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Data & methodology

Evaluation method

Ranking Basis

Data Scale: FindingSchool leverages an extensive data set that exceeds that of similar rankings, ensuring accurate and relevant evaluations through well-defined weight distributions and scoring mechanisms.

Weight Distribution: We gathered feedback from thousands of families and consulted over 50 industry experts to create ranking weights tailored to the needs of Asian students.

Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.

Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.

Evaluation Mechanism

The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included

The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.

Scoring Mechanism

The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.

  • In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.

  • In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension]: Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews]: FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall
A+
Matriculation A+
Academics A
Extracurriculars A
Community A+
Reviews B+
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$61120
Enrollment
1317
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
76%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:7
Endowment
$91 millions
Average SAT Score
1430
Average ACT Score
33

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2019-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 14
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4
#3 Harvard College 36
#3 Stanford University 7
#3 Yale University 27
LAC #1 Williams College 8
#6 University of Chicago 19
#7 Johns Hopkins University 6
#7 University of Pennsylvania 17
#10 Duke University 11
#10 Northwestern University 17
LAC #2 Amherst College 6
#12 Dartmouth College 10
#13 Brown University 35
#13 Vanderbilt University 2
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 14
LAC #3 Pomona College 4
#17 Cornell University 38
#18 Columbia University 18
#18 University of Notre Dame 3
#20 University of California: Berkeley 2
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 4
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 6
#22 Emory University 14
#22 Georgetown University 9
#25 New York University 14
#25 University of Michigan 9
#25 University of Southern California 3
#25 University of Virginia 1
#29 Wake Forest University 2
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 7
LAC #6 Carleton College 3
#32 Tufts University 16
#36 Boston College 6
#38 University of California: Davis 1
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4
#41 Boston University 3
#44 Brandeis University 1
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1
#44 Northeastern University 4
#44 Tulane University 4
#51 Lehigh University 2
#51 Purdue University 1
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#55 University of Miami 2
LAC #11 Middlebury College 3
#62 George Washington University 1
#62 Syracuse University 4
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1
LAC #13 Vassar College 3
#72 American University 1
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1
#72 Southern Methodist University 1
LAC #15 Davidson College 1
LAC #15 Grinnell College 3
LAC #15 Hamilton College 12
#76 Muhlenberg College 1
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1
#84 Bennington College 2
#85 University of Puget Sound 1
#89 Elon University 1
LAC #18 Barnard College 1
LAC #18 Colgate University 1
LAC #18 Haverford College 5
LAC #18 University of Richmond 1
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 17
#97 Clark University 1
#105 Miami University: Oxford 2
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 2
#105 University of Arizona 1
LAC #24 Colby College 3
#121 Chapman University 1
#121 Temple University 1
#121 University of Vermont 1
LAC #27 Colorado College 4
LAC #31 Kenyon College 5
LAC #33 Pitzer College 2
LAC #33 Scripps College 1
#166 Quinnipiac University 1
LAC #37 Bucknell University 2
LAC #37 Occidental College 3
LAC #39 Skidmore College 4
LAC #39 Trinity College 1
LAC #51 Dickinson College 2
LAC #60 Bard College 1
American University of Paris 1
binghamton university, state university of new york 2
City University of New York: Hunter College 1
Durham University 1
Emerson College 1
Franklin & Marshall College 1
McGill University 2
Oberlin College 3
parsons school of design 1
Pratt Institute 2
Rhode Island School of Design 2
St. John's College 1
The New School College of Performing Arts 2
University of Colorado Boulder 1
University of Edinburgh 1
University of St. Andrews 5
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 411 413 403 387 368
#1 Princeton University 14 14 15 15 20 78
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 4 4 4 4 20
#3 Harvard College 36 36 35 34 32 173
#3 Stanford University 7 7 7 9 9 39
#5 Yale University 27 27 22 26 25 127
#6 University of Pennsylvania 17 17 19 26 24 103
#7 California Institute of Technology 1 2 3
#7 Duke University 11 11 11 9 9 51
#9 Northwestern University 17 17 17 18 17 86
#9 Johns Hopkins University 6 6 5 4 4 25
#9 Brown University 35 35 32 31 35 168
#12 Columbia University 18 18 20 17 17 90
#12 University of Chicago 19 19 18 16 14 86
#12 Cornell University 38 38 39 33 30 178
#15 University of California: Berkeley 2 2 1 2 3 10
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 1 2 2 3 9
#18 Dartmouth College 10 10 12 12 15 59
#18 Vanderbilt University 2 2 3 4 5 16
#20 University of Notre Dame 3 3 2 2 2 12
#21 University of Michigan 9 9 8 6 7 39
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 1
#22 Georgetown University 9 9 10 10 7 45
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 6 6 5 5 4 26
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 14 14 17 16 1 62
#24 Emory University 14 14 11 9 8 56
#24 University of Virginia 1 1 1 1 1 5
#28 University of Southern California 3 3 2 3 6 17
#28 University of California: Davis 1 1 1 3
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 1 1 3
#35 New York University 14 14 12 10 13 63
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 4 3 3 1 15
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 1 1 1 4
#39 Boston College 6 6 6 3 2 23
#40 Tufts University 16 16 16 14 14 76
#43 Boston University 3 3 2 1 9
#47 Wake Forest University 2 2 1 1 2 8
#47 Lehigh University 2 2 3 4 5 16
#51 Purdue University 1 1 1 1 1 5
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 1 1 1 1 5
#53 Northeastern University 4 4 3 2 1 14
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2 2 2 2 2 10
#60 Brandeis University 1 1 1 1 2 6
#67 University of Miami 2 2 3 3 1 11
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 1 1 1 4
#67 Syracuse University 4 4 4 4 2 18
#67 George Washington University 1 1 1 2 2 7
#73 Tulane University 4 4 3 1 2 14
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1 1 1 1 5
#73 SUNY University at Binghamton 2 2 1 5
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 1 1 1 1 5
#89 Temple University 1 1 2
#93 University of Iowa 1 1 2
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 1 1 1 4
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 2 2 3 2 1 10
#105 American University 1 1 1 1 2 6
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 1 2
#115 University of Arizona 1 1 1 3
#133 University of Vermont 1 1 1 1 1 5
#133 Miami University: Oxford 2 2 2 1 1 8
#133 Elon University 1 1 2 2 1 7
#133 Chapman University 1 1 2 2 1 7
#142 Clark University 1 1 2
#170 Quinnipiac University 1 1 1 1 1 5
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 2 2 1 1 6
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 116 116 133 141 134
#1 Williams College 8 8 7 7 8 38
#2 Amherst College 6 6 6 8 12 38
#4 Wellesley College 1 1 1 3
#4 Swarthmore College 4 4 4 2 2 16
#4 Pomona College 4 4 6 7 8 29
#9 Bowdoin College 7 7 8 7 6 35
#9 Carleton College 3 3 3 3 3 15
#11 Middlebury College 3 3 6 8 8 28
#11 Barnard College 1 1 2 1 1 6
#11 Wesleyan University 17 17 18 19 17 88
#11 Grinnell College 3 3 4 3 4 17
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 2 3
#16 Vassar College 3 3 4 5 5 20
#16 Hamilton College 12 12 14 14 12 64
#16 Davidson College 1 1 2
#21 Haverford College 5 5 3 3 2 18
#21 Colgate University 1 1 4 4 5 15
#24 Bates College 2 4 4 10
#25 Colby College 3 3 4 4 4 18
#25 University of Richmond 1 1 2 2 1 7
#30 Bucknell University 2 2 2 4 3 13
#33 Colorado College 4 4 2 2 12
#35 Occidental College 3 3 3 4 3 16
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 1 1 1 1 1 5
#35 Scripps College 1 1 1 1 4
#38 Skidmore College 4 4 4 2 2 16
#39 Kenyon College 5 5 6 7 5 28
#39 Trinity College 1 1 1 1 4
#39 Pitzer College 2 2 3 2 2 11
#46 Dickinson College 2 2 2 1 1 8
#46 Whitman College 1 1
#46 Connecticut College 1 1 1 3
#67 Reed College 1 1 2
#70 Muhlenberg College 1 1 1 1 4
#72 Bard College 1 1 1 1 4
#75 St. John's College 1 1 1 3
#89 University of Puget Sound 1 1 1 1 1 5
#93 Drew University 1 1 2
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 1 1 3
#112 Bennington College 2 2 1 1 1 7
#139 Hampshire College 1 1 1 3
Oberlin College 3 3 3 3 4 16
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 2 2 0 0 0
#3 McGill University 2 2 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2018-2022 2017-2021 2016-2020 2015-2019 Total
All schools 7 6 0 0 0
#5 University of Edinburgh 1 1 2
#28 Durham University 1 1
#33 University of St. Andrews 5 5 10

