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Fay School
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  • Private, Boarding
  • SOUTHBOROUGH, MA

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grade A+
Overall Niche Grade
  1. Academics
    grade A+
  2. Diversity
    grade unavailable
  3. Teachers
    grade A+

About

Applying

Application Deadline
January 15
Application Fee
$50
Interview Required
Yes
Required/Recommended Tests
ISEE, SSAT, TOEFL

Tuition

Yearly Tuition
$46,430
Tuition is for the highest grade offered and may have changed for the current school year. For more information, please contact the school.
Boarding (Tuition + Boarding)
$75,700
Received Financial Aid
25%
Average Financial Aid
No data available  

From Fay School

Fay was founded in 1866 and is the oldest junior boarding school in the US. Our 66-acre campus in Southborough, MA, is just 25 miles from Boston. Our community includes 475 students in kindergarten through grade nine. Of those, 150 students are boarders who come from the US and 20+ countries.

Fay is recognized around the world for its superior educational program, and our graduates are accepted to top secondary school. A highlight of our program is our creativity and design curriculum, where students engage in real-world projects in partnership with companies like Converse, Mazda, Barnes and Noble, and Bose.

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Creativity and Design Program

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Fay’s Creativity and Design curriculum challenges students to employ a powerful approach known as design thinking as they delve into hands-on projects that foster creativity and deepen understanding across subject areas. Students learn to collaborate with others, think creatively as they generate solutions to problems, and face challenges with ingenuity and resilience.

School Details

Grades
K-9
Students
475
Student-Teacher Ratio
7:1
National
17:1
Full-Time Teachers
65
Part-Time Teachers
2

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Students

Students
475
Gender
  • Female
    50%
  • Male
    50%
Student Diversity
  • Unknown
    100%
  • African American
    0%
  • Asian
    0%
  • Hispanic
    0%
  • International
    0%
  • Multiracial
    0%
  • Native American
    0%
  • Pacific Islander
    0%
  • White
    0%

Boarding

Students Boarding
32%
Boarding Days Per Week
5-day, 7-day
Top Countries
No data available  
International Boarding Students
55%

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