美國中學(xué)分為公立和私立兩種。公立學(xué)校對(duì)美國當(dāng)?shù)貙W(xué)生是免費(fèi)的,國際學(xué)生如需就讀公立學(xué)校,只能通過專門的交流項(xiàng)目申請(qǐng)入學(xué),而且必須交納學(xué)費(fèi),就讀時(shí)間不能超過一年。私立學(xué)校可以面向和國際學(xué)生招生,國際學(xué)生的比例按學(xué)校不同有很大區(qū)別,但所有學(xué)生的收費(fèi)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是一樣的。
每年美國都有私立寄宿學(xué)校根據(jù)SAT平均成績的排名。SAT(Scholastic Assessment Tests)測驗(yàn)是美國高中學(xué)生能否進(jìn)入大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)的決定性考試,相當(dāng)于中國的高考。它分為SAT I 和SAT II 兩種,是由美國大約4,300 所大學(xué)組成的文教組織--美國大學(xué)委員會(huì)(The College Board)委托教育測驗(yàn)服務(wù)社(Educational Testing Service,ETS)定期舉辦的性測驗(yàn)。美國各大學(xué)會(huì)參考此成績,決定是否接受學(xué)生的入學(xué)申請(qǐng)。
私立寄宿學(xué)校的SAT平均成績排名是中長為孩子選擇一個(gè)合適學(xué)校的重要依據(jù)。
排名 | 學(xué)校 | 州 |
1 | Groton School | MA |
2 | Phillips Academy | MA |
3 | Phillips Exeter Academy | NH |
4 | Milton Academy | MA |
5 | Deerfield Academy | MA |
6 | The Thacher School | CA |
7 | The Webb Schools | CA |
8 | Choate Rosemary Hall | CA |
9 | Lawrenceville School | NJ |
10 | Cate School | CA |
11 | Noble and Greenought Sch | MA |
12 | Hackley School | NY |
13 | Mount Michael Benedictine High School | NE |
14 | Georgetown Prep School | MD |
15 | Thomas Jefferson School | MI |
16 | Indian Springs School | AL |
17 | Oregon Episcopal School | OR |
18 | St. Paul’s School | NH |
19 | Detroit Country Day School | MI |
20 | Concorde Academy | MA |
21 | The Cambridge Sch. Of Weston | MA |
22 | Belmont Hill School | MA |
23 | The Taft School | CT |
24 | The Hockaday School | TX |
25 | St. Albans School | DC |
26 | Pine Crest School | FL |
27 | Doane Stuart School | NY |
28 | The Athenian School | CA |
29 | Academy of the Sacred Heart | LA |
30 | Middlesex School | MA |
31 | Emma Willard School | NY |
32 | The Loomis Chaffee School | CT |
33 | Heavenly Mountain Ideal Girls School | NC |
34 | St. Stephen’s Episcopal Sch | TX |
35 | The Hotchkiss School | CT |
36 | Manlius Pebble Hill School | NY |
37 | Westover School, Middlebury | CT |
38 | Annie Wright School | WA |
39 | St. Catherine’s School | VA |
40 | The Hun School of Princeton | NJ |
41 | The Madeira School | VA |
42 | Shady Side Academy | PA |
43 | The Peddie School | NJ |
44 | Saint James School | MD |
45 | St. Andrew’s School | DE |
46 | Saint Mark’s School | MA |
47 | St. George’s School | RI |
48 | Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart | IL |
49 | The Asheville School | NC |
50 | Stevenson School | CA |
51 | Gilmour Academy | OH |
52 | The Albany Academy | NY |
53 | Episcopal High School | VA |
54 | The Minnesota Academy of Math. And Science | MN |
55 | Lake Forest Academy | IL |
56 | Salem Academy | Winston |
57 | Marion Military Institute | AL |
58 | The Governor French Academy |