International, I-20, and ESL Students
Middle and high school students (grades 5-12) from all over the world are encouraged and welcomed to apply for admission to Barnstable Academy. This is a great opportunity for international students to experience an excellent and unique education at one of America’s best private schools. Barnstable Academy is a day school, but we can provide our international students with assistance for housing options if needed.
Foreign students enjoy all the great benefits of a Barnstable Academy education including:
- A nurturing and safe learning environment provided by our highly trained and experienced faculty and teaching staff.
- Individual attention. With an average of 10 students per class, we are able to offer each student individual attention, and more opportunities for success in academics as well as in our positive social environment.
- A college preparatory program that is a stepping stone to continuing academic success.
- Extracurricular activities that include a Performing Arts program, Fine Arts program, Athletics program, as well as a wide range of individual elective courses and programs.
If you would like to learn more about what our private college prep school has to offer for international students, click here to request information.
In addition, Barnstable Academy is a SEVIS approved school, and issues I-20 status to qualified international students. We offer a critical English as a Second Language (ESL) component to further assist our foreign students in acclimating to our academic environment.