Highest Average SSAT Score

Among "Schools with 400+ 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.
Deerfield Academy
Lawrenceville School
Middlesex School
Milton Academy
The Taft School
The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy)
The Hill School
Mercersburg Academy
Wyoming Seminary Upper School
Berkshire School
Cranbrook Schools
Episcopal High School
McCallie School
Northfield Mount Hermon
Georgetown Preparatory School
Lawrence Academy
The Linsly School
New Mexico Military Institute
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
% SSAT Range: 45 94 Avg. % SSAT: 71

Highest Average SSAT Score

Among Schools with 400+ Students (out of 23 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
Deerfield Academy Photo
Gr: 9-12, PG
7 Boyden Lane
Deerfield, MA 01342
(413) 774-1400
(14)
Lawrenceville School Photo - The Lawrenceville School: Campus Overview (Note Solar Farm at top of photo, which provides more than 90 percent of the campus' electrical needs)
Gr: 9-12, PG
2500 Main Street
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 895-2030
(6)
Middlesex School Photo - English Class
#1(T1–T6)Middlesex School
Gr: 9-12
non-sectarian
1400 Lowell Road
Concord, MA 01742
(978) 371-6524
(29)
Milton Academy Photo - Milton Academy is only eight miles from Boston's museums, schools and attractions, but it has the benefits of a 130-acre New England campus-with green quads and lots of fall foliage.
#1(T1–T6)Milton Academy
Gr: 9-12 | K-12 (day)
170 Centre Street
Milton, MA 02186
(617) 898-2227
(8)
Exeter, NH
Gr: 9-12, PG
20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833
(603) 777-3437
(29)
The Taft School Photo - Our beautiful campus features facilities that rival those of many small colleges, including a library with 55,000 print volumes; a 45,000 square foot science and mathematics building; two theaters; two ice hockey rinks; and an 18-hole golf course.
#1(T1–T6)The Taft School
Gr: 9-12, PG
110 Woodbury Road
Watertown, CT 06795
(860) 945-7700
(3)
The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy) Photo - Beautiful Setting: A 456-acre campus with extensive facilities for academics, athletics, and visual and performing arts.
Gr: 9-12
1 Elm Street
Byfield, MA 01922
(978) 499-3120
(8)
Hill School Photo - The Hill School sets a high standard for students in their dress and appearance to express pride in themselves and their respect for one another. Academic Dress is worn throughout the academic day whenever students are in an academic or public area, chapel services, sit-down meals, required evening performance, or any other designated occasion.
#7(T7–T11)Hill School
Gr: 9-12, PG
860 Beech Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
(610) 326-1000
(8)
Mercersburg Academy Photo
Gr: 9-12, PG
100 Academy Drive
Mercersburg, PA 17236
(717) 328-6173
(20)
Wyoming Seminary Upper School Photo - Wyoming Seminary's athletic success stretches across all three seasons of competition. The Blue Knights field hockey team won their seventh state championship in 2018, while the wrestling team is ranked No. 2 in the country. Sem offers 22 varsity sports, including rowing and girls wrestling.
Gr: 9-12, PG
201 N. Sprague Ave.
Kingston, PA 18704
(570) 270-2160
(5)
Berkshire School Photo - Founded in 1907, Berkshire School is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school for 400 ninth-12th graders and post-graduates, offering a forward-thinking curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities on a 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Mass.
#11(T11–T19)Berkshire School
Gr: 9-12, PG
245 North Undermountain Road
Sheffield, MA 01257
(413) 229-1003
(17)
Cranbrook Schools Photo
#11(T11–T19)Cranbrook Schools
Gr: 9-12 | PK-12 (day)
PO Box 801 39221 Woodward Ave.
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
(248) 645-3610
(10)
Episcopal High School Photo - Football
#11(T11–T19)Episcopal High School
Gr: 9-12
Episcopal
1200 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, VA 22302
(703) 933-4062
(12)
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.
#11(T11–T19)McCallie School
Gr: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)
All-boys (Christian)
500 Dodds Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
(423) 624-8300
(3)
Northfield Mount Hermon Photo - NMH is a coed boarding school serving 650 students in grades 9-12. We also offer a postgraduate year. Our wooded campus borders the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts, and in this beautiful setting, we challenge young people to think hard, work hard, discover new talents, and hone the ones they already possess.
Gr: 9-12, PG
secular
One Lamplighter Way
Mount Hermon, MA 01354
(413) 498-3227
(14)
Avon, CT
#16(T16–T27)Avon Old Farms School
Gr: 9-12, PG
All-boys
500 Old Farms Road
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 464-2866
(6)
Jacksonville, FL
#16(T16–T27)The Bolles School
Gr: 9-12, PG | PK-12, PG (day)
7400 San Jose Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32217
(904) 256-5030
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)
Lawrence Academy Photo
#16(T16–T27)Lawrence Academy
Gr: 9-12
26 Powderhouse Road, P.O. Box 992
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1530
(1)
The Linsly School Photo - Linsly's lower school (grades 5-8) program of studies emphasizes the mastery of fundamental concepts through innovative cross-curricular programs and regimented learning, all of which are designed to prepare students for college preparatory curriculum of the upper school (grades 9-12).
#16(T16–T27)The Linsly School
Gr: 7-12 | 5-12 (day)
60 Knox Lane
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 233-1436
New Mexico Military Institute Photo - Cadets forge lifelong friendships at NMMI.
Gr: 9-12, PG
101 West College Blvd
Roswell, NM 88201
(800) 421-5376
(7)
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Photo
Gr: 7-12 | PK-12 (day)
Presbyterian
339 Nacoochee Drive
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
(706) 746-7720
(1)
Saint Andrew's School Photo
#16(T16–T27)Saint Andrew's School
Gr: 9-12
Episcopal tradition
3900 Jog Road
Boca Raton, FL 33434
(561) 210-2020
(3)

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