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How Shady Side Academy compares for families

What families should know about Shady Side Academy.

  • LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Watson Institut Social Ctr For Academic Achievemnt, Winchester Thurston School, Watson Institute Friendship Academy The 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 their graduates enrolled

Shady Side Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 201 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2021–2025

Allegheny College American University Amherst College Arizona State University (Tempe) Auburn University Austin Community College Barnard College Bates College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University California Institute of the Arts Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chatham University Claremont McKenna College Clark University Clarkson University Coastal Carolina University Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Colorado College Columbia University Connecticut College Coppin State University Cornell University
and 171 more
Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University DePaul University Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Duquesne University Elon University Emerson College Emory University Endicott College Fairfield University Fairmont State University Fashion Institute of Technology Ferris State University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Furman University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Grove City College Hamilton College Hampton University Harvard University High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Howard University Indiana University (Bloomington) Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Juniata College Kansas State University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lawrence University Lehigh University Liberty University Loyola University Chicago Lycoming College Maine Maritime Academy Marietta College Marist University Marquette University Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Mercyhurst University Miami University (Oxford) Michigan State University Middlebury College Montana State University Morehouse College Morgan State University Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New York University Niagara University Norfolk State University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College Olin College of Engineering Ontario College of Art and Design University Oxford College of Emory University Paul Smith's College Penn State University (Altoona) Penn State University (Behrend) Penn State University (Fayette-Eberly) Penn State University (Greater Allegheny) Penn State University (New Kensington) Penn State University (University Park) PennWest Edinboro Pratt Institute Princeton University Providence College Purdue University (Main Campus) Queen's University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rice University Ringling College of Art and Design Robert Morris University Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University (New Brunswick) Saint Francis University Saint John Fisher University Saint Louis University Saint Vincent College Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University Spelman College Spring Arbor University St. Lawrence University Stanford University SUNY College at Cortland Syracuse University Temple University Texas Christian University The College of Wooster The Ohio State University The University of Alabama The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) The University of Texas at Austin Tufts University Tulane University of Louisiana Union College United States Air Force Academy United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Military Academy at West Point United States Naval Academy University of California (Berkeley) University of California (Irvine) University of California (Los Angeles) University of California (San Diego) University of California (Santa Barbara) University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Colorado Boulder University of Denver University of Florida University of Georgia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kentucky University of Maryland (College Park) University of Massachusetts (Amherst) University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) University of Mississippi University of Nevada (Las Vegas) University of New Hampshire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Wilmington University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh (Bradford) University of Pittsburgh (Greensburg) University of Pittsburgh (Johnstown) University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh) University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Southern California University of St Andrews University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington (Seattle Campus) University of Wisconsin (Madison) Utah State University Vanderbilt University Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University Washington & Jefferson College Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Westminster College Yale University

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Shady Side Academy — Shady Side Academy 'College Counseling' / outcomes page ↗. Found at: '2021–2025 College Matriculations' full alphabetical list.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 215 in 2018 to 1,058 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+392.1%
Why only 2 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.

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 Institut Social Ctr For Academic Achievemnt
Pittsburgh
Private 3.6 31
Winchester Thurston School
Pittsburgh
Private 3.8 634 +890.6%
Watson Institute Friendship Academy The
Pittsburgh
Private 5.4 86 -32.8%
Ellis School
Pittsburgh
Private 5.6 358 +6.2%
The University School
Pittsburgh
Private 6.0 36
Pace School
Pittsburgh
Private 6.5 115 -8.7%
Western Pennsylvania School For Blind Children
Pittsburgh
Private 6.8 179 +22.6%
New Story
Monroeville
Private 7.6 73

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