Facts and Figures

Founded in 1901
Head of School, Kathleen C. Giles, appointed 2003, P’06 ’09 ’11, Harvard University A.B., J.D., M.Ed.
350 Acre campus
Serves grades 9-12
400 Students
70% boarding, 30% day
12 Students per class
23 Advanced Placement courses
4 to 1 Student-to-faculty ratio
74% Teaching faculty with advanced degrees
20 Miles from Boston and Logan Airport
26 Faculty dogs on campus
27 Sports offered

Alumni of Note

Bill Richardson, Former Governor of New Mexico and former Presidential candidate
Bill Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Steve Carell, Actor – The Office; Despicable Me; Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder of Instagram
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF
Jessica Tuck, Actor – One Life to Live, HBO’s True Blood, High School Musical
William Hurt, Academy Award-winning actor
Elizabeth Mayhew, Columnist for The Washington Post and contributing editor at NBC’s Today Show
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

The Students

14% International students
17 Countries represented
27 States represented
Top 5 states represented by boarding students: MA, NY, NJ, CT, CA
400 Students: approximately 80 freshmen, 100 sophomores, 110 juniors, and 110 seniors
690 | 700 | 690 | 2080 Mean critical reading, math, writing, and total SAT scores of 2017 graduating class
96% of the 605 AP tests taken by 224 Middlesex students in 2017 were a “3” or better; 81% were a “4” or “5”; 51% were a “5”
Top Colleges with 10 or More Matriculates in the last 5 years: Amherst College, Boston College, Columbia University, Colby College, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Hamilton College, Harvard University, Middlebury College, Trinity College, Tufts University, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University

Finances

$59,760 | $47,810 Tuition for 2017-18 boarding and day students, respectively (plus approximately $1,200 for books and spending money; no additional fees)
$252M Endowment and other long-term investments
$6.1M Allocated financial aid
35% Students receiving financial aid
$44,800 Average grant

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