Grand River Academy

Discover your son's potential. Imagine his future. Help him activate his potential. Grand River Academy, an all boys boarding school in Austinburg, Ohio, has a proven track record of setting our students up for success in college and life beyond. The young men who attend our school activate their academic, emotional, and social potential through the hard work of our dedicated Faculty and staff.

Grand River Academy is a well-accredited, well-appointed boys private boarding high school. Our campus in Austinburg, Ohio, was founded in 1831 and spans over 200 acres. By keeping our class sizes small and providing dedicated student support, our academic boarding school sets our students up for success in college and beyond. By also offering boarding school athletics, we grow our students into more diverse, well-rounded individuals, enabling them to discover their character and activate their potential for lifelong success.

Grand River Academy believes that any student can thrive in the right environment. We guide every young man who enters the Academy to reach his full potential academically, emotionally, and socially. Designed specifically for boys, we view our all-boys college preparatory school as an avenue to develop young men into exceptional, contributing citizens.

As a top academic boarding school in Ohio, GRA's active and engaging learning environments focus on creation and collaboration, and motivating students to realize and achieve their true potential. With experienced and dedicated Faculty and staff members who are experts at teaching boys, every young man develops qualities of character, honor, sportsmanship, empathy, and a passion for lifelong learning. More than a boarding school education, Grand River Academy fosters a close-knit and supportive 'Community of One' - a home away from home, a family, and a place where enduring friendships take hold.

With Grand River Academy’s focused curriculum program, our students are able to concentrate their course of study in specific areas, similar to a minor in college. Students choosing to focus in one of these four areas of study then choose elective courses within these subject areas.

The aim of this innovative program at our college preparatory boarding school is to ready our young men for the university structure, where they will be specializing in an area of interest. By specializing in a program of their interest at Grand River Academy, students will increase their likelihood of being accepted into one of their top university/ or college choices. A secondary benefit of this program is that seniors will get a chance to "test" and "explore" a possible major for college.