Grades: 10 - 12 | 20 students 
Housed in historic Searles Castle in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the John Dewey Academy is a coeducational college preparatory boarding school with a strong therapeutic component.
Our mission is to provide intensive, individualized instruction and therapy to alienated, angry, self-destructive, but bright adolescents.
This approach inspires students to use, rather than to continue to abuse, their talents.
This vision is admittedly an ambitious one: we aim to restore hope, to rebuild families, and to transform students' lives.
School Overview
| School Membership(s)School Assoc. | State or regional independent school association |
| Religious Affiliation | Nonsectarian |
| Grades Offered | Grades 10 - 12 |
Student Body
| Total Students | 20 students |
| Student Body Type | Co-ed |
| % Students of Color | 10% State avg.: 21% |
| Students by Grade |  |
Academics and Faculty
| Total Classroom Teachers | 7 teachers |
| Student : Teacher Ratio | 3:1 National avg.: 13:1 |
Nearby Schools:
The nearest high school is Eagleton School (3.2 miles away)
The nearest elementary school is Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School (2.3 miles away)
The nearest preschool is Berkshire Meadows (4.9 miles away)
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Great Barrington Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School
Special Program Emphasis38 W Plain Rd
Great Barrington , MA , 01230
(413)528-4015Special Program Emphasis2.3 mi | 207 students | Gr. K-9
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Great BarringtonEagleton School
All-boys | Special Education School446 Monterey Rd
Great Barrington , MA , 01230
(413)528-4385All-boys | Special Education School3.2 mi | 72 students | Gr. 4-12
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Housatonic Berkshire Meadows
Special Education School249 N Plain Rd
Housatonic , MA , 01236
(413)528-2523Special Education School4.9 mi | 21 students | Gr. PK
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Sheffield Berkshire School
245 North Undermountain Road
Sheffield , MA , 01257
(413)229-10035.5 mi | 375 students | Gr. 9-12 -
Great Barrington Kolburne School
Special Education School343 Nm Southfield Rd
Great Barrington , MA , 01230
(413)229-8787Special Education School8.3 mi | 74 students | Gr. PK
School Reviews
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March 16, 2012 - This school saved my son's life. The faculty and staff are incredibly talented. The peer based model got through to our son when nothing else worked. He has now learned new, productive behaviors and he is doing very well in his second year at
Dewey. We love this school and give it our highest recommendation. - Posted by Parent
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