westbrook)
- Pomfret School (Pomfret)
- The Rectory School (Pomfret)
- Rumsey Hall School (Washington)
- The Salisbury School (Salisbury)
- South Kent School (South Kent)
- Suffield Academy (Suffield)
- Taft School (Watertown)
- Westminster School (Simsbury)
- Westover School (Middlebury)
- The Woodhall School (Bethlehem)
- Woodstock Academy (Woodstock)
Delaware
[edit]District of Columbia
[edit]Florida
[edit]Georgia
[edit]- Brandon Hall School (Atlanta)
- Brenau Academy (Gainesville) (see Brenau University)
- Darlington School (Rome)
- Georgia Academy for the Blind
- Georgia School for the Deaf
- Hidden Lake Academy (Dahlonega)
- Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
- Riverside Military Academy (Gainesville)
- Shepherd's Hill Academy (Martin)
- Tallulah Falls School
Hawaii
[edit]Idaho
[edit]Illinois
[edit]Indiana
[edit]Iowa
[edit]Kansas
[edit]Kentucky
[edit]Louisiana
[edit]Maine
[edit]Maryland
[edit]- Garrison Forest School (Owings Mills, Maryland)
- Georgetown Preparatory School (North Bethesda)
- Maryland School for the Blind
- Maryland School for the Deaf
- McDonogh School (Owings Mills)
- Oldfields School (Glencoe)
- St. James School (St. James)
- St. Timothy's School (Stevenson)
- The SEED School (Baltimore, Maryland)
- West Nottingham Academy (Colora)
Massachusetts
[edit]- Academy at Swift River (Cummington)
- Bard Academy at Simon's Rock (Great Barrington)
- Berkshire School (Sheffield)
- Brooks School (North Andover)
- Buxton School (Williamstown)
- Cambridge School of Weston
- Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School (Waltham)
- Concord Academy (Concord)
- Cushing Academy (Ashburnham)
- Dana Hall School (Wellesley)
- Deerfield Academy (Deerfield)
- Eagle Hill School (Hardwick)
- Eaglebrook School(Deerfield)
- Fay School (Southborough)
- Fessenden School (West Newton)
- The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy) (Byfield)
- Groton School (Groton)
- John Dewey Academy (Great Barrington)
- Lawrence Academy at Groton (Groton)
- MacDuffie School (Springfield)
- Middlesex School (Concord)
- Milton Academy (Milton)
- Miss Hall's School (Pittsfield)
- Northfield Mount Hermon School (Northfield and Gill)
- Phillips Academy (Andover)
- Riverview School (East Sandwich)
- St John's High School (Shrewsbury)
- St. Mark's School (Southborough)
- Stetson School, (Barre)
- Stoneleigh-Burnham School (Greenfield)
- Tabor Academy (Marion)
- Walnut Hill School (Natick)
- Wilbraham and Monson Academy (Wilbraham)
- Williston Northampton School (Easthampton)
- The Winchendon School (Winchendon)
- Worcester Academy (Worcester)
Michigan
[edit]Minnesota
[edit]Mississippi
[edit]- Choctaw Tribal School System
- French Camp Academy (French Camp)
- Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (Columbus)
- Mississippi School of the Arts (Brookhaven)
- Mississippi School for the Blind
- Mississippi School for the Deaf
- Piney Woods Country Life School (Piney Woods)
- Saint Stanislaus College (Bay St. Louis)
Missouri
[edit]Montana
[edit]Nebraska
[edit]New Hampshire
[edit]- Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro)
- Cardigan Mountain School (Canaan)
- Derryfield School (Manchester)
- Dublin Christian Academy (Dublin)
- Dublin School (Dublin)
- Hampshire Country School (Rindge)
- High Mowing School (Wilton)
- Holderness School (Holderness)
- Immaculate Conception Apostolic School (Center Harbor)
- Kimball Union Academy (Meriden)
- New Hampton School (New Hampton)
- Oliverian School (Haverhill)
- Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter)
- Proctor Academy (Andover)
- St. Paul's School (Concord)
- Shortridge Academy (Milton)
- Tilton School (Tilton)
- Wediko Children's Services (Windsor)
- White Mountain School (Bethlehem)
New Jersey
[edit]- The American Boychoir School (Princeton)
- Blair Academy (Blairstown)
- The Hun School (Princeton)
- Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf
- The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville)
- The Peddie School (Hightstown)
- The Pennington School (Pennington)
- Purnell School (Pottersville)
- St. Benedict's Preparatory School (Newark)
New Mexico
[edit]- Armand Hammer United World College of the American West (Montezuma)
- Menaul School (Albuquerque)
- New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell)
