2023 Best Boarding Schools in the Columbia Area

• Columbia, SC•

• Private School•

• PK, K-12

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  Rating 4.36 out of 5  113 reviews

Senior: I love Ben Lippen! I've attended the school for the last 13 years. To be honest, my favorite parts are the science department and the international program. The science teachers are fantastic at their jobs, and genuinely care about their students. The international program has exposed me to so many cultures that I would never get the chance to experience otherwise! The international students ask questions that I would never think of, and I learn so much from them about their countries and about my own in the contrast. However, the international program is also my least favorite part of the school. The domestic students find it difficult to convince the international students to participate in many domestic student events, so at the school, there ends up being two groups: the Americans and the boarding students. But recently, many international boarding students have started coming out of their shells and participating, and I've had the chance to learn from them again!... Read 113 reviews

• grade A

• Students 1,038

• Student-teacher ratio 11:1

• Camden, SC•

• Private School•

• 7-12

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  Rating 4.6 out of 5  48 reviews

Parent: Coming from a “hippie” mom who was hesitant of a military environment, consider your child and their needs. If your child is showing you they need something different than they have now to succeed, consider Camden Military Academy. It has changed the life of our son, and our family forever! As a mom who cried three hours on the way home after dropping her son off for the first time, I am now the mom of a child who said to me this week that they are excited to come home for the summer, but “also excited for next year, because I like it at CMA.”... Read 48 reviews

• grade A

• Students 300

• Student-teacher ratio 8:1