Creating
your Future. Together.

The Tilton Story

Tilton fosters the development of five essential skills — in all aspects of boarding school life — that prepare students to embrace and navigate a world driven by diversity and change.

Our community is built on human relationships that guide, support, and challenge our students every step of the way. We mean it when we say, "the people make the place."

Our innovative curriculum is driven by a standards-based grading system that is designed not to judge students, but to coach them. We know that the road to progress is collaborative and unique to each student.

Our Community

Our community is made up of students, faculty, and staff who care for and learn from one another. Together, we craft opportunities that you can’t find anywhere else.

Weekends are for Play

Different by Design

Hear more about our community:

Tilton Voices

Essential Skills

Essential Skills teach beyond content and equip students for a lifetime of self-directed learning.

Play⁰¹

Play fearlessly embraces the new

Play engages the world for curiosity’s sake, for the purpose of trying something new, without fearing the consequences. Play is our word for pure research, for raw experimentation, and for harmless trial and error.

Inquiry⁰²

Inquiry builds understanding

Inquiry looks beyond easy formulations of a problem and easy solutions. It seeks out multiple data types, looks at things from multiple angles, and thinks critically about the role bias in the interpretation of facts and the formulation of opinions.

Creation⁰³

Creation uncovers possibility

Creation is about generating solutions to address needs and opportunities—through empathy, analysis, ideation, and iteration.

Mindfulness⁰⁴

Mindfulness develops perspective

Mindfulness is the set of intentional practices to develop self-awareness and understand one’s connection to the larger community and environment.

Communication⁰⁵

Communication generates meaning

Communication involves moving an audience toward understanding or action through the variety of media available to us. In addition, communication also engages in active listening to understand the ideas shared by others.

Learn about the Mastery Approach:

Teaching and Learning at Tilton

Extracurriculars

I’ll always remember when we won the championship my freshman year; our whole school was down at the softball field and to see the impact our sport had on the community was really, really fun.”

Alexa ’25

Varsity Softball

You can create your own celebrations or something you like that you want to show other people. You have this connection with every teacher and student and it really helps.”

Andriana ’24

Community Service, Afternoon Arts, Clubs

I think Tilton is the best spot to try out theater. No matter where you are, you can step on stage, but we have a community that's going to welcome you to do it.”

Turner ’26

Theatre

Explore Arts & Athletics:

Afternoon Programs

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Outcomes

How Tilton Makes a Difference

Ahnay ’24

Alex ’10

Marc P’24

Lovisa ’18

All Videos

200

Total Students

6:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

75%

Boarding Students

20+

States and 15+ Countries Represented

5000

Community Service Hours Completed per Year

25+

Competitive Sports Teams

35%

of Students Hold Leadership Positions

Advanced Placement Course Offerings

Minutes from Boston

Choose a Guide

Our student ambassadors will show you around.

Select a student and experience the Tilton story through their eyes.

Colleen, 11th Grade

Admissions Ambassador Basketball Boarding Student Dorm Proctor

Aidan, 10th Grade

Academics Boarding Student California Hockey

Isaac, 9th Grade

9th Grade Experience Boarding Student International Student Soccer

Beckett, 11th Grade

Art Day Student Study Abroad Young Women's+ Leadership