Lake Tahoe Preparatory School Photo - Lake Tahoe is a premier world-renown resort destination year-round. The blue skies, clear water, dense forests, and deep snow make it a haven for for everyone - from outdoor enthusiasts to authors and explorers.

Swimming At Boarding Schools

There are 10 boarding schools offering swimming as an extracurricular activity.

Top Swimming Boarding Schools (2026)

Besant Hill School Photo - Besant Hill School is located in the Ojai Valley, on 500 acres of private land with beautiful vistas in every direction. Facilities include four dormitories, outdoor sports facilities including a new aquatic center, indoor theater, atelier, and classrooms nestled along winding paths and oak trees. We also have an eight acre organic farm.
Gr: 9-12, PG | 100 students
Student-teacher ratio: 4:1
Avg. class size: 8 students
Acceptance rate: 50%
Tuition listed
non-sectarian
8585 Ojai Santa Paula Road
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 646-4343
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Dana Hall School Photo - The Dana Hall Dragons are ready to roar.
Gr: 9-12 | 5-12 (day) | 453 students
Student-teacher ratio: 6:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Tuition listed
All-girls
45 Dana Road
Wellesley, MA 02482
(781) 489-1331
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Dunn School Photo - In 2020 the new Leadership Center was completed. Overlooking the open space known as Munger Common, the center provides state of the art meeting rooms and learning facilities, is home to the student-run Earwig Cafe, and hosts our college counseling team. Students can be found gathering both indoors and outside the center for conversation and relaxation.
Gr: 9-12 | 6-12 (day) | 249 students
Student-teacher ratio: 5:1
Avg. class size: 10 students
Acceptance rate: 45%
Tuition listed
P.O. Box 98, 2555 W. Highway 154
Los Olivos, CA 93441
(800) 287-9197
Fay School Photo - Fay School is an independent, co-educational school 25 miles from Boston serving students in kindergarten through grade 9, with boarding available for grades 7-9. Our school is a place of discovery, challenge, collaboration, and growth - a closely-knit learning community where our skillful, dedicated faculty inspires students to achieve excellence in all pursuits.
Gr: 7-9 | K-9 (day) | 475 students
Student-teacher ratio: 6:1
Avg. class size: 14 students
Tuition listed
48 Main Street
Southborough, MA 01772
(508) 490-8201
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Lake Tahoe Preparatory School Photo - Lake Tahoe Prep is a coeducational boarding school for students in grades 9-12 located in Olympic Valley, California. With a student body of 70 and student to teacher ratio of 7:1, we lead a program built upon personalized attention. Our students benefit from our robust curriculum approved by the University of California.
Gr: 9-12, PG | 70 students
Student-teacher ratio: 7:1
Avg. class size: 7 students
Acceptance rate: 80%
Tuition listed
255 Olympic Valley Road | P.O. Box 2180
Olympic Valley, CA 96146
(245) 582-8690
Miss Hall's School Photo - A talented, supportive community of learners awaits you at MHS. Our faculty are dedicated mentors who are passionate about their subjects and creative in their teaching, unafraid to ditch the textbook in favor of collaborative, project-based learning.
Gr: 9-12, PG | 205 students
Student-teacher ratio: 6:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Tuition listed
All-girls
492 Holmes Road
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 499-1300
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Ojai, CA
Gr: 3-12 | PK-12 (day) | 300 students
Student-teacher ratio: 4:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Acceptance rate: 64%
Tuition listed
723 El Paseo Road
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 646-1423
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Shady Side Academy Photo - Rowe Hall is the Senior School's main academic building residing at the heart of its 130 acre campus which feels like a small college. The campus also includes 2 dormitories, dedicated buildings for the visual and performing arts, an extensive athletic complex and ice rink, and in 2018 the McIlroy Center for Science and Innovation.
Gr: 9-12 | PK-12 (day) | 520 students
Student-teacher ratio: 8:1
Avg. class size: 15 students
Tuition listed
423 Fox Chapel Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
(412) 968-3180
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TASIS England Photo - TASIS The American School in England's beautiful 46-acre campus near London and Heathrow airport is well positioned for access to travel and the cultural riches of this vibrant capital.
Gr: 8-12 | PK-12 (day) | 253 students
Student-teacher ratio: 8:1
Avg. class size: 12 students
Tuition listed
Coldharbour Lane
Thorpe, Surrey TW20 8TE, United Kingdom tw20 8te
441932565252
Wolfeboro, NH
Gr: 5-12, PG | 130 students
Student-teacher ratio: 5:1
Avg. class size: 5 students
Tuition listed
93 Camp School Road
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
(603) 569-3451
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