Buckingham School founded in 1889

Browne & Nichols School founded in 1883

Buckingham Browne & Nichols formed by merger in 1974

Dr. Jennifer Price

Three separate campuses within Cambridge, Mass.

Upper School: 80 Gerry's Landing Road
Middle School: 80 Sparks Street
Lower School: 10 Buckingham Street

1,032 students

525 female

506 male

1 non-binary

44% students of color

80+ towns of origin represented

Approximately 900 applications for approximately 150 places.

Upper School: 5.9 to 1*

Middle School: 5.3 to 1*

Lower School: 6.7 to 1*

*These counts represent all teachers and professionals at each campus who are primarily involved in the School’s curriculum and the support of learning. 83 percent have advanced degrees.

1,032 total students

332 Lower School (grades B-6)

176 Middle School (grade 7 & 8)

524 Upper School (grades 9-12)

Upper School: 11.7 students/class*

*This count does not include study halls, peer counseling, and sexuality & relationships seminars. It does include large musical ensembles as well as independent studies.

Middle School: 13 students/class

Lower School: 20 students in homerooms; 10 students in math & language arts classes; 10 students in specialty classes (art, computer, etc.)

BB&N is a member of Global Online Academy (GOA), a consortium of over 50 leading independent schools throughout the U.S. and abroad that will offer our students the opportunity to learn alongside peers across the country as well as the world. Click here to learn more.

$10.4M to 25% of the student population.

$40,945 per student (total support)

BB&N has 4 libraries on its three campuses. Each campus uses the Follett Destiny Server, which allows for web-based access to the entire school catalog. BB&N is a member of two library consortia (including a group of 14 independent schools in the Boston area that have merged their catalogs and loan books to one another) and currently subscribes to 14 online databases.

$55 Million