Since 1842, St. Johnsbury Academy has been a significant leader in education. It is widely recognized among both public and
private school educators as a school that fosters character, academic excellence, and civic responsibility. This remarkable
regional academy and international boarding school has a proud tradition and maintains an uncommon dignity in the education
of its diverse student body.
Through its 158 distinguished years, the Academy has grown to provide a comprehensive curriculum to a very cosmopolitan
student body. Students choose to attend the Academy from 22 New Hampshire and Vermont communities, 15 states, and 16
other nations. Today, about 16% of the 900 population are resident students who come from afar. The addition of this
international community to the Academy campus is very fruitful. International and local students react with each other
to form a synergy that is mutually beneficial. The international students come to a stable New England community where
they experience a breadth of American culture, especially in family life, that is unusual in American boarding schools.
Our Vermont and New Hampshire students lose their fear of the larger world by knowing and becoming friends with students
who are coming and succeeding in a place that is up to 10,000 miles from their homes.
Consistently, St. Johnsbury Academy, of all Vermont schools, has placed the highest or nearly the highest percentage of
graduating seniors into further education. Annually, 78% to 82% of Academy seniors matriculate to post-secondary educational
institutions. Graduate acceptances at competitive and highly competitive colleges and universities are strong.
St. Johnsbury Academy has an extremely loyal and proud alumni/ae body. Although a large number of these alumni/ae remain
in Vermont, others are scattered widely throughout the United States and world.
