There are some things you get from a private school that you just can’t get from a public school: free iPads, farm-to-table catered lunches, and international study opportunities. It’s a world class education, for top dollar.
This is our fourth annual list of the 50 most expensive private high schools in the U.S. — and the schools are getting more and more pricey every year. Many of them appear in New York City, where the cost of living (and learning) is one of the highest in the country.
To create this list, we looked at tuition and mandatory fees (including one-time fees where applicable) to calculate the total cost for the 2014-2015 school year. In instances where the school listed a range of expected expenditures for books and other required materials, we used the average. Special needs schools and boarding-only schools were not taken into consideration for this list.
50. Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Location: Natick, Massachusetts
Tuition and fees: $ 41,000
Enrollment: 300
Day students can request to “affiliate” with one of the dorms on campus in order to have access to common rooms and resources, and bond with their residential classmates.
Methodology: Rankings are based on tuition and fees for daytime-only students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2014-2015 school year. Boarding-only schools and special-needs high schools were not included.
49. The Taft School
Location: Watertown, Connecticut
Tuition and fees: $ 41,045
Enrollment: 576
The school’s mascot, the rhino, was chosen in honor of a popular student in the late ’80s who apparently ran like a rhino when he was playing soccer.
Methodology: Rankings are based on tuition and fees for daytime-only students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2014-2015 school year. Boarding-only schools and special-needs high schools were not included.
48. Brooks School
Location: North Andover, Massachusetts
Tuition and fees: $ 41,311
Enrollment: 380
Students participate in afternoon programs in the arts, sports, and community service; if they’re passionate about another subject or issue, they also have the option of designing their own afternoon programs.
Methodology: Rankings are based on tuition and fees for daytime-only students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2014-2015 school year. Boarding-only schools and special-needs high schools were not included.
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