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Andover · MA · Private independent

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📝SAT 1480 avg 🏅22 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 🏆 22 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1480 (25-75: 1430–1540)
  • 📝 ACT avg 33.5 (25-75: 32–35)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Phillips Academy compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1480 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.5 (≈ top 2%) · 22 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on SAT mean.
  • LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Andover High, Lawrence High School, North Andover High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,131 in 2018 to 1,187 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+5.0%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Phillips Academy's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.andover.edu/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.2%/year, projecting from 2022's 1,187 students:

2023
1,201
2025
1,231
2027
1,261

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 74 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $1,184,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Andover High
Andover
Public 1.5 1,609 -2.1%
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Public 3.1 3,418 +11.5%
North Andover High
North Andover
Public 3.9 1,328 -0.4%
High School Learning Center
Lawrence
Public 4.0 198 -4.8%
Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical
Andover
Public 4.5 1,837 +11.0%
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence
Lawrence
Public · charter 4.5 140 +1.4%
School for Exceptional Studies
Lawrence
Public 4.7 51
Brooks School
North Andover
Private 4.9 351 -6.6%

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