About / At a Glance
A school shaped by the mountain, defined by its students.
Founded in 1867 above the Hudson River, Storm King is a coeducational boarding and day school of 180 students from 24 countries — small by design, ambitious by tradition.
1867
Founded
8–PG
Grades
55 ac.
Campus
$4.5M
Endowment
01 / Our School
A hilltop campus with a 158-year memory.
- Established
- 1867 · Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York
- Program
- Grades 8–12 and Post-Graduate
- Campus
- 55 acres overlooking the Hudson
- Accreditation
- New York Association of Independent Schools
- Head of School
- Lisa Shambaugh
- Board Chair
- Robert Ginsburg '72
- Endowment
- $4.5 million
02 / Our Students
180 extraordinary teenagers — from 24 countries and 11 states.
A community small enough to know every name, wide enough to feel the world.
180
Students enrolled
70%
Boarding · 30% Day
24
Countries represented
11
U.S. states
47%
Receive financial aid
$3.1M
Financial Aid Budget
Financial aid awarded to 47% of students · average award $17,000 · gender balance 44% female / 55% male / <1% self-identify.
03 / Academic & Co-Curricular
Rigor calibrated to the individual.
126
Courses offered
23
Advanced / college-level
8
Average class size
5:1
Student / faculty ratio
40+
Clubs & organizations
19
Athletics teams
Community Service4,588 hoursserved by students last year
04 / College Placement
Where our graduates go next.
Recent Storm King graduates have matriculated into some of the most selective universities in the United States, including:
- Barnard College
- Brown University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Notre Dame
- New York University
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Tufts University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Chicago
- University of Michigan
- University of Wisconsin
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Virginia
- University of Southern California
- Vassar College
- Wellesley College
- United States Military Academy
- Yale University
