Our secondary school placement process is designed to help students and guardians make thoughtful and deliberate choices regarding their next school experience. We aim to help families move smoothly through the initial brainstorming to a final decision. Graduates from The Sage School move on to a variety of schools for ninth grade: public and independent, boarding and day, coed and single-sex, urban and suburban. Living in the greater Boston area, we have the benefit of being surrounded by a multitude of independent, public, and parochial school options.


At Sage, we encourage students and families to maintain their perspective, keeping focused on the numerous opportunities and options that might be right for their child. We believe the key is in the right “fit.” All schools have a unique environment. Finding the environment that “clicks” for your family is the key to finding the school that will bring out the best in your teen. Factors such as appropriate academic rigor, student-teacher and peer dynamics, structure, sports and clubs all contribute to “fit.” Our Coordinator of Secondary School Placement is a member of the teaching faculty and works directly with students, teachers, and families – keys to knowing each student on a personal level and making the match between families and prospective schools.
While our personalized process begins in earnest in the spring of seventh grade, opportunities exist for interested parents to learn more throughout their time at Sage.
Our students are outstanding young people. With their own hard work and tremendous potential, coupled with our intimate knowledge of local schools and what admission offices are looking for, and significant preparation, the secondary school placement process is a signature benefit of your Sage experience. Our graduates attend top schools throughout MA and beyond. Before thinking of the right secondary school for your child, choose the right elementary/middle school that will help them get there.
Below is a list of school to which Sage graduates have been accepted the last few years.
Stay tuned for more information on the Private School Fair in 2021!
Every spring we host a secondary school fair that is free and open to the public.
The schools who attended this year’s event were:
- Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock
- Boston University Academy
- Brimmer and May
- Choate Rosemary Hall
- Concord Academy
- Dana Hall School
- Dexter Southfield School
- Emma Willard School
- Gann Academy
- Lincoln School
- Loomis Chaffee School
- Middlesex School
- Milton Academy
- Miss Hall’s School
- Montrose School
- Moses Brown School
- Northfield Mount Hermon
- Pomfret School
- Portsmouth Abbey School
- St. Sebastian’s School
- Stoneleigh-Burnham School
- Tabor Academy
- Thayer Academy
- The Governor’s Academy
- The Newman School
- The Providence Country Day School
- The Putney School
- The Wheeler School
- The White Mountain School
- Ursuline Academy
- Xaverian Brothers High School
Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock
Beaver Country Day School
Belmont Hill School
Bishop Feehan
B.C. High School
Boston University Academy
Brimmer & May School
British International School of Boston
Brooks School
Buckingham Browne & Nichols
Cambridge School of Weston
CATS Academy
Choate Rosemary Hall
Commonwealth School
Concord Academy
Dana Hall School
Dexter Southfield School
Emma Willard School
Gann Academy
Groton School
Hotchkiss School
International School of Boston
Kent School
LaSalle Academy
Lexington Christian Academy
Lincoln School
Loomis Chaffee School
Middlesex School
Milton Academy
Miss Porter’s School
Moses Brown School
Newman School
Newton Country Day School
Noble & Greenough School
Northfield Mount Hermon School
Phillips Academy Andover
Phillips Exeter Academy
Pomfret School
Portsmouth Abbey
Providence Country Day School
The Rivers School
Roxbury Latin School
St. Mark’s School
St. Sebastian’s School
Thayer Academy
Ursuline Academy
Walnut Hill School
Westover School
Wheeler School
Winsor School
Worcester Academy
Xaverian Brothers High School
* indicates multiple matriculations
American University
Amherst College
Barnard College
Bentley College
Binghamton University
Boston College *
Boston University ***
Brown University ****
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University ***
Cornell University
Dartmouth College ***
Emerson College
George Washington University *
Hamilton College
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College *
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University *
Mass College of Liberal Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology **
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Northeastern University ***
Northwestern University
Oberlin College *
Princeton University *
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology *
Santa Clara University *
Skidmore College
Stanford University
Swarthmore College *
Tufts University
Univ. of Chicago
Univ. of Delaware
University of Edinburgh
University of Iowa
UMASS Amherst
UMASS Lowell School of Nursing
Univ. of Miami
Univ. of Michigan
Univ. of Notre Dame
Univ. of Rhode Island
Univ. of Rochester
Univ. of Southern CA
Univ. of Toronto
Univ. of Vermont
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Washington & Lee University
Washington Univ. of St. Louis
Wesleyan University
Wellesley College
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University *
York College of PA