Highest Average SSAT Score

Among "All-Boys Schools", view the boarding schools with the highest average SSAT score (2026).
The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent or private junior high and high schools.
Despite its similarities, the SSAT is not related to the SAT Reasoning test and is not administered by the College Board.
A school's average SSAT score is based on a relatively small sample of students from year to year (typically less than 100 students for a graduating class).
Average SSAT scores, then, can naturally fluctuate year to year while the quality of the overall program and strength of the student body remains consistent.
Schools in the list below are often separated by small statistical differences, which for all intents and purposes, are not meaningful in determining the overall strength of the student body between two schools.
A school's average SSAT score should not be interpreted as the minimum score needed to gain acceptance - a school's student body will have a wide range of students whose SSAT score falls above and below the school average.
Hillside School
McCallie School
Georgetown Preparatory School
Salisbury School
% SSAT Range: 54 70 Avg. % SSAT: 62

Highest Average SSAT Score

Among All-Boys Schools (out of 5 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
Hillside School Photo
#1(T1–T2)Hillside School
Gr: 4-9
All-boys
404 Robin Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 485-3483
McCallie School Photo - The College Counseling office works with our students to help them find the best college fit for them and to make sure they are best prepared for the application and the financial aid processes.
#1(T1–T2)McCallie School
Gr: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)
All-boys (Christian)
500 Dodds Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
(423) 624-8300
(3)
Avon, CT
Gr: 9-12, PG
All-boys
500 Old Farms Road
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 464-2866
(6)
Georgetown Preparatory School Photo - Georgetown Prep`s excellent faculty includes 62 instructors. With an average tenure of 13 years at Prep, the faculty ranges from veterans with more than 50 years of service to those beginning their teaching careers. Of the 62 full-time instructors, 86% hold an advanced degree.
Gr: 9-12
All-boys (Catholic)
10900 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 214-1215
(3)
Salisbury School Photo - Salisbury School
#3(T3–T5)Salisbury School
Gr: 9-12, PG
All-boys (Episcopalian)
251 Canaan Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 435-5732
(2)

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