Groton School
Groton · MA · Religious-affiliated · K-12 combined
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Pepperell Christian Academy → South Lancaster Academy → Immaculate Heart Of Mary School → Lawrence Academy → Seven Hills At Groton → Academy Of Notre Dame → St Bernard'S High School Inc → Trivium School →At a glance
- SAT avg 1500
- ACT avg 34
- APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list. exam pass rate 96%
Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Groton School compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1500 (≈ top 1% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 34.0 (≈ top 1%) · 96% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on SAT mean.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Pepperell Christian Academy, South Lancaster Academy, Immaculate Heart Of Mary School 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 matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
Groton School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 23 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
Years, as the document states them
2022–2026
College · Students
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by Groton School — Groton School — Matriculations (full list), via Academics > College Counseling ↗. Found at: 'Colleges where five or more Groton students have matriculated, 2022–2026' (numbered) and 'Colleges where fewer than five Groton students have matriculated, 202.
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.
For a more current snapshot, see Groton School's own published school profile (as of 2025-26): www.groton.org/about/fast-facts ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperell Christian Academy Pepperell |
Private | 4.5 | 5 | — |
| South Lancaster Academy South Lancaster |
Private | 11.5 | 259 | -4.4% |
| Immaculate Heart Of Mary School Harvard |
Private | 7.9 | 126 | -10.6% |
| Lawrence Academy Groton |
Private | 1.1 | 424 | +8.2% |
| Seven Hills At Groton Groton |
Private | 1.3 | 31 | — |
| Academy Of Notre Dame Tyngsboro |
Private | 9.6 | 356 | -26.6% |
| St Bernard'S High School Inc Fitchburg |
Private | 10.2 | 187 | +21.4% |
| Trivium School Lancaster |
Private | 10.6 | 92 | +29.6% |