Tuition and Financial Assistance

Your child’s education is one of the most important investments you will ever make. And, for most families, investing in an independent school education requires careful financial consideration.

At Nashoba Brooks School, we believe primary education provides an essential foundation for children’s futures as learners and as leaders. Children who develop a love for learning in their early years, will continue to find joy in learning throughout their lives. While the costs associated with providing outstanding educational opportunities for your child can be substantial, the many benefits at Nashoba Brooks—exceptional teachers, differentiated instruction, and support in pursuit of personal excellence through academics, athletics, and the arts—are invaluable.

In an effort to make a Nashoba Brooks educational experience more accessible to all families, Nashoba Brooks implemented a bold reVision Tuition Plan that decreased tuition by 5% for three consecutive years, from 2022-2024. This commitment was designed to ensure that a Nashoba Brooks education is accessible to all families who are a good fit for our program, and not just to families who can afford to pay higher tuition rates. During this time, Nashoba Brooks strengthened our program while decreasing the financial burden for families.

In addition to our reVision Tuition Plan, each year Nashoba Brooks commits more than $1.2 million in financial assistance, with approximately 22% of families receiving some amount of financial assistance. We also offer a STEAM Scholarship for a newly enrolling Grade 4 student, which provides full tuition for 5 years.

A Nashoba Brooks education is priceless. We cannot imagine our child being at any other school.Nashoba Brooks Parent

Tuition and Fees

Nashoba Brooks School tuition and fees includes the costs for:

School lunch (Grades TK-8);
books;
all day and overnight field trips;
athletic team expenses for all on-site sports;
grade-appropriate one-to-one technology;
activities fee;
all school supplies;
student accident insurance;
and tuition refund insurance.

Since each family has unique needs and interests when it comes to transportation and before- and after-school programs, these programs come with additional fees.

For more information about our approach to setting tuition and the options available for payment, click here to view our affordability brochure.

2026-2027 Tuition and Mandatory Fees

Preschool, 3-day	$15,350
Preschool, 5-day	$25,000
Transitional Kindergarten - Kindergarten	$33,250
Grades 1-3	$35,000 - 38,000
Grades 4-5	$39,500 - 41,500
Grades 6-8	$44,500 - 47,500

Transportation

We work closely with families who need help with transportation to and from campus. With students from over 37 towns, our goal is to make getting to school as easy as possible.

Students who live in the town of Concord have the option of riding the town school bus directly to our campus. Nashoba Brooks also offers transportation to families outside of Concord in partnership with The Fenn School. Round-trip service is $5,030 annually, and one-way service is $3,460 annually. In addition, the admission office can help families connect with each other to arrange carpooling options. You can learn more about transportation options here.

Auxiliary Programming

Nashoba Brooks Auxiliary Programming offers enriching learning opportunities from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Clubs and activities vary by trimester, but extended hour care is offered each day of the regular school year.

Students can begin their day as early as 7:30 a.m. through the Early Birds program.
Preschool students may stay at school every day that school is in session from 12:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated in the school calendar.
Transitional Kindergarten–Grade 8 students may stay from the end of the school day until 5:30 p.m. through our Extended Day or Supervised Study programs.

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Financial Assistance

Nashoba Brooks School actively seeks to build and maintain a community where diversity in all its forms is supported, and we encourage families who are unable to afford full tuition to apply for financial assistance. We offer financial assistance to current and incoming families with demonstrated financial need as assessed by Clarity. All currently enrolled families and those applying for admission are welcome to apply.

All financial assistance awards are based on a family’s demonstrated need as assessed by the Clarity Application that families complete, which includes assets, income, expenses, and debts. Awards vary based on a family’s demonstrated need and the resources available in the School’s financial assistance budget. Each year, we commit more than $1.2 million to approximately 22% of our families. All grants take into consideration the total cost of enrolling at our School.

How to Apply
Guiding Principles

How to Apply

To apply for financial assistance families begin by completing the Clarity Application.

