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Outdoor soccer pitches
A competition-grade pitch on the same grounds as the residences.
CATS Academy Boston · U.S.
A purpose-built American high school. The academic heart of the U.S.
CATS Academy Boston is a boarding high school in Braintree, Massachusetts — Grades 8 to 12 plus a postgraduate year. Head of School Dr Michael Lehan. College counseling from Grade 9.
Dr Michael Lehan · Head of School
Welcome to CATS Academy Boston
Students are not only our focus. They are our purpose.
On behalf of our dedicated faculty and staff, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to CATS Academy Boston. Their growth is our mission, and their success is our pride.
Students don’t just attend high school here. They experience a transformational launchpad for life. On a campus where more than 30 nationalities learn side-by-side, young people grow fluent in culture, conviction, and connection. Every student is supported in following a personalized pathway — Scholars, the Academy, or STEAM — because no two futures are the same.
With purpose-built facilities that rival top universities, and college counseling from Grade 9 with unmatched access to Boston’s academic institutions, our students don’t just apply to college. They are prepared to thrive there.
This is where the world meets to learn, grow, and shape tomorrow.
Dr Michael Lehan
Head of School
World-class campus
Purpose-built. State-of-the-art. Lived in.
Over 400 ensuite bedrooms, 40 classrooms, an innovation lab, science laboratories, professional arts facilities, athletic spaces, and an on-site medical centre. Students live and learn on one campus.
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Dining room
Professionally catered meals — American dishes beside cuisines from thirty nationalities.
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Medical services
An on-site health centre. Care is in the building, not a trip.
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Student lounge
Common rooms used in the evening, not left as a brochure photograph.
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Academic block
Forty classrooms, an innovation lab of Macs, a business lab with a stock ticker.
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Weight room
Strength and conditioning beside the gymnasium — used, not ornamental.
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Gymnasium / basketball court
A multi-purpose gym. The basketball programme lives here.
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Music and theater rooms
Rehearsal and performance in the same academic block.
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Single rooms
Emerson, Kennedy, Wheatley and Gardner Houses — ensuite singles.
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Shared rooms
Attucks House — twin rooms, each with a private bathroom.
In focus
The figures a family actually asks for.
- University acceptances since 2020
- 2,400+
- Of the U.S. Top 100
- 85
- Scholarships
- $11.7M
- Student–teacher ratio
- 10:1
2,400+
University and college acceptances since 2020.
85 of the Top 100
Students accepted to 85 of the U.S. Top 100 national universities.
AP Honor Roll
College Board AP School Honor Roll in 2024 and 2025.
228 AP exams
Taken in 2024–25. Average 4.3 across Calculus BC, English Language, Physics C, Macroeconomics and World History.
Ivy League
Acceptances to Brown, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell.
160 art-school places
Including UAL, The New School and RISD — four of the world’s top five for art and design.
$11.7M+
Scholarships secured since 2020.
Gatorade
Massachusetts Boys Basketball Player of the Year, 2024 and 2025.
30+ nationalities
Ranked in the top 10% of diverse private high schools in America (Niche 2025).
Head of School
Dr Michael Lehan
A distinguished career in educational leadership — and six seasons in the NFL — informing a school culture of growth, innovation, and shared purpose.
Osseo, Minnesota
Dean of Students, Assistant Principal, then Principal of Osseo Senior High School — named Principal of the Year by the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals. He concluded his time at Osseo as Assistant Superintendent.
IMG Academy, then Fusion
Senior Vice President and Head of School at IMG Academy. Most recently he oversaw ten campuses across Texas and Colorado with Fusion Education Group — innovation, culture, and personalized learning.
The Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns
Six seasons in the NFL. Athletic experience that informs his leadership — teamwork, resilience, and a shared purpose.
A doctorate, and this campus
A Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Learning. The work now is this school — a culture centred on growth, innovation, and student success.
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