Buxton School

Buxton School

Private High School | Grade 9-12
291 South St,  Williamstown, MA
4.7
4.6
64 Students
A+
Niche Grade

School Details

Student Teacher Ratio
4:1
Average SAT Score
1310
Average ACT Score
22
Average GPA
3.66
Graduation Rate
100%
Annual Tuition
$33,000
Boarding Program
Offers Boarding

Niche Grade

A
Academics
A-
Teachers
A
College Prep
A
Resources/Facilities
A+
Clubs and Activities
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Niche Grades

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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.66
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
4:1
Teachers
19
Full Time Teachers
14
Part Time Teachers
5
College Prep
Average SAT
1310
Math
630
Verbal
680
Average ACT
22
Math
20
English
23
Reading
24
Science
22
Four-Year Matriculation Rate
100%

GreatSchools Rating Details

Student Diversity

Female
61.5%
Male
38.5%
White
60.3%
Black
16.2%
Two or more races
11.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander
5.9%
Hispanic
4.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
1.5%
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School Rankings

#2 Best HS for the Arts in Massachusetts
#29 Best Boarding HS in Massachusetts
#32 Most Diverse Private HS in Massachusetts
Source: Niche

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Skidmore College 13 Students
Brown University 11 Students
Bennington College 11 Students
New York University 8 Students
University of Massachusetts Amherst 8 Students
Bard College 8 Students
Smith College 8 Students
Carnegie Mellon University 7 Students
SUNY Purchase College 7 Students
Oberlin College 7 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Psychology 9 Students
Environmental Science 8 Students
English 7 Students
Sociology 7 Students
Photography 7 Students
Biology 6 Students
Political Science and Government 6 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 5 Students
Arts 5 Students
Computer Science 4 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
4.7 28 Reviews
5.0 Alum
3/14/2021
The minute I walked onto campus I knew Buxton was the school for me. I had never before nor since felt such a strong sense of community. The teachers at Buxton know every student. After revisiting Buxton years later and hearing about the student life, classes and ethos at Buxton i wondered " can this school have gotten even better!?"
5.0 Alum
2/6/2021
Buxton is a great community and a place for students to be together in a relaxed learning and social environment. The food is amazing and the campus is beautiful. Most people describe high school as an awful traumatizing time in their lives. As a Buxton student bullying and peer pressure were not of concern. Many people describe their life long friends as from college. I can say for sure that my life-long friends are from Buxton.
5.0 NicheUser
2/27/2016
You can do so many cool extracurricular things here, from metalshop to knitting club to Dungeons and Dragons to boxing to yoga. It's also incredibly easy to create a club or event. You just announce that you want to start a club and if people are interested, they'll join. Turn-out can occasionally be small, because of how small the school is, but the variety is huge for a schoo of this size.
GreatSchools Reviews
4.6 13 Reviews
5.0 student
3/30/2025
I am a current senior at Buxton and I've been here all four years. The reason I'm only writing a review now is that Buxton is my community. It means so much to me, it has helped to shape me and me it, it's where I live, learn, and work, it's where I find things that I love, and it's part of who I am...
1.0 student
3/22/2025
As a student at Buxton, my best advice to people looking to apply would be to save your money and continue searching for other schools. There are physical safety hazards, including but not limited to significant black mold and rodent infestations in all of the buildings, a lack of adequate food safe...
5.0 parent
9/16/2023
My child is now in their third year at Buxton. It is and has been just about an ideal place. They are intellectual, somewhat socially awkward (from a bit of autism), challenged by ADHD, and nonbinary (which explains why I am using the singular they/them pronouns). Their favorite friendships are with...
5.0 parent
9/16/2022
Public high school wasn't working out for our highly intellectual, somewhat disorganized, not-a-partier, lover-of-books, gender-nonconforming kiddo. Thinking we would NEVER send a kid to boarding school, we visited a local one anyway just to understand the options. The director of admissions at that...

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