Blog · Who feeds which college · October 2, 2026
The high school that sends the most students to Yale is Hopkins School
- Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut sends 14 students per class year to Yale University. That is first of 175 schools whose published lists name Yale University.
- Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut is second, at 8.4 students per class year.
- 3 of the 10 schools on this list sit in Connecticut, the state where Yale is located.
- On the acceptances side, a separate list, Bronx High School of Science (The) is first, with 12 admissions per class year.
A matriculation list is a list a high school publishes that says where its graduates enrolled. Per class year means the count the school printed, divided by the class years the list covers. So a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page.
The school at the top
Hopkins School is a private school in New Haven, Connecticut. Its own published list names Yale University 14 times. The school labels that list "Class of 2026." Because the list covers one class year, the printed total and the per-class-year number are the same: 14.
The top 10
| Rank | High school | City, State | Type | Students per class year | Count as printed | Class years (the school's words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hopkins School | New Haven, CT | private | 14.0 | 14 | Class of 2026 |
| 2 | Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | private | 8.4 | 42 | Class of 2021-2025 |
| 3 | Marlborough School | Los Angeles, CA | private | 6.0 | 6 | Class of 2025 |
| 4 | St. Paul's School (NH) | Concord, NH | private | 5.5 | 11 | College Matriculation for the Forms of 2025 and 2026 (combined two-year TOTAL column) |
| 5 | Noble and Greenough School | Dedham, MA | private | 4.6 | 23 | 2021–2025 |
| 6 | Punahou School | Honolulu, HI | private | 4.5 | 18 | the past four years (2022 – 2025) |
| 7 | St. John's School | Houston, TX | private | 4.4 | 22 | Over the past five (2022-2026) graduating classes |
| 8 | The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT | private | 4.2 | 17 | Classes of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 |
| 9 | The Brearley School | New York, NY | private | 4.0 | 20 | 2022–2026 |
| 10 | Milton Academy | Milton, MA | private | 4.0 | 12 | 2024-2026 |
What the list shows
The top of this list is close to home. 3 of the 10 schools are in Connecticut, Yale's own state. Two more are in Massachusetts. The rest are spread wide: one each in California, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Texas and New York.
The gap between first and second is the biggest on the page. Hopkins School is at 14.0 per class year. Choate Rosemary Hall is at 8.4. Third is Marlborough School in Los Angeles, at 6.0.
Each number here comes from the school's own published list. Counts appear as printed. Class years appear as the school states them. The ranking is per graduating class.
A school that is not on this list did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read. That is all absence means. It is never a statement about its graduates. Lists of acceptances, where students were admitted, are kept separate and never mixed in.
See the full Yale University feeder board for the top 25 and the acceptances section, and the Yale University college page.
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.