School Facts
School Type
Religious Affiliation
Grades Offered
Grades 10-12
Students By Grade
Student Body
Total Students
20 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
% Students of Color
40%
State avg.: 32%
Academic Profile
Total Classroom Teachers
7 teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
3:1
National avg.:
Tuition & Financial Aid
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
School Notes
- 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.
- 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.
Source: Verified school update
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the application deadline for John Dewey Academy?
The application deadline for John Dewey Academy is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).
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