Hotchkiss School

The Hotchkiss School
Location
11 Interlaken Road

06039

United States
Coordinates41°56′43″N 73°26′23″W / 41.94528°N 73.43972°W / 41.94528; -73.43972
Information
TypePrivate, day and boarding school
MottoMoniti Meliora Sequamur
(Guided by each other, let us seek better paths)
Religious affiliation(s)Nonsectarian
Established1891 (1891)
CEEB code070335
Head of schoolCraig W. Bradley
Grades9–12, post-graduate
GenderCo-educational (since 1974)
Enrollment614 (2024–25)
Campus size827 acres (3 km2)
Campus typeRural
Color(s)Yale blue and white
   
Athletics19 interscholastic sports
MascotBearcat
NicknameHotchkiss Bearcats
RivalsTaft School
NewspaperThe Record
YearbookThe Mischianza
Endowment$553.9 million (June 30, 2023)
TuitionBoarding: $71,170
Day: $60,490
AffiliationEight Schools Association
Ten Schools Admission Organization
Founders League
New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC)
New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG)
Round Square
Green Schools Alliance
AlumniPythians or Olympians
Websitehotchkiss.org

The Hotchkiss School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut. It educates approximately 600 students in grades 9–12, plus postgraduates. Founded in 1891, it was one of the first English-style boarding schools in the United States and an early proponent of student financial aid, having accepted scholarship students since its inception.

Hotchkiss is a member of the Eight Schools Association and Ten Schools Admission Organization, two groups of American boarding schools. It was also a founding member of the G20 Schools group, an international association of college-preparatory high schools.

The school's list of notable alumni includes Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart, Nobel laureate Dickinson Richards, Morgan Stanley co-founder Harold Stanley, and Yale University president A. Whitney Griswold.