- New Mexico School for the Arts
- New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- New Mexico School for the Deaf
- Navajo Preparatory School
- Pine Hill Schools (Ramah Navajo)
- Santa Fe Indian School
- Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc. - Atsá Biyáázh Community School (elementary) and Northwest Middle & High School
- Wingate High School
New York
[edit]- Darrow School (New Lebanon)
- Education First EF Academy (Thornwood, New York)
- Emma Willard School (Troy)
- Storm King School (Cornwall-on-Hudson)
- Family Foundation School (Hancock)
- The Gow School (South Wales)
- Hackley School (Tarrytown)
- Keio Academy of New York (Harrison)
- The Kildonan School (Amenia)
- Léman Manhattan Preparatory School (New York City)
- The Masters School (Dobbs Ferry)
- Millbrook School (Millbrook)
- New York State School for the Blind
- New York State School for the Deaf
- North Country School (Lake Placid)
- Northwood School (Lake Placid)
- Randolph Academy Union Free School District (only the campus in Randolph has boarding)
- Ross School (East Hampton)
- Saint Thomas Choir School (New York City)
- The Stony Brook School (Stony Brook)
- Trinity-Pawling School (Pawling)
North Carolina
[edit]- American Hebrew Academy (Greensboro)
- Arthur Morgan School (Yancey County)
- Asheville School (Asheville)
- Christ School (Arden)
- Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf
- Governor Morehead School (for blind)
- New Leaf Academy (Hendersonville)
- North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem)
- North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (Durham)
- North Carolina School for the Deaf
- Oak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge)
- Saint Mary's School (Raleigh)
- Salem Academy (Winston-Salem)
- Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas (Brevard)
North Dakota
[edit]- Circle of Nations Wahpeton Indian School
- North Dakota School for the Deaf
- North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind
Ohio
[edit]Oklahoma
[edit]- Jones Academy - boarding school for grades 1-6, dormitory only for grades 7-12
- Oklahoma School for the Blind
- Oklahoma School for the Deaf (Sulphur)
- Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics[3] (Oklahoma City)
- Riverside Indian School
- Sequoyah High School (near Tahlequah)
Oregon
[edit]- Academy for Global Exploration (Ashland)
- Chemawa Indian School
- Crane Union High School (Crane) - a public (state supported) school with boarding students due to the school district's vastness
- The Delphian School (Sheridan)
- Harper School
- Huntington School
- Mitchell School
- Mount Bachelor Academy (Prineville)
- New Leaf Academy (Bend)
- Oregon Episcopal School (Raleigh Hills)
- Oregon School for the Deaf
- Paisley School
- St. Mary's School (Medford)
- Spray School
Pennsylvania
[edit]- Carson Long Military Institute (New Bloomfield)
- Church Farm School (Exton)
- George School (Newtown)
- Girard College (Philadelphia)
- The Grier School (Tyrone)
- The Hill School (Pottstown)
- The Kiski School (Saltsburg)
- Linden Hall (Lititz) - first girls' boarding school in the United States (1746)
- Mercersburg Academy (Mercersburg)
- Milton Hershey School (Hershey)
- Perkiomen School (Pennsburg)
- The Phelps School (Malvern)
- Pine Forge Academy (Pine Forge)
- Solebury School (New Hope)
- Valley Forge Military Academy (Wayne)
- Westtown School (Westtown)
- Wyoming Seminary (Kingston)
Puerto Rico
[edit]- Albergue Olímpico (Salinas)
- CROEM (Mayagüez)
- Robinson School (Condado, San Juan)
Rhode Island
[edit]South Carolina
[edit]South Dakota
[edit]Tennessee
[edit]- Bachman Academy (permanently closed) (McDonald)
- Baylor School (Chattanooga)
- Highland Academy (Portland)
- McCallie School (Chattanooga)
- St. Andrew's-Sewanee School (Sewanee)
- Tennessee Governor's Academy for Math and Science (Knoxville)
- Tennessee School for the Blind
- Tennessee School for the Deaf (Knoxville)
- The Webb School (Bell Buckle)
- West Tennessee School for the Deaf
Texas
[edit]- Cal Farley's Boys Ranch (in the Boys Ranch Independent School District)
- Brook Hill School (Bullard)
- The Chinquapin School (Houston)
- Hockaday School (Dallas)
- Marine Military Academy (Harlingen)
- St. Stephen's Episcopal School (Austin)
