Facts and Figures

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

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