Quick Facts

Our Students

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154

students in grades 9–12
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56%

self-identified students of color
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All

genders
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42

cities and towns represented

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
57% independent, 37% public, 3% parochial, 2% homeschool

TOP HOMETOWNS
Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Sharon, Somerville

  

Academics and Outcomes

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12

students per class on average
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96%

AP scores 3 or above; 79% scores 4 or 5 (2023)
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1520

average SAT composite score (Class of 2024)
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100%

students admitted to a preferred college (Class of 2023)

TOP COLLEGES 2018–2023
Brown University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Smith College, Tufts University, UMass Amherst, University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley College

National Merit Scholarship Program

Commonwealth seniors are consistently named National Merit Scholarship winners, finalists, semifinalists, and commended students. Among the Class of 2023, twenty-two of the forty-two students were recognized, including one National Merit Scholarship Winner.

U.S. Presidential Scholars Program

Two recent Commonwealth alumni/ae, from the Classes of 2022 and 2019, progressed to the Semifinalist round of the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, recognizing exceptional high school seniors across the nation.
 

  

I was looking for somewhere I could be challenged and my interests in subjects like English and history could be deepened, which I definitely found at Commonwealth. Everyone here, both teachers and students, is passionate and curious, and it is very inspiring to be in that kind of environment.

 

Ava Rahman
Class of 2023

  

Our Faculty

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37

faculty members; 16 non-teaching staff members
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83%

with advanced degree (35% with doctorate)
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5:1

student-to-faculty ratio
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1:1

faculty advising program

  

FACULTY RESEARCH PROJECTS (SAMPLING) 2017–2023
Quantum Interpretations and Entanglement, Middle Eastern Foodways, Artificial Intelligence in Chess, Middle Ages in Africa, American Culture and Politics 1968–Present, History of Chinese Film, Geometry of Second-Degree Curves, Women’s Voices in Latin American Literature, French Existentialist Literature, Gene Expression and Regulation

  

Tuition and Financial Aid

$1.4M

financial aid granted

$40,200

average financial aid grant

$55,400

tuition and fees

   

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