Phillips Exeter Academy
20 Main St., Exeter, NH 03833Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- $56,077
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 1,055
- Students per teacher
- 6
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Dover center
- 14.6 miles
Can you use EFA here?
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- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
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What you would pay here
- Net cost
- EFA’s 2026-27 amount per student is not yet verified word for word, so it is not subtracted. See the school’s tuition
School facts
- Teachers
- 185
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 98%
- Setting
- Town
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 1,073 to 1,055, down 18 (2%)
- Path
- Fell in each survey (1,064 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (311)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 9 (206)
- Average a grade
- About 264
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 165
- Length of the school day
- 10 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,650
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against New Hampshire
- 15 days shorter than the 180-day median of 123 schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- 200 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6 here; median 7.4 at 22 NH secondary schools
- Size in Rockingham County
- Largest of the 17 schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Phillips Exeter Academy tuition, and what EFA pays
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $56,077
Tuition from Phillips Exeter Academy's website, checked October 1, 2026.
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heronfield Academy | 6-8 | 94 | 2 |
| Acorn School | PreK-K | 18 | 4 |
| Squamscott River Academy | 7-12 | 20 | 6 |
| Amesbury Seventh-Day Adventist School | PreK-8 | 16 | 7 |
| Rye Country Day School | PreK-Transitional K | 6 | 8 |
| Learning Skills Academy | 5-12 | 56 | 8 |
| St. Patrick Academy | PreK-8 | 216 | 9 |
| Seacoast Learning Collaborative | 2-11 | 47 | 10 |
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