Blog · Who feeds which college · October 2, 2026
The high school that sends the most students to Harvard is Milton Academy
- Milton Academy sends the most graduates to Harvard University: 10.7 per class year over 2024-2026, first of 157 schools whose published lists name Harvard University.
- Eight of the ten schools on the board sit in three states: Massachusetts (3), New York (3) and New Jersey (2).
- On the acceptances side, a separate list, Bronx High School of Science (The) ranks first at 8.0 admissions per class year for 2025.
A matriculation list is a list a high school publishes saying where its graduates enrolled. Per class year means the count the school printed, divided by the class years that list covers. That lets a one-year list and a five-year list sit on the same page.
The school at the top
Milton Academy, in Milton, Massachusetts, printed 32 graduates enrolling at Harvard University. Its list covers 2024-2026. That works out to 10.7 per class year, which places it first on this board.
Second is Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, at 8.0 per class year from a printed 40 across 2021-2025. Third is Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California, also at 8.0 per class year, from a printed 8 in the column the school labels CLASS OF '25.
The 10 high schools whose lists name Harvard University most often, per class year
| Rank | High school | City, State | Type | Students per class year | Count as printed | Class years (the school's words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milton Academy | Milton, MA | private | 10.7 | 32 | 2024-2026 |
| 2 | Noble and Greenough School | Dedham, MA | private | 8.0 | 40 | 2021–2025 |
| 3 | Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA | private | 8.0 | 8 | BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025 (counted column: CLASS OF '25) |
| 4 | St. Paul's School (NH) | Concord, NH | private | 6.5 | 13 | College Matriculation for the Forms of 2025 and 2026 (combined two-year TOTAL column) |
| 5 | Dalton School | New York, NY | private | 6.2 | 37 | 2019-2024 |
| 6 | Bergen County Academies | Hackensack, NJ | public | 6.0 | 24 | 2019-2022 (counted column: COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS 2019-2022) |
| 7 | The Brearley School | New York, NY | private | 5.8 | 29 | 2022–2026 |
| 8 | The Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ | private | 5.2 | 26 | the last five years |
| 9 | Rye Country Day School | Rye, NY | private | 5.0 | 5 | Class of 2026 |
| 10 | The Roxbury Latin School | West Roxbury, MA | private | 4.8 | 29 | 2021-2026 |
What the top 10 looks like
The board clusters in the Northeast. Three schools are in Massachusetts, three in New York, two in New Jersey, one in New Hampshire and one in California. Three of the ten are in Harvard's own state. The numbers at the top are close together: ranks two and three both read 8.0 per class year, and ranks four through ten run from 6.5 down to 4.8.
Across every row on the full board, the schools' own printed counts for Harvard University add up to 895.
On the acceptances side
Acceptances lists are a different kind of list, and they are ranked on their own. They count every college that admitted a student, so one student admitted to three colleges appears three times. Enrolled and admitted lists are never mixed. On that separate board, Bronx High School of Science (The) in the Bronx, New York, ranks first at 8.0 admissions per class year, from a printed 8 for 2025. Fourteen schools are ranked there.
What it means if a school is not here
A school that is not on the list did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read. That is all absence means. It is never a statement about that school's graduates.
See the whole board
The full board shows the top 25 plus the acceptances section: Harvard University feeder schools. The college page is here: Harvard University.
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.