Facts and Figures
The School
- Founded in 1901
- Interim Head of School, Karlyn McNall, appointed 2021, Williams College B.A, Harvard University M.Ed.
- 350 Acre campus
- Serves grades 9-12
- 406 Students
- 70% boarding, 30% day
- 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
- 14 Countries represented
- 29 States represented
- Top 5 states represented by boarding students: MA, NY, NJ, CA, CT
- 410 Students: approximately 90 freshmen, 105 sophomores, 110 juniors, and 110 seniors
- 690 and 690 mean SAT Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) and Math scores of 2022 graduating class
- 30 mean composite ACT score of the class of 2022
- 90% of the 680 AP tests taken by 235 Middlesex students in 2022 were a “3” or better; 73% 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, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Harvard University, New York University, Trinity College, Tufts University, University of Chicago, University of St. Andrew’s. 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
- $69,280 | $55,970 Tuition for 2022-23 boarding and day students, respectively (plus approximately $1,200 for books and spending money; no additional fees)
- $240M Endowment
- $7.2M Allocated financial aid
- 35% Students receiving financial aid
- $54,603 Average grant