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Snowden International High School → The Newman School → The Newman School → Boston Adult Tech Academy → Melvin H. King South End Academy → Quincy Upper School → Carter School → Boston Arts Academy →
📝SAT 1480 avg
🏅8 National Merit Semifinalists
📋 At a glance
Programs & features
- 🏆 8 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 Commonwealth School 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%) · 8 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: Snowden International High School, The Newman School, The Newman School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowden International High School Boston |
Public | 0.1 | 421 | -13.2% |
| The Newman School Boston |
Private | 0.2 | 212 | -23.5% |
| The Newman School Boston |
Private | 0.2 | 235 | -9.6% |
| Boston Adult Tech Academy Back Bay |
Public | 0.6 | 227 | +92.4% |
| Melvin H. King South End Academy Boston |
Public | 0.6 | 76 | -36.7% |
| Quincy Upper School Boston |
Public | 0.8 | 246 | +5.6% |
| Carter School Dorchester |
Public | 0.9 | 24 | — |
| Boston Arts Academy Boston |
Public | 1.0 | 498 | +1.6% |