Sidwell Friends School

Washington · DC · Religious-affiliated · K-12 combined

Private

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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Sidwell Friends School publishes where its graduates enrolled (classes of 2022-2025): 130 colleges. See the full list ↓

Their published matriculation list

Where the classes of 2022-2025 enrolled

Sidwell Friends School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 130 colleges, in the document's own order.

Ivy+ and most selective · 11

Columbia University · Cornell University · Dartmouth College · Duke University · Harvard University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Princeton University · Stanford University · University of Chicago · University of Pennsylvania · Yale University

University of California · 4

University of California (Berkeley) · University of California (Los Angeles) · University of California (San Diego) · University of California (Santa Cruz)

Other California · 8

Chapman University · Claremont McKenna College · Occidental College · Pitzer College · Pomona College · Santa Clara University · Scripps College · University of Southern California

Out of state · 92

American University · Babson College · Barnard College · Bates College · Boston College · Boston University · Bowdoin College · Bryn Mawr College · Bucknell University · Carleton College · Carnegie Mellon University · Case Western Reserve University · Colby College · Colgate University · and 78 more below

Not matched to a college page · 15

Bocconi University · Deep Springs College · McGill University · South Methodist College · St. John's University · The American University of Paris · Trinity College Dublin · Union College · United State Air Force Academy · University College London · University of British Columbia · University of East Anglia · University of Oxford · University of St. Andrews · and 1 more below

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✓ Stanford University ✓ New York University ✓ University of Southern California ✓ University of California, Los Angeles ✓ University of California, Berkeley ✓ University of Michigan ✓ Cornell University ✓ Boston University ✓ Northeastern University ✓ University of Texas at Austin ✓ Georgetown University ✓ Duke University

Any college:

The school down the road: St Johns College High School

College	Sidwell Friends School	St Johns College High School
Boston College	✓ named	✓ named
Boston University	✓ named	✓ named
Brown U	—	✓ named
Carnegie Mellon University	✓ named	✓ named
Columbia University	✓ named	✓ named
Cornell University	✓ named	✓ named
Dartmouth College	✓ named	✓ named
Duke University	✓ named	✓ named
Emory University	✓ named	✓ named
Georgetown University	✓ named	✓ named
Harvard University	✓ named	—
Johns Hopkins U	—	✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

All 130 colleges, as the document prints them

American University Babson College Barnard College Bates College Bocconi University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Colby College Colgate University Columbia University Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Deep Springs College Denison University Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University East Carolina University Emerson College Emory University

and 100 more

Franklin & Marshall College George Washington University Georgetown University Gettysburg College Grinnell College Hamilton College Harvard University Haverford College Jacksonville University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Loyola University Maryland Macalester College Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Mercyhurst University Miami University (Oxford) Middlebury College Millersville University of Pennsylvania Morehouse College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Occidental College Old Dominion University Pennsylvania State University (University Park) Pitzer College Pomona College Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University (Main Campus) Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers University (New Brunswick) Santa Clara University Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College South Methodist College Spelman College St. John's University Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University The American University of Paris The University of Texas at Austin Towson University Trinity College Trinity College Dublin Tufts University Tulane University Union College United State Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy University College London University of British Columbia University of California (Berkeley) University of California (Los Angeles) University of California (San Diego) University of California (Santa Cruz) University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of East Anglia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Maryland (College Park) University of Massachusetts (Amherst) University of Miami University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Oregon University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Southern California University of St. Andrews University of Toronto University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia (Main Campus) University of Washington (Seattle Campus) University of Wisconsin Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University William & Mary Williams College Yale University

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,126 in 2018 to 1,120 in 2022 — over 4 years.

-0.5%

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For a more current snapshot, see Sidwell Friends School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.sidwell.edu/admissions/school-profile ↗

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Living Word Christian School Washington	Private	5.2	26	—
St Johns College High School Washington	Private	1.9	1,279	+9.3%
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Washington	Private	2.1	509	+2.0%
Cornerstone Schools-Washington Washington	Private	7.8	160	-1.8%
Archbishop Carroll High School Washington	Private	3.6	383	—
Gonzaga College High School Washington	Private	4.3	956	-0.6%
Kennedy Institute Washington	Private	4.3	44	—
St Anselm'S Abbey School Washington	Private	4.8	251	—

At a glance

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Sidwell Friends School is a private high school in Washington, DC, enrolling 1,120 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is down 0% from 2018 to 2022.

Sidwell Friends School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the classes of 2022-2025: 130 colleges. Source: Sidwell Friends School — College Matriculation page.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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Where do Sidwell Friends School graduates go to college? Sidwell Friends School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the classes of 2022-2025: 130 colleges. Source: Sidwell Friends School — College Matriculation page.

How many students attend Sidwell Friends School? Sidwell Friends School is a private high school in Washington, DC, enrolling 1,120 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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