Wayland Academy

Beaver Dam · WI · Private independent

Private

Similar nearby schools

Most similar nearby schools

Faith Christian School → Mountain Top Christian Academy → Wisconsin Academy → Maranatha Baptist Academy → Luther Prep → University Lake School → Genesee Lake School → Madison Country Day School →

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How Wayland Academy compares for families

What families should know about Wayland Academy.

▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Faith Christian School, Mountain Top Christian Academy, Wisconsin Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Wisconsin-Madison

43%

admit rate

$11,603

in-state tuition/yr · $42,103 out-of-state

1360–1510

SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–32

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 $17,354/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 college acceptances

College acceptances

Wayland Academy publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 78 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
past five years

Agnes Scott College American University Bard College Bates College Baylor University Beloit College Binghamton University Boston University Brandeis University University of British Columbia Bucknell University University of California Berkeley University of California San Diego Carleton College Carthage College Case Western Reserve University University of Chicago Clemson University Colby College Columbia University University of Connecticut Clark University Cornell University Denison University University of Denver DePauw University Dickinson College Drexel University The University of Edinburgh Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

and 48 more

Florida State University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College The George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Grinnell College College of the Holy Cross Howard University Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Indiana University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lawrence University Lehigh University Loyola University—Chicago Marquette University University of Miami Miami University University of Michigan University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Michigan Technological University Mount Holyoke College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College The Ohio State University University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Purdue University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ripon College Rochester Institute of Technology University of Rochester St. Olaf College Sewanee: The University of the South University of Southern California Syracuse University Tulane University Union College Vanderbilt University Virginia Tech Washington University in St. Louis University of Washington Wheaton College (MA) University of Wisconsin—Madison

These graduates were admitted to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Wayland Academy — College Acceptances ↗. Found at: Academics > College Counseling > "College Acceptances" page.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 187 in 2018 to 128 in 2022 — over 4 years.

-31.6%

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.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Faith Christian School Randolph	Private	10.7	68	—
Mountain Top Christian Academy Horicon	Private	11.8	34	—
Wisconsin Academy Columbus	Private	12.8	72	+9.1%
Maranatha Baptist Academy Watertown	Private	18.7	65	—
Luther Prep Watertown	Private	19.5	422	+1.4%
University Lake School Hartland	Private	33.6	202	-22.6%
Genesee Lake School Oconomowoc	Private	33.7	218	+48.3%
Madison Country Day School Waunakee	Private	34.8	427	-2.1%

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