美国中学分为公立和私立两种。公立学校对美国当地学生是免费的,国际学生如需就读公立学校,只能通过专门的交流项目申请入学,而且必须交纳学费,就读时间不能超过一年。私立学校可以面向国内和国际学生招生,国际学生的比例按学校不同有很大区别,但所有学生的收费标准是一样的。
每年美国都有私立寄宿学校根据SAT平均成绩的排名。SAT(Scholastic Assessment Tests)测验是美国高中学生能否进入大学学习的决定性考试,相当于中国的高考。它分为SAT I 和SAT II 两种,是由美国大约4,300 所大学组成的文教组织--美国大学委员会(The College Board)委托教育测验服务社(Educational Testing Service,ETS)定期举办的世界性测验。美国各大学会参考此成绩,决定是否接受学生的入学申请。
私立寄宿学校的SAT平均成绩排名是中国家长为孩子选择一个合适学校的重要依据。
排名 |
学校 |
州 |
1 |
Groton School |
MA |
2 |
Phillips Academy |
MA |
3 |
Phillips Exeter Academy |
NH |
4 |
Milton Academy |
MA |
5 |
Deerfield Academy |
MA |
6 |
The Thacher School |
CA |
7 |
The Webb Schools |
CA |
8 |
Choate Rosemary Hall |
CA |
9 |
Lawrenceville School |
NJ |
10 |
Cate School |
CA |
11 |
Noble and Greenought Sch |
MA |
12 |
Hackley School |
NY |
13 |
Mount Michael Benedictine High
School |
NE |
14 |
Georgetown Prep School |
MD |
15 |
Thomas Jefferson School |
MI |
16 |
Indian Springs School |
AL |
17 |
Oregon Episcopal School |
OR |
18 |
St. Paul’s School |
NH |
19 |
Detroit Country Day School |
MI |
20 |
Concorde Academy |
MA |
21 |
The Cambridge Sch. Of Weston |
MA |
22 |
Belmont Hill School |
MA |
23 |
The Taft School |
CT |
24 |
The Hockaday School |
TX |
25 |
St. Albans School |
DC |
26 |
Pine Crest School |
FL |
27 |
Doane Stuart School |
NY |
28 |
The Athenian School |
CA |
29 |
Academy of the Sacred Heart |
LA |
30 |
Middlesex School |
MA |
31 |
Emma Willard School |
NY |
32 |
The Loomis Chaffee School |
CT |
33 |
Heavenly Mountain Ideal Girls
School |
NC |
34 |
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Sch |
TX |
35 |
The Hotchkiss School |
CT |
36 |
Manlius Pebble Hill School |
NY |
37 |
Westover School, Middlebury |
CT |
38 |
Annie Wright School |
WA |
39 |
St. Catherine’s School |
VA |
40 |
The Hun School of Princeton |
NJ |
41 |
The Madeira School |
VA |
42 |
Shady Side Academy |
PA |
43 |
The Peddie School |
NJ |
44 |
Saint James School |
MD |
45 |
St. Andrew’s School |
DE |
46 |
Saint Mark’s School |
MA |
47 |
St. George’s School |
RI |
48 |
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred
Heart |
IL |
49 |
The Asheville School |
NC |
50 |
Stevenson School |
CA |
51 |
Gilmour Academy |
OH |
52 |
The Albany Academy |
NY |
53 |
Episcopal High School |
VA |
54 |
The Minnesota Academy of Math. And
Science |
MN |
55 |
Lake Forest Academy |
IL |
56 |
Salem Academy |
Winston |
57 |
Marion Military Institute |
AL |
58 |
The Governor French Academy |
IL |
59 |
The Stony Brook School |
NY |
60 |
Saint John's preparatory School |
MN |
61 |
Kent School |
CT |
62 |
Yeshiva high school |
IL |
63 |
Santa Catalina School |
CA |
64 |
Villanova Preparatory School |
CA |
65 |
Montclair College Preparatory
School |
CA |
66 |
The Hill School |
PA |
67 |
Garrison Forest School of
Baltimore |
MD |
68 |
McDonogh School |
MD |
69 |
Saint James School |
MD |
70 |
Western Reserve Academy |
OH |
71 |
Northwood School |
NY |
72 |
Oakley School |
UT |
73 |
The Masters School |
NY |
74 |
Sandy Spring Friends School |
MD |
75 |
Southwestern Academy |
AZ |
76 |
The Mercersburg Academy |
PA |
77 |
Walnut Hill School |
MA |
78 |
Northfield Mount Hermon School |
MA |
79 |
Westminster School |
CT |
80 |
Saint Andrew's School |
FL |
81 |
Westtown School |
PA |
82 |
The Bolles School |
FL |
83 |
Montverde Academy |
FL |
84 |
The Patterson School |
NC |
85 |
Woodberry Forest School |
VA |
86 |
Tabor Academy |
MA |
87 |
The Williston Northampton School |
MA |
88 |
Dunn School |
CA |
89 |
Woodside Priory School |
CA |
90 |
Fountain Valley School of
Colorado |
CO |
91 |
Worcester Academy |
MA |
92 |
Saint Mary's Hall |
TX |
93 |
Incarnate Word High School |
TX |
94 |
The Linsly Schools |
WV |
95 |
Blair Academy |
NJ |
96 |
Cascade School |
CA |
97 |
San Domenico School |
CA |
98 |
Pomfret School |
CT |
98 |
The MacDuffie School |
MA |
100 |
Olney Friends School |
OH |
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