Academics

Sports

(14)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Flag Football
American Football
Lacrosse
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Flag Football
American Football
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(9)
the Performing Arts Club
the Environment Club
Wildlife Club
the Asian Cultures Club
Spectrum
HOLA
the Performing Arts Club
the Environment Club
Wildlife Club
the Asian Cultures Club
Spectrum
HOLA
SciFan
Longboard Club
and Geography Club.
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Arts

(16)
Acting
Chorus
Dance
Jazz
Music
Production
Acting
Chorus
Dance
Jazz
Music
Production
Theater
Ceramics
Drawing
Media
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Watercolor
Architecture
Digital Fabrication
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: K-12
Urban
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1919
Campus Size: 40 acres
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 11/04
Interview: On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE
School Code:
SSAT: 2716
ISEE: 333580

Frequently Ask Questions about Dalton School

Tell me a bit about Dalton School.
Dalton School is Co-ed private day school located in New York, US. It was founded 1919 , and currently has about 1317 students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.dalton.org/page.
Does Dalton School have rigorous academic requirements?
Dalton School also have 76% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Dalton School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 9.64% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 30.73% go to top 25, and about 35.45% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Dalton School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Dalton School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Dalton School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Dalton School in 2024 is $61,120 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissionsmshs@dalton.org .
Where is Dalton School located?
Dalton School is located in the State of New York of USA.
How popular is Dalton School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Dalton School is among the most popular schools, within top 263 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Dalton School has been favorited by 70 users.
How to start with an application with Dalton School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Dalton School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Dalton School’s official site: https://www.dalton.org/page or call them at 212-423-5200.
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What is the FindingSchool rating for Dalton School?
The overall rating for Dalton School is A+.

The section ratings of Dalton School are:
A+ for Matriculation
A for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A+ for Community
B+ for Students and Parents reviews

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