Attending a prep school can give a teenager numerous advantages over their publically taught counterparts. They’ll have access to equipment and facilities that no public school can provide, they’ll be able to network with peers from influential families and they’ll be educated in a far more rigorous manner. These advantages can come with a hefty price tag, though.

The most expensive prep school in the US is Concord, Massachusetts’ Middlesex School. Founded in 1901 by Frederick Winsor, Middlesex started as a non-denominational, all-boys’ school. Additionally, Winsor’s scholarship program was a first for secondary schools. Combined, the non-denominational policy and scholarship program had the effect of drawing students from across the country to attend the school.

Most expensive prep school

The most expensive prep school emphasizes long and largely unchanged traditions, such as the carving of a plaque by every student in the graduating class. Traditions like this have been kept in place by the school’s headmaster, a position that has only been filled by five people since the school’s founding over a century ago.

Tuition at Middlesex School is $40,780 for boarders and $32,625 for day students. 108 of the school’s 346 students receive an average grant of $30,740 to attend the most expensive prep school in the US.

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harry January 21, 2009 at 8:53 pm

my school is 30k for day school in ct

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friar February 24, 2009 at 6:16 pm

mine is 23 k in Pa

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HoneyBeeFly March 17, 2009 at 4:37 pm

I go to Choate Rosemary Hall and the tuition this year was around $42,000 for boarders and the tuition is to increase again next year.

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Bob Dylan May 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm

yeah well i go to public school 4 FR33

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Sam May 15, 2009 at 10:40 pm

My school is 35k for middle scool in NJ.

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youknowwho June 2, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Middlesex is actually a lot more expensive than this article claims…including books and everything it amounts to around $50k..

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Gene Chung July 10, 2009 at 12:20 am

This article is somewhat outdated. The most expensive prep school in the world is actually Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. Annual tuition is CHF 87,000 ($77,000 US) plus around CHF20,000 ($15,000) manditory fees for travel, expeditions and so on.

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MILISSA August 20, 2009 at 3:04 pm

i attend one of the most expencive schools in the state of CT.and if your not rich like my family then dont even bother attempting to review the 80 dollar sighn up sheet to TRYand attend the most advance school in CT…

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protagonist August 22, 2009 at 1:06 am

i go to westminster school in london, england, and the tuition there is 29,000 pounds per year, and with a current exchange rate of roughly 1.7 that would be very roughly around $50,000.

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Vanessa September 18, 2009 at 9:19 pm

My school is $40,200 for a boarding student, but only $26,000 for day students, Santa Catalina in Monterey

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Janet September 25, 2009 at 4:58 pm

LOL Poor Milissa, you may go to one of the most expensive schools in CT, but obviously you aren’t getting your money’s worth…

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ydouwannaknow? November 22, 2009 at 7:39 pm

i dont hav to pay nothing at my school hahahahahahahaha peps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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badvegan December 21, 2009 at 6:50 am

I go to Hockaday the premier girls preparatory in Texas. Tuition is $42,000 a year. The waiting list is 6+ years if you are not a legacy or politically connected. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attempted to get his daughter in, however we do not have any black or jew classmates.

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Dallas resident January 26, 2010 at 11:13 pm

Bad vegan, evidently you do not go to Hockady as they have several blacks, jews and hispanic and Asian students. You are an idiot and cannot possible attend Hockaday. Stay off the drugs.

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leon April 18, 2010 at 5:50 pm

I currently attend here as a senior, Im looking at 62k a year.

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Fred Van Ditsendorf June 10, 2010 at 4:37 pm

I go to that school. the teachers are strict

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Liz July 2, 2010 at 5:14 pm

Ha ha ha, too funny MILISSA. You attend the most “advance” school in CT but can’t even spell “expencive” or use correct grammar.

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