Facts and Figures
The School
- Founded in 1901
- Head of School, Elizabeth (Bessie) Speers, appointed 2023, Middlebury College B.A, Johns Hopkins University M.L.A
- 350 Acre campus
- Serves grades 9-12
- 420 Students
- 72% Boarding and 28% Day Students
- 12 Students per class, on average
- 23 Advanced Placement courses
- 4 to 1 Student-to-faculty ratio
- 80% Teaching faculty with advanced degrees
- 25 Miles from Boston and Logan Airport
- 40 Faculty dogs on campus
- 28 Sports offered
The Students
- 12% International students
- 20 Countries represented
- 32 States represented
- Top 5 states represented by boarding students: MA, NY, CA, CT, RI
- 420 Students: approximately 95 freshmen, 105 sophomores, 110 juniors, and 110 seniors
- 730 and 740 mean SAT Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) and Math scores of 2023 graduating class
- 32 mean composite ACT score of the class of 2022
- 91% of the 695 AP tests taken by 234 MX students in 2023 were a 3 or better, 69% were a 4 or 5.
- Top colleges & universities attended by Middlesex graduates in the last 5 years: Boston College, Bowdoin College, Brown University, Colby College, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Trinity College, Tufts University, University of Chicago, University of Richmond. For more matriculation details, please visit the Facts & Figures page for our College Office
Alumni of Note
- Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF
- Bret Stephens, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Bill Richardson, Former Governor of New Mexico and former Presidential candidate
- Bill Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts
- Bob Iuliano, President of Gettysburg College
- Cass Sunstein, Professor at Harvard Law School, former head of Obama’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
- Chris Van Hollen, United States Senator, Maryland
- Elizabeth Mayhew, Columnist for The Washington Post and contributing editor at NBC’s Today Show
- George Wilson II, Head of Business Operations, NBA G League
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
- Jenny Gomez, co-founder of oneKIN
- Jessica Tuck, Actor – One Life to Live, HBO’s True Blood, High School Musical
- Joe Kahn, Managing Editor of The New York Times
- Joe Watkins, MSNBC political commentator and pastor of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder of Instagram
- Lauren Williams, Senior Editor, The Atlantic
- Margaret Williams, Managing Director at the World Wildlife Fund
- Rob Tod, founder of Allagash and James Beard Award winner
- Patty Kazmaier-Sandt, namesake of the USA Hockey Foundation award for the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey
- Sarah Leary, Co-founder of Nextdoor
- Steve Carell, Actor – The Office; Despicable Me; Space Force
- Tiya Miles, Professor of History at Harvard University and MacArthur Fellow
- William Hurt, Academy Award-winning actor
Finances
- $72, 050 | $58,350 Tuition for 2023-24 boarding and day students, respectively (plus approximately $1,200 for books and spending money; no additional fees)
- $220M Endowment
- $7.2M Allocated financial aid
- 33% Students receiving financial aid
- $56,731 Average grant