Highest Average SSAT Score

Among "Schools with < 200 Students", 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.
Verde Valley School
Wayland Academy
Hillside School
Northwood School
West Nottingham Academy
Westover School
% SSAT Range: 48 80 Avg. % SSAT: 67

Highest Average SSAT Score

Among Schools with < 200 Students (out of 8 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
Los Olivos, CA
#1(T1–T3)Midland School
Gr: 9-12
PO Box 8 / 5100 Figueroa Mountain Road
Los Olivos, CA 93441
(805) 688-5114
(4)
Verde Valley School Photo - World class rock climbing and hundreds of hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding trails near our campus keep our afternoon activities program varied and exciting.
Gr: 9-12
3511 Verde Valley School Road
Sedona, AZ 86351
(928) 284-2272
(12)
Wayland Academy Photo - Wayland Hall, the most historic buildings on campus, currently houses first-year and sophomore boys. The interior was remodeled recently and offers some of the nicest rooms and gathering spaces on any campus in America.
#1(T1–T3)Wayland Academy
Gr: 9-12, PG
101 North University
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
(800) 860-7725
(4)
Carbondale, CO
Gr: 9-12
500 Holden Way
Carbondale, CO 81623
(970) 963-2562
(8)
Hillside School Photo
#4(T4–T5)Hillside School
Gr: 4-9
All-boys
404 Robin Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 485-3483
Northwood School Photo
#6(T6–T9)Northwood School
Gr: 9-12, PG
92 Northwood Road
Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518) 523-3382
(1)
West Nottingham Academy Photo
Gr: 9-12, PG
1079 Firetower Road
Colora, MD 21917
(410) 658-9224
(10)
Westover School Photo
#6(T6–T9)Westover School
Gr: 9-12
All-girls
1237 Whittemore Rd.
Middlebury, CT 06762
(203) 577-4521
(12)

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