The Cheshire Academy

Cheshire · CT · Private independent

Private
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📖20 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 4 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1340 (25-75: 1280–1410)
  • 📝 ACT avg 30.0 (25-75: 28–32)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 80.0% (avg score 3.9)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Cheshire Academy compares for families

What families should know about The Cheshire Academy.

  • LocallyCT students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Benhaven School, Benhaven Academy, High Road School Of Wallingford-Hs and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Connecticut

54%
admit rate
$21,044
in-state tuition/yr · $43,712 out-of-state
1210–1420
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 $25,097/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Connecticut profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

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

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 424 in 2018 to 288 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-32.1%
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 The Cheshire Academy's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.cheshireacademy.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -9.2%/year, projecting from 2022's 288 students:

2023
261
2025
215
2027
178

≈ 110 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 110 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,760,000/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
Benhaven School
Wallingford
Private 4.4 40
Benhaven Academy
Wallingford
Private 4.5 30
High Road School Of Wallingford-Hs
Wallingford
Private 5.2 60
Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford
Private 5.3 868 +2.1%
Meliora Academy
Meriden
Private 6.6 44
Aspire Living & Learning Academy
Naugatuck
Private 7.5 28
Elizabeth Ives School For Special Children
North Haven
Private 7.9 16
Whitney Hall School
Hamden
Private 10.3 51 -21.5%

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