Top 10 Best Connecticut Private Schools Belonging To The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 20 private schools belonging to the association of boarding schools (tabs) serving 6,881 students in Connecticut. You can also find more schools membership associations in Connecticut.
The best top ranked belonging to the association of boarding schools (tabs) private schools in Connecticut include Westover School, Rectory School and Marianapolis Preparatory School.
The average tuition cost is $67,216, which is higher than the Connecticut private school average tuition cost of $29,133.
20% of private schools belonging to the association of boarding schools (tabs) in Connecticut are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Episcopal).

Top Ranked Private Schools Belonging To The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) in Connecticut (2024)

School
Location
Grades
Students
Rectory School
Rectory School Photo - Rectory's High Value Learning makes the classroom experience more compelling, and even takes the learning outside of the classroom. Our program allows students to thrive in a compelling hands-on environment where teamwork and creative problem solving are emphasized.
528 Pomfret Street
Pomfret, CT 06258
(860) 928-1328
Grades: K-9
| 240 students
Westover School
Westover School Photo
All-girls
(2)
1237 Whittemore Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
(203) 577-4521
Grades: 9-12
| 184 students
St. Thomas More School
St. Thomas More School Photo
All-boys | Special Program Emphasis
(2)
45 Cottage Road
Oakdale, CT 06370
(860) 823-3861
Grades: 8-12
| 162 students
South Kent School
South Kent School Photo
All-boys (Episcopal)
(2)
40 Bulls Bridge Road
South Kent, CT 06785
(860) 927-3539
Grades: 9-12
| 161 students
Avon Old Farms School
Avon Old Farms School Photo - Avon Old Farms School is expert in educating boys. Since we are a single sex school, we use specialized learning methodologies focused on the areas of development that are critical to a young male in their adolescent years. This helps achieve greater success not only in the following four years of college, but the next forty years of their lives.
All-boys
500 Old Farms Rd
Avon, CT 06001
(860) 404-4100
Grades: 9-12
| 415 students
Canterbury School
Canterbury School Photo - At Canterbury, you will develop the skills most essential to meeting future challenges and succeeding in college. These start with critical thinking, excellence in writing, and a solid foundation in digital literacy.
(Catholic)
101 Aspetuck
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 210-3800
Grades: 9-12
| 325 students
Cheshire Academy
Cheshire Academy Photo - Character development has long been a priority at Cheshire Academy. The Eight Pillars of Bowden are the ways in which we demonstrate our core values and basic beliefs: Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Civility, Citizenship, Morality, Fairness and Trustworthiness.
10 Main St
Cheshire, CT 06410
(203) 439-7250
Grades: 9-12
| 343 students
Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall Photo - A community like no other, Choate is a place where you never have to do it alone. Advisers, peers, and the entire community are bonded by mutual respect, a passion for learning, and a spirit of supporting and challenging one another:
333 Christian Street
Wallingford, CT 06492
(203) 697-2000
Grades: 9-12
| 865 students
Ethel Walker School
Ethel Walker School Photo
All-girls
230 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 408-4200
Grades: 6-12
| 247 students
The Hotchkiss School
The Hotchkiss School Photo - Varsity Sailing Blue
11 Interlaken Road
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-3102
Grades: 9-12
| 623 students
211 Indian Mountain Road
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-0871
Grades: PK-9
| 320 students
Marianapolis Preparatory School
Marianapolis Preparatory School Photo
(Catholic)
26 Chase Road
Thompson, CT 06277
(860) 923-9245
Grades: 9-12
| 300 students
Miss Porter's School
Miss Porter's School Photo
All-girls
60 Main St.
Farmington, CT 06032
(860) 409-3500
Grades: 9-12
| 335 students
Rumsey Hall School
Rumsey Hall School Photo
201 Romford Rd
Washington Depot, CT 06794
(860) 868-0535
Grades: PK-9
| 328 students
Salisbury School
Salisbury School Photo
All-boys (Episcopal)
(1)
251 Canaan Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 435-5732
Grades: 9-12
| 310 students
Suffield Academy
Suffield Academy Photo - Bell Hill
185 North Main Street
Suffield, CT 06078
(860) 386-4400
Grades: 9-12
| 410 students
The Taft School
The Taft School Photo - Taft's 226-acre campus is in New England's beautiful Litchfield County, Connecticut.
(2)
110 Woodbury Road
Watertown, CT 06795
(860) 945-7777
Grades: 9-12
| 580 students
Westminster School
Westminster School Photo - Armor Academic Center on the campus of Westminster School.
995 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 408-3060
Grades: 9-12
| 398 students
Forman School
Forman School Photo - Fall Sports: Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Boatbuilding, Cross-Country, Rock Climbing, Girls Volleyball
Special Education School
12 Norfolk Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759
(860) 567-1802
Grades: 9-12
| 212 students
Marvelwood School
Marvelwood School Photo - Our beautiful 83-acre campus is located in Kent, Connecticut. We welcome you to visit.
(2)
476 Skiff Mountain Road
Kent, CT 06757
(860) 927-0047
Grades: 9-12
| 123 students

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