International Students

Welcome to Northwood School, an independent coeducational boarding school offering a college preparatory curriculum for students from grade nine through a postgraduate year. Located in the Olympic Village of Lake Placid, New York, and surrounded by the Adirondack Park (the largest protected natural area in the Lower 48 states), our setting invites students to engage with the community beyond campus.

With a student body of under two hundred students, Northwood offers a personalized approach to each students’ education and prides itself on being a truly global community. For the 2024-25 academic year, twenty-four (24) countries and twenty-one (21) U.S. states are represented in the Northwood student body.

Students are encouraged to explore the beauty of the Adirondacks and experience the richness of cultural exchange through our geographic diversity.

Here in Lake Placid, you can take a ride on the gondola at Whiteface and you may share the ride with Brazilian skiers or Russian snowboarders. While walking down Main Street, the melody of a foreign language will often reach your ears as Lake Placid hosts visitors from around the world each year.

Northwood approaches cultural exchange with respect and openness and celebrates the unique contribution each student makes to our community.

International students represent over twenty different countries and make-up approximately 20% of our student body. Every international student at Northwood School is fully immersed in campus life; from boarding in our dorms to participating in sports, social activities, and school clubs. Our students and faculty embrace scholars traveling from abroad as peers and equals. In no time, new students from around the globe are embraced as members of the Northwood Family.