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The Best Prep Schools In New England, Ranked
A list of the absolute best New England prep schools, ranked by the community's votes. The list includes prep schools in MA (Massachusetts), the best private schools in CT (Connecticut), and NH prep schools (New Hampshire). What is a prep school? The term is short for college preparation, meant to prepare its students for college coursework, and is a type of second education institution. Boarding schools in New England are also popular, but this list focuses on day schools. Private high school rankings can be an important factor for parents deciding between New England independent schools.
This list has the most popular prep schools in New England region of the Northeastern United States, and includes related images and location information. Choosing a school for one's child is one of the most important choices a parent can make. What are the absolute best prep schools in New England?
Many of the most elite prep schools are famous for both excellence in academics and their historical origins. This list features the New England prep schools, based on the number of votes cast for each institution. Your votes can help determine the ranking. On the list of New England college prep schools are The Albany Academy, Canterbury School, Kent School, The Marvelwood School, Berkshire School, Landmark School, Taft School, and Darrow School.
Cast your votes for the best New England prep schools below, or add a prep school you think is great, as long as it is located in New England and does not already appear on the list. Another list references the top prep schools in the US, as well as world's best preparatory schools. Also, check out the list of celebs who attended boarding school.
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Phillips Academy
Independent school, Day school, Boarding schoolAndover, MA - 2
Taft School
Mixed-sex education, Private school, Boarding schoolWatertown, CT - 3
Deerfield Academy
Independent school, Private school, Boarding schoolDeerfield, MA - 4
The Hotchkiss School
Independent school, Boarding school - 5
Kent School
Private school, Boarding schoolKent, CT - 6
Canterbury School
Mixed-sex education, Private school, Boarding schoolNew Milford, CT - 7
Thayer Academy
Private schoolBraintree, MA - 8
Loomis Chaffee School
Private school, Boarding school 
9Noble and Greenough School
Private school- 10Independent school, Private school, Boarding school
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Avon Old Farms School
Avon, CT - 12
Lawrence Academy at Groton
Groton, MA - 13
Tabor Academy
Private school, Boarding school - 14
Berkshire School
Boarding schoolSheffield, MA - 15
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Mixed-sex education, Boarding school, Secondary school - 16
Williston Northampton School
Boarding schoolEasthampton, MA - 17
Portsmouth Abbey School
Mixed-sex education, Private school, Boarding schoolPortsmouth, RI - 18
Kimball Union Academy
Private school, Boarding schoolMeriden, NH - 19
The Governor's Academy
Private school, Boarding schoolByfield, MA - 20
Gann Academy
Private schoolWaltham, MA - 21
Hopkins School
Day school, Private school, High schoolNew Haven, CT - 22
St. John's Prep
All Boys-- Danvers, MA
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Westminster School
Private school, Boarding schoolSimsbury, CT - 24
Cheshire Academy
Cheshire, CT - 25
Berwick Academy
Day school, Private school - 26
The Gunnery
Boarding schoolWashington, CT - 27
Trinity-Pawling School
Boarding school, High schoolPawling, NY - 28
Holderness School
Private school, Boarding school, High schoolHolderness, NH - 29Boarding school
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Fessenden School
- 31
New Hampton School
New Hampton, NH - 32
The Derryfield School
Independent school, High school - 33
St. Sebastian's School
Needham, MA - 34
Montrose School
Medfield, MA - 35
Moses Brown School
Private schoolProvidence, RI - 36
The Fenn School
Private schoolConcord, MA - 37
Kingswood-Oxford School
West Hartford, CT - 38
Miss Hall's School
Boarding school - 39
Waynflete School
Private school, High schoolPortland, ME - 40
Landmark School
Private school, Boarding schoolBeverly, MA - 41
The Marvelwood School
Kent, CT - 42
Applewild School
Fitchburg, MA - 43
The Rectory School
Independent school, Day school, Boarding schoolPomfret, CT - 44
Worcester Academy
Boarding school, Day schoolWorcester, MA - 45Private, All Boys Prep School
Westwood, MA
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Bancroft School
Secondary education, Private schoolWorcester, MA - 47
The Wheeler School
Independent school, Private school - 48
Lexington Christian Academy
Lexington, MA - 49
Derby Academy
Hingham, MA - 50
Falmouth Academy
Private schoolFalmouth, MA - 51
Shady Hill School
Private schoolCambridge, MA - 52
The Waldorf School
Lexington, MA - 53
Fairfield College Preparatory School
Private school, University-preparatory school, High schoolFairfield, CT - 54
Maimonides School
Brookline, MA - 55
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Single-sex education, Private schoolGreenwich, CT - 56
Greenwich Academy
Independent schoolGreenwich, CT - 57
School of the Holy Child
Single-sex education, Private school - 58Private school, High schoolWeston, MA
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Dublin School
Dublin, NH - 60
Boston University Academy
High school, Secondary schoolBoston, MA - 61
Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall School
Waltham, MA - 62
Commonwealth School
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