Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter · NH · Private independent
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- Teaches no 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.-designated courses — common among independent schools that run their own advanced curriculum
- 23 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2025)
- SAT avg 1438 (25-75: 1360–1550)
- ACT 25-75: 30–35
- 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% — the school teaches no AP courses; students sit the exams anyway
Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Phillips Exeter Academy compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1438 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · 96% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 23 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on NMSF concentration.
- ▸ LocallyNH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Seacoast Performance Academy, Learning Skills Academy, Seacoast Learning Collaborative and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Your state's public flagship
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
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 $23,805/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
Phillips Exeter Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 193 colleges, in the document's own order.
Years, as the document states them
COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2023-2025
and 163 more
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
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Independently verified As published by Phillips Exeter Academy — 2025-26 Profile for Colleges ↗. Found at: p.2, 'COLLEGE MATRICULATION 2023-2025' section — '99% of graduates attending four-year institution.' Colleges are grouped into three printed tiers: '≥10 Student.
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 Phillips Exeter Academy's own published school profile (as of 2025-26): www.exeter.edu/profile-for-colleges ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.4%/year, projecting from 2022's 1,064 students:
≈ 21 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At tuition per student, the 21 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $336,000/year in tuition at risk.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seacoast Performance Academy Exeter |
Private | 1.2 | 75 | — |
| Learning Skills Academy Rye |
Private | 7.6 | 58 | -6.5% |
| Seacoast Learning Collaborative Newton |
Private | 10.0 | 44 | — |
| Busche Academy Chester |
Private | 15.5 | 24 | — |
| Longview School Deerfield |
Private | 15.6 | 21 | — |
| Pinkerton Academy Derry |
Private | 19.4 | 3,074 | — |
| Rochester Learning Academy Somersworth |
Private | 20.3 | 13 | — |
| Monarch School Of New England Rochester |
Private | 23.3 | 63 | +16.7% |