When you fill out the application, indicate that you wish to have your application sent to Nashoba Brooks School.
For parents who are separated or divorced, both households will need to complete the Clarity Application.

For students applying for admission to Nashoba Brooks, all financial assistance paperwork is due February 1. Applications submitted after February 1 will be reviewed individually as received and as financial assistance funding is available. Please note that any communications about finances will be held strictly confidential.

Guiding Principles

Nashoba Brooks School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, religion, gender, gender identity or gender expression, genetic information or other protected classification in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial assistance, athletic, and other policies and programs.

Below is the set of principles we use to guide our decision making in administering our financial assistance program:

The School requires all families seeking financial assistance to reapply annually, meet all published application deadlines, and to demonstrate financial need.
The School uses Clarity as a guideline in determining financial assistance awards; however, the School reserves the right to make adjustments based on the School’s financial assistance policy.
The School believes that the primary responsibility for financing a student’s independent school education rests with their family; however, we realize that this responsibility is based on the ability of the family to participate in the payment of tuition.
The School expects that all financially responsible parent(s)/guardians(s) contribute to the cost of the student’s education. In the event that a parent/guardian is not working, the Financial Assistance Committee may impute income equivalent to one full tuition for the appropriate grade. Exceptions to this policy include a household with a child under the age of 5, a household responsible for the care of a family member or a household in which a parent is enrolled in school.
In that financial assistance funds are limited, the School’s commitment for financial assistance will be first, to the School’s current families; second, to new employee children, siblings of current students and alumni children; and third, to other new applicants.
The School requires that all student accounts be current in order for a family to be considered for financial assistance.
The School recognizes the significant cost of our Extended Day and Supervised Study Programs. The determined grant percentage for tuition will automatically be applied to the cost of both of these programs.
The School recognizes that family financial circumstances can and do change at any time. If a family’s financial circumstances improve during the school year, no reduction will be made in the original award. However, if the financial information previously provided to the School has changed or changes during the course of the academic year, the family must promptly provide notice of such changes to the Business Office. If there are funds remaining in the financial assistance budget, every effort will be made to recalculate the family’s financial assistance for the current year and where possible, the School will adjust the award. Each application and circumstance is evaluated individually.
If all required forms are completed on time, a new or returning family will receive a letter indicating their financial assistance award no later than March 10.

Frequently Asked Financial Assistance Questions

Does applying for financial assistance influence the admission decision?

Do I need to apply for financial assistance before I know if my child has been accepted?

How is the family contribution determined?

Nashoba Brooks subscribes to Clarity. Many factors are taken into consideration by Clarity when determining the family contribution. These include but are not limited to family income, assets, expenses, qualified debts, and family size. The analysis incorporates these factors in the calculation and determines the discretionary income of each family. A portion of the discretionary income is then suggested as the family contribution for education. It is the expectation of the School that each family will contribute as much as it is able toward the cost of their child’s education.

Does the financial assistance award cover expenses other than tuition?

The financial assistance award covers tuition and mandatory fees. For students awarded financial assistance, the determined grant percentage for tuition will be automatically applied to the cost of transportation, Extended Day and Supervised Study. All are abated at the same percentage that tuition is reduced.

In addition, the cost of school-recommended tutoring is discounted for families on financial assistance.

What tuition payment plans are available?

My spouse is not employed. How will that affect my financial assistance award?

Is it worth applying if I am not sure our family will receive financial assistance?

Family circumstances differ greatly and there are factors other than income that affect award decisions (such as the number of tuitions). Nashoba Brooks is committed to meeting the need of a broad spectrum of families, as reflected by the families represented in the chart below.

Percent of Financial Assistance Awards by Family Income

$0 – 50,000: 10%
$50,000 – 100,000: 33%
$100,000 – 150,000: 29%
$150,000 – 200,000: 22%
$200,000 – 250,000: 4%
Over $250,000: 2%