Thayer Academy

Braintree · MA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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18 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features

18 AP courses offered (school profile)
1 National Merit Semifinalists (2024)

Academic signals

ACT 25-75: 24–31

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Thayer Academy compares for families

What families should know about Thayer Academy.

▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cats Academy, Boston Higashi School, The Woodward 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

58%

admit rate

$17,772

in-state tuition/yr · $40,449 out-of-state

1300–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–33

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.

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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 '19, '20, '21, '22, and '23 enrolled

Thayer Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 196 colleges, in the document's own order.

Allegheny College American University Amherst College Arizona State University Assumption University Babson College Barnard College Bates College Belmont University Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston College, Woods College of Advancing Studies Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bryant University Bucknell University California Polytechnic State University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Catawba College Catholic University of America Champlain College Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Clark Atlanta University Clark University Clarkson University

and 166 more

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Independently verified As published by Thayer Academy — School Profile 2023-24 ↗. Found at: p.4, "College Matriculation - Classes of '19, '20, '21, '22, and '23 (three or more enrollments in bold)".

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 692 in 2018 to 709 in 2022 — over 4 years.

+2.5%

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.

For a more current snapshot, see Thayer Academy's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): resources.finalsite.net/images/v1702670281/thayer… ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2022's 709 students:

2023

713

2025

722

2027

731

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 22 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $352,000/year in tuition upside.

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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
Cats Academy Braintree	Private	2.5	331	-15.8%
Boston Higashi School Randolph	Private	3.1	88	-41.7%
The Woodward School Quincy	Private	3.2	46	—
Fusion Hingham Hingham	Private	5.4	28	—
Beacon Scholastic Academy Millbury	Private	7.7	21	—
Meridian Academy Jamaica Plain	Private	8.8	77	+24.2%
The Roxbury Latin School West Roxbury	Private	9.0	304	—
British International School Of Boston Boston	Private	9.3	423	+8.5%

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