- San Marcos Baptist Academy (San Marcos)
- Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities
- Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (Denton)
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Texas School for the Deaf
- TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas (San Antonio)
Utah
[edit]Vermont
[edit]Virginia
[edit]- Blue Ridge School (St. George)
- Carlbrook School (Halifax)
- Chatham Hall (Chatham)
- Christchurch School (Christchurch)
- Episcopal High School (Alexandria)
- Fishburne Military School (Waynesboro)
- Fork Union Military Academy (Fork Union)[4]
- Foxcroft School (Middleburg)
- Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham)
- Madeira School (McLean)
- Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock)
- The Miller School of Albemarle (Charlottesville)
- Randolph-Macon Academy (Front Royal)
- St. Anne's-Belfield School (Charlottesville)
- St. Margaret's School (Tappahannock)
- Shenandoah Valley Academy (New Market)
- Virginia Episcopal School (Lynchburg)
- Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
- Woodberry Forest School (Madison County)
Washington
[edit]West Virginia
[edit]- Bluefield International Academy (Bluefield)
- Charlestown Male Academy - closed in 1976; founded in Charles Town in 1860, moved to Staunton, Virginia in 1883
- Greenbrier Academy (Pence Springs)
- Greenbrier Military School (Lewisburg)
- The Highland School (Highland)
- Linsly School (Wheeling)
- Romney Classical Institute (Romney) - closed c. 1866
- West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Wisconsin
[edit]- Conserve School (Land O' Lakes)
- Luther Preparatory School (Watertown)
- Oaklawn Academy (Edgerton)
- St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (Delafield)
- St. Lawrence Seminary High School (Mt. Calvary)
- Wayland Academy (Beaver Dam)
- Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Wisconsin School for the Deaf
Former boarding schools
[edit]- Closed
- Albuquerque Indian School (New Mexico)
- Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania)
- Central North Carolina School for the Deaf
- Chrysalis (Eureka) closed 2017
- Élan School (Poland, Maine) - closed 2011
- Hopevale Union Free School District (boarding ended in 2010, merged into Randolph Academy UFSD in 2011)
- Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
- Lewisville Female Seminary (Chester) - closed 1854
- Michigan School for the Blind
- Native American Preparatory School (San Miguel County, New Mexico (Closed 2002)
- Mission Mountain School (Condon) - closed 2008
- Mount Vernon Academy (Mount Vernon) - closed 2015
- Nebraska School for the Deaf
- Oregon School for the Blind
- Oakley School (Oakley, Utah)
- Phoenix Indian School (Arizona)
- Scranton State School for the Deaf (Pennsylvania)
- Spring Creek Lodge Academy (Thompson Falls) - closed 2009
- South Dakota School for the Deaf - dorms closed in 2005, later closed entirely
- Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan School
- Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton
- Wyoming School for the Deaf
- Still open, dormitories closed
- Devon Preparatory School (Pennsylvania)[5]
- Rock Point Community School (Arizona)
- Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (Maine)
- Northern Cheyenne Tribal School (Montana)
- Oakland School (Virginia)
- Rhode Island School for the Deaf
- Still boarding children, but no longer function as in-house schools
- Saint Basil Academy - in-house school functions ended in 1997
See also
[edit]- Lists of schools in the United States
- List of boarding schools
- List of international schools in the United States
- Therapeutic boarding school
References
[edit]- ^ Fuetsch, Michele (December 30, 1993). "By Leaving Home, Students Get a Chance to Succeed at School : Education: Some pupils at the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills, live in dorms in order to get away from the pressures of home life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ https://www.maryvilleforum.com/features/missouri-academy-bids-farewell-to-final-class/article_b4b867aa-61ad-11e8-bbad-4749240aee41.html
- ^ "Home". ossm.edu.
- ^ "Home". forkunion.com.
- ^ "Devon Prep Alumni Newsletter". Devon Preparatory School. Winter 2021. p. 2/17. Retrieved July 8, 2023.