Buxton School
Williamstown · MA · Private independent
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Miss Hall's School → The Academy At Charlemont → Hillcrest Educational Foundation → Berkshire Waldorf High School → Stoneleigh-Burnham School → Northfield Mount Hermon → Cutchins Program → The Williston Northampton School →How Buxton School compares for families
What families should know about Buxton School.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Miss Hall's School, The Academy At Charlemont, Hillcrest Educational Foundation and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Your state's public flagship
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Their published college list
Colleges the school lists for its graduates
Buxton School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 75 colleges, in the document's own order.
The document does not state a class year for this list.
and 45 more
These are the colleges the school published for its graduates.
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Independently verified As published by Buxton School — Experience page — 'Recent Institutions Selected by Our Students Include' ↗. Found at: Experience page, College Advising section, bare list.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -9.6%/year, projecting from 2022's 60 students:
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An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Hall's School Pittsfield |
Private | 19.3 | 212 | — |
| The Academy At Charlemont Charlemont |
Private | 20.5 | 78 | +20.0% |
| Hillcrest Educational Foundation Pittsfield |
Private | 21.6 | 328 | +113.0% |
| Berkshire Waldorf High School Great Barrington |
Private | 29.3 | 37 | — |
| Stoneleigh-Burnham School Greenfield |
Private | 32.4 | 129 | -15.1% |
| Northfield Mount Hermon Mount Hermon |
Private | 37.0 | 645 | -0.6% |
| Cutchins Program Northampton |
Private | 40.0 | 22 | — |
| The Williston Northampton School Easthampton |
Private | 40.9 | 520 | +7.0% |