Boarding School Regions: Connecticut

Founded in 1927, Avon Old Farms School is an independent secondary school for boys. Nestled among Cotswold-inspired architecture on 860 acres in the Farmington Valley, Avon Old Farms stands as the leader in preparing young men for higher education. Avon’s founder, Theodate Pope Riddle, was one of America’s first,...

Located in Farmington, Connecticut, Miss Porter’s School was founded in 1843 by Sarah Porter and joins tradition with innovation to provide an exemplary education to young women.  Miss Porter’s offers college preparatory boarding and day program for girls in grades nine through 12, with the aim of educating young...

Founded in 1890, the Taft School is a co-educational school for students in grades 9 to 12 and post-graduate. More than 500 students from 58 countries and 31 states gather on the 226-acre Connecticut campus, located 95 miles from New York City, and 125 miles from Boston, MA. Taft’s...

The Loomis Chaffee School is a four-year, coeducational, independent boarding school located on a 300-acre campus in Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874 by five siblings whose children all died tragically and who then selflessly founded a school as a gift to the children of others, Loomis provides a superb...

Since its founding in 1888, Westminster School has been committed to a challenging, college-preparatory experience. Westminster’s 200-acre north-central Connecticut campus, is a place where scholarship, citizenship, sportsmanship and leadership thrive. Set in a small New England town north of Hartford, Westminster is walking distance from Simsbury’s vibrant town center,...

Founded in 1906, Kent School, a coed boarding school two hours north of New York City, is a leader in whole-student education for students in grades 9-12 (with a post-graduate or PG-year option). We believe the best and deepest learning occurs within the context of a community. Kent’s intentional...