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The Shipley School

Bryn Mawr · PA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

At a glance

Programs & features
  • 2 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2026)
Academic signals
  • SAT avg 1287
  • ACT avg 28.3

Worth knowing: Published for the Class of 2026 before that class graduated, covering its 54 test-takers.

Composed from the school's own published profile (2026), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Shipley School compares for families

What families should know about The Shipley School.

  • ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Baldwin School, The Haverford School, Fusion Academy - Ardmore 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 2021-2025 enrolled

The Shipley School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 183 colleges, in the document's own order.

University of Akron University of Alabama American University Amherst College Arcadia University Art Center College of Design Auburn University Babson College Bard College Conservatory of Music Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Belmont University Boston College Boston University Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University University of California-Davis University of California-Irvine University of California-Los Angeles University of California-San Diego University of California-Santa Barbara Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Catholic University of America Chapman University Champlain College
and 153 more
Chatham University University of Chicago Clemson University Colby College College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Colgate University Colorado College University of Colorado - Boulder Columbia University Community College of Philadelphia Connecticut College Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art Cornell University Culinary Institute of America Davidson College Delaware Valley University University of Delaware Denison University University of Denver Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Duquesne University Eckerd College Elon University Emerson College Emory University Endicott College Fairfield University Flagler University Franklin and Marshall College George Washington University Georgetown University Hamilton College Haverford College Harvey Mudd College University of Hawaii at Manoa High Point University Hillsborough Community College Immaculata University Indiana University-Bloomington Iona University Ithaca College James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University, Providence Juniata College Kent State University University of Kentucky Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Lewis University Loughborough University (England) Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Lycoming College Lynn University Macalester College Marist University University of Mary Washington Marymount University University of Maryland Massachusetts College of Art & Design Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Miami University of Michigan Michigan State University University of Mississippi Moravian University Muhlenberg College University of New Haven New York University University of North Carolina Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University University of Pennsylvania PennWest Clarion University of Pittsburgh Pomona College Princeton University Purdue University Queen's University (Canada) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rowan College Rutgers University Sacred Heart University Saint Joseph's University Salisbury University Samford University Salve Regina University San Diego State University Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of Scranton Shippensburg University Skidmore College Smith College University of South Carolina University of Southern California Southern Methodist University University of St. Andrews (Scotland) St John's University-New York St. John Fisher University Stanford University Syracuse University Temple University University of Texas at Austin Texas Christian University University of Tampa University of Tennessee-Knoxville Thomas Jefferson University University of Toronto (Canada) Trinity College Tufts University Tulane University United States Merchant Marine Academy United States Military Academy Prep School-Army United States Naval Academy Union College Ursinus College University of Utah Vassar College University of Vermont Villanova University University of Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington College Washington University in St Louis Wesleyan University West Chester University University of Western Ontario (Canada) Whitman College Widener University Wilkes University College of William & Mary Williams College Williamson College of the Trades University of Wisconsin Yale University

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by The Shipley School — The Shipley School — School Profile 2025-2026 ↗. Found at: p.3, 'College Matriculation, Classes of 2021-2025'.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 814 in 2018 to 768 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-5.7%
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.

For a more current snapshot, see The Shipley School's own published school profile (as of 2026-27): www.shipleyschool.org/ams/School_Profile_20252026… ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -1.4%/year, projecting from 2022's 768 students:

2023
757
2025
735
2027
714

≈ 54 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 54 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $864,000/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
The Baldwin School
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 Private 0.2 551 -1.1%
The Haverford School
Haverford
 Private 0.9 960 —
Fusion Academy - Ardmore
Ardmore
 Private 1.7 59 —
The Agnes Irwin School
Bryn Mawr
 Private 1.9 573 -3.5%
Hill Top Preparatory School
Bryn Mawr
 Private 2.2 76 —
The Grayson School
Radnor
 Private 2.6 138 +165.4%
Aim Academy
Conshohocken
 Private 3.5 391 +16.4%
Valley Forge Military Academy
Wayne
 Private 4.1 159 -25.4%

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