Shan Hendavitharana of Sri Lanka works on the “peace bridge” at Project Common Bond, held at the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia. (Credit: Karin ZEITVOGEL/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - A new money list just released categorizing the nation’s most expensive private schools ranks two area institutions within the top 50 – one of those is the second most expensive school in the entire country.
CNN Money ranked Foxcroft School in Middleburg the second most expensive private school across the land, with St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. weighing in as heavy hitter on this list as well at number twenty-seven.
According to the list, if you want your child to walk the halls with the 158 other students, it will cost you an annual tuition fee of $42,700. The school has a reported $27 million endowment.
St. Alban’s school is no sleight either, with an annual tuition fee of $38,823 for its 575 students, and an endowment of $45 million.
The rankings are based on non-boarding schools only, with daytime students attending grades 9 through 12 in the 2012-13 school year.
See for yourself below, and read the full list here.
#1. The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J.
Day student tuition: $43,314
Enrolment: 819
Endowment: $310 million
Perks: A beautiful 700-acre campus, Harry Potter-style inter-house competitions, as well as an indoor ice hockey rink and nine-hole golf course.
#2. Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Virginia
Day student tuition: $42,700
Enrollment: 158
Endowment: $27 million
Perks: Foxcroft has an interactive whiteboard in each classroom, an animal room in the science wing, and an observatory that houses multiple high-powered telescopes, and astrophotography and solar-observing accessories.
#3. Salisbury School, Salisbury, Conn.
Day student tuition: $42,229
Enrollment: 305
Endowment: $45 million
Perks: Twice a week students join together for a sit-down dinner with their advisor or with a randomly assigned faculty member and fellow students in order to get to know each other better.
#4. Riverdale Country School, Bronx, New York
Day student tuition: $42,000
Enrollment: 1,084
Endowment: $46 million
Perks: Athletic facilities include include a 25-yard swimming pool, fencing room, and wrestling room.
#5. The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.
Day student tuition: $40,750
Enrollment: 597
Endowment: $357 million
Perks: Hotchkiss allows students to participate in off-campus semester programs offered in France, Italy, China, Spain, and South Africa
#6. Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.
Day student tuition: $40,660
Enrollment: 399
Endowment: $20 million
Perks: Aside from the gorgeous views of central Massachusetts, Lawrence Academy makes multiple state-of-the-art science and language labs available to its students.
#7. Middlesex School, Concord, Mass.
Day student tuition: $40,260
Enrollment: 375
Endowment: $160 million
Perks: Middlesex offers small class sizes for individual attention to students, and many faculty members bring their dogs to school, giving students a homey feeling.
#8. Groton School, Groton, Mass.
Day student tuition: $40,150
Enrollment: 372
Endowment: $305 million
Perks: The school offers a wide variety of clubs and organizations, a four-lane, 25-meter pool, and state-of-the-art athletic equipment.
#9. Dana Hall School, Wellesley, Mass.
Day student tuition: $40,116
Enrollment: 475
Endowment: $21 million
Perks: Dana Hall has a state-of-the-art athletic, health, and wellness facility, and a Riding Center.
#10. Kent School, Kent, Conn.
Day student tuition: $40,005
Enrollment: 565
Endowment: $62 million
Perks: Kent’s campus covers a part of the Appalachian Trail. Their dining hall offers near-gourmet food, including sushi during exams week and an ice cream sundae station.
#11. Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, Conn.
Day student tuition: $39,985
Enrollment: 332
Endowment: $100 million
Fact: The school was founded in 1843 by Miss Sarah Porter, a woman who had been a scholar and a master of languages. She taught herself to speak Hebrew when she was in her 80s.
#12. Concord Academy, Concord, Mass.
Day student tuition: $39,950
Enrollment: 363
Endowment: $55 million
Perks: The school recently constructed a beautiful new athletic campus with a baseball diamond, hockey field, and tennis courts.
#13. Horace Mann School, Bronx, New York
Day student tuition: $39,925
Enrollment: 1,783
#14. The Berkshire School, Sheffield, Mass.
Day student tuition: $39,900
Enrollment: 380
Endowment: $51 million
Fact: The school’s motto is Pro Vita Non Pro Schola Discimus, “Learning- not just for school but for life.”
#15. The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston Mass.
Day student tuition: $39,650
Enrollment: 330
Endowment: $7 million
Perks: State-of-the-art multimedia foreign language lab and “Green” science/art building with 6 laboratory classrooms, office and conference space, and two display galleries.
#17. (tie) Trinity School, New York, New York
Day student tuition: $39,625
Enrollment: 980
Endowment: $40.4 million
Perks: Trinity School has 2 libraries, 22 varsity sports, and 6 art studios. Languages taught are Chinese, French, German, Latin, Greek, Spanish, and Russian.
#17. (tie) Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Penn.
Day student tuition: $39,625
Enrollment: 432
Endowment: $193 million
Fact: The school has produced 3 Congressional Medal of Honor winners, 7 Rhodes Scholars, 3 Fulbright Scholars, and 1 Nobel Laureate.
#18. Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York, New York
Day student tuition: $39,525
Enrollment: 1,690
Endowment: $65 million
Perks: Fieldston has over 50 student-run clubs, independent senior study projects, and semesters abroad to the Mountain School and Main Coast Semester.
#19. Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Conn.
Day student tuition: $39,500
Enrollment: 408
Endowment: $32 Million
Perk: Avon Old Farms, an all-boys school, puts on its dramatic production with Miss Porter’s School for Girls.
#21. (tie) The Hewitt School, New York, New York
Day student tuition: $39,400
Enrollment: 525
Endowment: Unavailable
Perks: School-wide activities promote school spirit and build community. The students compete on either the Blue or the White team in a spelling bee, a quiz bowl, and field day.
#21. (tie) Collegiate School, New York, New York
Day student tuition: $39,400
Enrollment: 640
Endowment: $61.7 million
Perks: In addition to a 267-seat theatre and two dining rooms, Collegiate has two gymnasiums and a fitness center, a “black box” theater, a music studio, a large library, and science labs.
#22. The Spence School, New York, New York
Day student tuition: $39,335
Enrollment: 704
#23. Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York, New York
Day student tuition: $39,265
Enrollment: 690
Endowment: $31.5 million
Fact: One of their students won a bronze medal on the USA Women’s Swimming 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay team at the London 2012 Olympics.
#24. St. Mark’s School, Southborough, Mass.
Day student tuition: $39,225
Enrollment: 347
Endowment: $123 million
Perks: St. Mark’s has been well-known for its baseball team for many years. A student from the class of 1909 was the first–ever at St. Mark’s to throw a no–hitter game.
#25. Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Mass.
Day student tuition: $39,150
Enrollment: 585
Endowment: $92 million
Perks: Art students have the option of traveling to Rome, Florence, or Tuscany.
#26. Milton Academy, Milton, Mass.
Day student tuition: $39,000
Enrollment: 978
Endowment: $190 million
Perks: Milton’s library has over 46,000 hard-bound volumes.
#27. St. Albans School, Washington, District of Columbia
Day student tuition: $38,823
Enrollment: 575
Endowment: $45 million
Perks: St. Albans offers its own school of public service for a month each summer.



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