| # |
School |
City, state |
Students per class year |
Class year |
Source |
| 1 |
Phillips Academy (Andover) |
Andover, MA |
8.0 8 over 1 class year |
Class of 2024 |
School's published list |
| 2 |
Harvard-Westlake School |
Studio City, CA |
6.0 6 over 1 class year |
BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025 |
School's published list |
| 3 |
University of Chicago Lab School |
Chicago, IL |
5.2 21 over 4 class years |
In the past four years |
School's published list |
| 4 |
Ethical Culture Fieldston School |
New York, NY |
5.0 25 over 5 class years |
Classes of 2022–2026 |
School's published list |
| 5 |
Horace Mann School |
Bronx, NY |
5.0 15 over 3 class years |
Class of 2024 - 2026 Graduates |
School's published list |
| 6 |
Lake Forest Academy |
Lake Forest, IL |
4.5 18 over 4 class years |
2021 - 2024 |
School's published list |
| 7 |
The Hockaday School |
Dallas, TX |
4.3 13 over 3 class years |
2024 – 2026 |
School's published list |
| 8 |
The Lawrenceville School |
Lawrenceville, NJ |
4.0 20 over 5 class years |
the last five years |
School's published list |
| 9 |
Maret School |
Washington, DC |
3.8 19 over 5 class years |
classes of 2022–2026 |
School's published list |
| 10 |
Francis W. Parker School |
Chicago, IL |
3.8 15 over 4 class years |
Classes of 2022-2025 |
School's published list |
| 11 |
Dalton School |
New York, NY |
3.7 22 over 6 class years |
2019-2024 |
School's published list |
| 12 |
Choate Rosemary Hall |
Wallingford, CT |
3.6 18 over 5 class years |
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, (CLASS OF 2022-2026) |
School's published list |
| 13 |
Menlo School |
Atherton, CA |
3.3 10 over 3 class years |
Classes of 2023-2025 |
School's published list |
| 14 |
Milton Academy |
Milton, MA |
3.3 10 over 3 class years |
2024-2026 |
School's published list |
| 15 |
Riverdale Country School |
Bronx, NY |
3.0 18 over 6 class years |
Higher Ed Enrollment 2021-2026 |
School's published list |
| 16 |
Lakeside School |
Seattle, WA |
3.0 15 over 5 class years |
2021-2025 |
School's published list |
| 17 |
Avenues the World School |
New York, NY |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
CLASSES OF 2023–2026 |
School's published list |
| 18 |
Blair Academy |
Blairstown, NJ |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 19 |
Brentwood School |
Los Angeles, CA |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2024 |
School's published list |
| 20 |
Depaul College Prep |
Chicago, IL |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 21 |
Dwight-Englewood School |
Englewood, NJ |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 22 |
Rye Country Day School |
Rye, NY |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 23 |
The Pembroke Hill School - Wornall Campus |
Kansas City, MO |
3.0 3 over 1 class year |
Class of 2026 |
School's published list |
| 24 |
Pine Crest School |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
2.8 14 over 5 class years |
2022-26 |
School's published list |
| 25 |
Lick Wilmerding High School |
San Francisco, CA |
2.8 11 over 4 class years |
past four years |
School's published list |
| 26 |
Newark Academy |
Livingston, NJ |
2.8 11 over 4 class years |
2023-2026 |
School's published list |
| 27 |
The Blake School |
Hopkins, MN |
2.6 13 over 5 class years |
Classes 2021-2025 |
School's published list |
| 28 |
The Pingry School |
Basking Ridge, NJ |
2.5 10 over 4 class years |
2022-2025 |
School's published list |
| 29 |
Ransom Everglades School |
Miami, FL |
2.4 12 over 5 class years |
Classes of 2020-24 |
School's published list |
| 30 |
The Harker School |
San Jose, CA |
2.3 7 over 3 class years |
Classes of 2023, 2024 & 2025 |
School's published list |
| 31 |
Packer Collegiate Institute |
Brooklyn, NY |
2.2 11 over 5 class years |
2021 - 2025 |
School's published list |
| 32 |
Noble and Greenough School |
Dedham, MA |
2.0 10 over 5 class years |
2021–2025 |
School's published list |
| 33 |
St. John's School |
Houston, TX |
2.0 10 over 5 class years |
Over the past five (2022-2026) graduating classes |
School's published list |
| 34 |
The Chapin School |
New York, NY |
2.0 10 over 5 class years |
2022-2026 |
School's published list |
| 35 |
The Potomac School |
Mclean, VA |
2.0 8 over 4 class years |
past four years |
School's published list |
| 36 |
Crossroads School |
Santa Monica, CA |
2.0 6 over 3 class years |
classes of 2023-25 |
School's published list |
| 37 |
Germantown Friends School |
Philadelphia, PA |
2.0 6 over 3 class years |
2023-25 |
School's published list |
| 38 |
Sage Hill School |
Newport Coast, CA |
2.0 6 over 3 class years |
2023-2025 |
School's published list |
| 39 |
Chadwick School |
Palos Verdes Estate, CA |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
Class of 2025 |
School's published list |
| 40 |
St Ignatius College Prep |
Chicago, IL |
2.0 2 over 1 class year |
CLASS OF 2026 |
School's published list |
| 41 |
Concord Academy |
Concord, MA |
1.8 9 over 5 class years |
2021 to 2025 |
School's published list |
| 42 |
The Head-Royce School |
Oakland, CA |
1.8 9 over 5 class years |
(2021–25) |
School's published list |
| 43 |
Nightingale-Bamford School |
New York, NY |
1.8 7 over 4 class years |
2022–2025 |
School's published list |
| 44 |
North Shore Country Day School |
Winnetka, IL |
1.8 7 over 4 class years |
2023-2026 |
School's published list |
| 45 |
The Hotchkiss School |
Lakeville, CT |
1.8 7 over 4 class years |
Classes of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 |
School's published list |
| 46 |
St. Mark's School of Texas |
Dallas, TX |
1.7 5 over 3 class years |
Classes of 2023-2025 |
School's published list |
| 47 |
College Preparatory School |
Oakland, CA |
1.6 8 over 5 class years |
the last five years |
School's published list |
| 48 |
Friends Seminary |
New York, NY |
1.6 8 over 5 class years |
The Classes of 2022–2026 |
School's published list |
| 49 |
Gilman School |
Baltimore, MD |
1.6 8 over 5 class years |
classes of 2020-2024 |
School's published list |
| 50 |
Spence School |
New York, NY |
1.6 8 over 5 class years |
Classes of 2021 - 2025 |
School's published list |
The 50 largest of 173 ranked private schools.
Also published, with a total but no class-year window we can read, so not ranked:
Pierrepont School (2), The Lovett School (1).
All schools, public and private, and the lists of colleges that admitted each school's graduates, are on the Northwestern University feeder leaderboard. More about the college: Northwestern 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.