Ages: Grades 9-12 and post-grad year

Admissions: The admissions process comprises an interview, a standardised test, and an online application. Deadlines are available on the school’s website.

No. of Pupils: 638

Curriculum: With a wide array of courses across eight academic departments, Deerfield’s ever-evolving curriculum fosters the development of creativity and intellectual maturity.

Campus and facilities: Set in a quintessential New England village, the school’s 113-hectare campus—with more than 36 acres of playing fields and 50 buildings— offers ample resources. Recent additions include a new arts centre and library.

Noteworthy: This independent, co-educational boarding and day school was founded in 1797. The school has impressive athletic and sporting facilities, with 90 acres of fields, 21 tennis courts, a hockey rink, two gymnasiums with three basketball courts, the Dewey Squash Centre, a fitness centre, the Koch Pool, an eight-lane track, two synthetic-turf fields, and The Boathouse, a 5,900sqft facility housing 20 rowing shells. Additionally, the academy is home to Deerfield Academy Press, which publishes the work of students and faculty members. The school was featured in Martin Scorsese’s 2006 The Departed, and in the TV series Mad Men.

New: The 130,000sqft Athletics Complex, featuring an ice hockey rink, group exercise rooms, rowing tanks, golf simulator and more is expected to open in the autumn of 2018.

Fees: US$61,840

Deerfield Academy, 7 Boyden Lane, Deerfield, Massachusetts, deerfield.edu