Hill School, Pottstown, a leader in sending grads to Harvard, Princeton, MIT

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The Hill School, Potttown, ranks 85th in the nation and first in Pennsylvania among high schools in sending graduates to Harvard, Princeton and MIT. (Photo courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org.)

The Hill School in Pottstown is one of three schools in the Philadelphia area to lead the nation in the number of graduates that go on to Harvard, Princeton and MIT.

The three private high schools — which also include the Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square and The Haverford School of Haverford — appear on a list of 100  schools compiled by PolarisList, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.


The Hill School saw 13 of its students matriculate into Harvard (2), MIT (3) and Princeton (8), earning the 85th overall ranking and the top spot among Pennsylvania high schools.

Researchers focused on those three institutions because of “their selectivity and their accessibility to lower income students,” the PolarisList website explains.

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