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How Sewickley Academy compares for families

What families should know about Sewickley Academy.

  • LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Watson Institute, Bradley School, Holy Family Specialized Learning and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

54%
admit rate
$20,644
in-state tuition/yr · $41,790 out-of-state
1220–1400
SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–32

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 $32,875/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025 enrolled

Sewickley Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 82 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

College  ·  Students

Penn State University (University Park) 8
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh) 7
Wake Forest University 6
Carnegie Mellon University 5
Purdue University (Main Campus) 5
Duke University 4
Miami University (Oxford) 4
Duquesne University 3
Elon University 3
Georgetown University 3
High Point University 3
Northwestern University 3
Baylor University 2
Boston College 2
Case Western Reserve University 2
Colby College 2
Cornell University 2
Dartmouth College 2
Fordham University 2
George Washington University 2
Georgia Institute of Technology 2
Howard University 2
Lehigh University 2
Southern Methodist University 2
Spelman College 2
Stanford University 2
Syracuse University 2
University of Michigan 2
University of Pennsylvania 2
University of Southern California 2
and 52 more
American University of Beirut 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Sewickley Academy — School Profile 2025-26 ↗. Found at: p.4, 'Where are our Panthers now?' table.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 597 in 2018 to 515 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-13.7%
Why only 3 data points?

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 -3.6%/year, projecting from 2022's 515 students:

2023
496
2025
461
2027
428

≈ 87 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 87 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,392,000/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Watson Institute
Sewickley
Private 2.1 183 -28.0%
Bradley School
Pittsburgh
Private 7.3 134 -15.7%
Holy Family Specialized Learning
Pittsburgh
Private 8.6 41
Hope Academy
Wexford
Private 9.2 46
Pressley Ridge School For The Deaf Program
Pittsburgh
Private 10.3 12
Pressley Ridge Day School - Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Private 10.3 59 +1.7%
Pressley Ridge School For Autism
Pittsburgh
Private 10.3 45
Southwood School
Bridgeville
Private 13.5 36

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