Application

Admission Checklists:

For a checklist of all items needed to complete a student's application and the dates by which items are due in order for first-round admission consideration, please refer to the appropriate checklist by clicking below.

Instructions for Completing and Submitting Application:
  • If submitting an application online, please complete all appropriate questions on the online application. It will take approximately 20 minutes for you to complete and submit the online form. Before you begin you'll need Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, vital statistics, and guardian contact information for all applicants as well as information about their current school.   Additionally, you will need to download all appropriate grade level PDF forms and mail by the due dates indicated on the checklist. A photograph of the applicant is also needed.
  • Apply online here
  • If mailing in the completed application, download this Application Information sheet along with the appropriate grade level PDF forms, and submit by the dates indicated on the checklist.
Lower School PDF forms
Middle and Upper School Day and Boarding School PDF forms
Deadline:
  • All application files that are completed by January 10 will be evaluated during the first round of admission consideration.
  • The Admission Committees meet at the beginning of February. Decisions will be mailed by mid-February.
  • Applications received after January 10 will be considered on a space-available basis.
Admission Testing:
Lower School
  • Pre-Kindergarten - Kindergarten - Students applying for admission to Pre-Kindergarten must be four years old by September 1 and 5 years old by September 1 for Kindergarten. Applicants for those grades will be scheduled to visit Bolles twice - once for an individual developmental assessment and a second time for a group visit.   Both of these visits will take place on a weekday in January.   Notification of assessment dates will be mailed upon receipt of the application.
  • Grades 1-5 - Students applying for admission for grades 1-5 will be scheduled for a full-day classroom visit during the month of January. Notification of assessment dates will be mailed upon receipt of the application.
Middle and Upper School
  • Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE)- all applicants for grades 6-11 are required to take the ISEE. Test scores are to be submitted by ISEE directly to Bolles (school code 100745). Register, and pay online at www.iseetest.org . Applicants to the 12th grade and Post Graduate Program are required to provide SAT scores. Please refer to the Middle and Upper School Admission Checklist for local area test dates and locations.
The cost for the test is $89 if paid before deadline. After Deadline the price is $119.

Bolles Testing Details
Check in: 7:45
Testing begins: 8:15
Location: Swisher Library - San Jose Campus

2010-11 Testing Dates

Test Date Register Before School Code School Location Testing for
Entering Grades
Oct. 2  Sept. 11  102106 Providence School  - 2701 Hodges Boulevard 7-12
Oct. 16  Sept. 25  100745 The Bolles School  - 7400 San Jose Boulevard 6-12
Nov. 6  Oct. 16  102049 Episcopal High School of Jacksonville - 4455 Atlantic Boulevard 6-12
Nov. 6  Oct. 16  102106 Providence School  - 2701 Hodges Boulevard 7-12
Nov. 13  Oct. 23  100745 The Bolles School  - 7400 San Jose Boulevard 6-12
Nov. 20  Oct. 30  102079 Riverside Presbyterian Day School  - 830 Oak Street 7-8
Dec. 4  Nov. 13  102049 Episcopal High School of Jacksonville  - 4455 Atlantic Boulevard 6-12
Dec. 4  Nov. 13  102080 Jacksonville Country Day School  - 10063 Baymeadows Road 7
Dec. 4  Nov. 13  102106 Providence School  - 2701 Hodges Boulevard 7-12
Dec. 4  Nov. 13  102083 San Jose Episcopal Day School - 7423 San Jose Boulevard 7-8
Dec. 4  Nov. 13  102081 St. Mark's Episcopal Day School  - 4114 Oxford Avenue 7
Dec. 11  Nov. 20  100745 The Bolles School  - 7400 San Jose Boulevard 6-12
Jan. 8  Dec. 18  100745 The Bolles School  - 7400 San Jose Boulevard 6-12
Feb. 5  Jan. 15  102106 Providence School  - 2701 Hodges Boulevard 7-12
Interview:
  • All applicants for grades 6-12 should schedule an interview on campus with a member of the Admission staff. This may be arranged in conjunction with a campus visit, hosted by a student ambassador.
Fees:

Application fees:

  • All Day School and Domestic Boarding applicants pay a non-refundable application fee of $45 when payment is made by check or in cash. If the application fee is paid by credit card (required for applications submitted online), the fee is $50.
  • All International Boarding School applicants pay a non-refundable application fee of $75 when payment is made by check or in cash. If the application fee is paid by credit card (required for applications submitted online), the fee is $80. These fees offset additional administrative costs.
Testing fees:
  • Lower School - a $55 testing fee is required with all Lower School applications received by January 10. For applications received after that date, a testing fee will be charged only if the applicant is evaluated.
  • Middle, Upper and Boarding School applicants - there is a testing fee for taking the ISEE, payable online at www.iseetest.org at the time of registration.
Financial Aid

If you are interested in learning more about our need-based financial aid program please check the box on the application.

  • Once the admission application has been received, financial aid information will be sent to the applicant's family.
Return all information to:

Admission Office
The Bolles School
7400 San Jose Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32217
Phone: (904) 256-5030
FAX: (904) 739-9929

Note: The Bolles School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, financial aid programs and athletic or other school administered programs.