Feeder schools, private only
Which private high schools send the most students to Duke University?
171 private high schools published a numbered list that names Duke University; Durham Academy sends the most, 7.8 per class year, followed by Pine Crest School (6.4) and Riverdale Country School (5.7).
| # | School | City, state | Students per class year | Class year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham Academy | Durham, NC | 7.8 | 2021–2025 | School's published list |
| 2 | Pine Crest School | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 6.4 | 2022-26 | School's published list |
| 3 | Riverdale Country School | Bronx, NY | 5.7 | Higher Ed Enrollment 2021-2026 | School's published list |
| 4 | Horace Mann School | Bronx, NY | 5.3 | Class of 2024 - 2026 Graduates | School's published list |
| 5 | The Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ | 4.6 | the last five years | School's published list |
| 6 | The Pingry School | Basking Ridge, NJ | 4.0 | 2022-2025 | School's published list |
| 7 | McDonogh School | Owings Mills, MD | 4.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 8 | Pace Academy | Atlanta, GA | 4.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 9 | Phillips Academy (Andover) | Andover, MA | 4.0 | Class of 2024 | School's published list |
| 10 | Newark Academy | Livingston, NJ | 3.5 | 2023-2026 | School's published list |
| 11 | Noble and Greenough School | Dedham, MA | 3.2 | 2021–2025 | School's published list |
| 12 | Greenhill School | Addison, TX | 3.2 | 2022 - 2025 | School's published list |
| 13 | Palmer Trinity School | Palmetto Bay, FL | 3.2 | Classes of 2023–2026 | School's published list |
| 14 | Ethical Culture Fieldston School | New York, NY | 3.0 | Classes of 2022–2026 | School's published list |
| 15 | Brentwood School | Los Angeles, CA | 3.0 | Class of 2024 | School's published list |
| 16 | Collegiate School | Richmond, VA | 3.0 | Class of 2026 College Enrollments / 2023-26 4-Year College Enrollments | School's published list |
| 17 | Providence Day School | Charlotte, NC | 3.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 18 | Regis High School | New York, NY | 3.0 | 2022-2025 | School's published list |
| 19 | The Bolles School | Jacksonville, FL | 3.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 20 | The Columbus Academy | Gahanna, OH | 3.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 21 | University School | Chagrin Falls, OH | 3.0 | The 2026 College Matriculation List | School's published list |
| 22 | Spence School | New York, NY | 2.8 | Classes of 2021 - 2025 | School's published list |
| 23 | St. Paul's School (NH) | Concord, NH | 2.5 | College Matriculation for the Forms of 2025 and 2026 (combined two-year TOTAL column) | School's published list |
| 24 | Menlo School | Atherton, CA | 2.3 | Classes of 2023-2025 | School's published list |
| 25 | The Harker School | San Jose, CA | 2.3 | Classes of 2023, 2024 & 2025 | School's published list |
| 26 | The Hockaday School | Dallas, TX | 2.3 | 2024 – 2026 | School's published list |
| 27 | Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | 2.2 | IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, (CLASS OF 2022-2026) | School's published list |
| 28 | The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA | 2.2 | Classes 2021-2025 | School's published list |
| 29 | The Potomac School | Mclean, VA | 2.2 | past four years | School's published list |
| 30 | The Taft School | Watertown, CT | 2.0 | past five years (2020-2024) | School's published list |
| 31 | William Penn Charter School | Philadelphia, PA | 2.0 | 2022-2026 | School's published list |
| 32 | Kent Place School | Summit, NJ | 2.0 | 2022-2025 | School's published list |
| 33 | Lake Forest Academy | Lake Forest, IL | 2.0 | 2021 - 2024 | School's published list |
| 34 | The Hotchkiss School | Lakeville, CT | 2.0 | Classes of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 | School's published list |
| 35 | Avenues the World School | New York, NY | 2.0 | CLASSES OF 2023–2026 | School's published list |
| 36 | Berkeley Preparatory School | Tampa, FL | 2.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 37 | Brunswick School | Greenwich, CT | 2.0 | Class of 2026 Matriculation; Composite Matriculation List of 2022-2026 | School's published list |
| 38 | Bullis School | Potomac, MD | 2.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 39 | Community School of Naples | Naples, FL | 2.0 | class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 40 | Georgetown Preparatory School | North Bethesda, MD | 2.0 | Class of 2025 | School's published list |
| 41 | Middlesex School | Concord, MA | 2.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 42 | Peddie School | Hightstown, NJ | 2.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 43 | The Madeira School | Mclean, VA | 2.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 44 | Western Reserve Academy | Hudson, OH | 2.0 | Class of 2026 | School's published list |
| 45 | Lakeside School | Seattle, WA | 1.8 | 2021-2025 | School's published list |
| 46 | Ransom Everglades School | Miami, FL | 1.8 | Classes of 2020-24 | School's published list |
| 47 | The Chapin School | New York, NY | 1.8 | 2022-2026 | School's published list |
| 48 | Nightingale-Bamford School | New York, NY | 1.8 | 2022–2025 | School's published list |
| 49 | Dalton School | New York, NY | 1.7 | 2019-2024 | School's published list |
| 50 | Concord Academy | Concord, MA | 1.6 | 2021 to 2025 | School's published list |
The 50 largest of 166 ranked private schools.
Also published, with a total but no class-year window we can read, so not ranked: St Andrew'S School (10), Pierrepont School (4), The Lovett School (3), Woodlawn School (2), Garrison Forest School (1).
All schools, public and private, and the lists of colleges that admitted each school's graduates, are on the Duke University feeder leaderboard. More about the college: Duke University.
Each count is copied from a list the school published about its own graduates: where they enrolled, one student at one college. The ranked figure is that count divided by the class years the school's list covers. A school that is not on this page did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read — that is all absence means here. It is never a statement about a school's graduates. Lists of acceptances (where students were admitted, not where they enrolled) are never counted in this ranking: an acceptances list runs about three times an enrollment list, so counting the two together would compare different things. Those lists are ranked on their own, separately.