Portledge School is a coeducational, non-sectarian, college preparatory, independent day school for grades PN-12 in Nassau County on the north shore of Long Island. Founded in 1965, the school graduated its first senior class in 1976. Typically, 100% of the senior class attends 4-year colleges though some do opt to do a gap year. The school is chartered and registered by the New York State Board of Regents, and accredited (grades K-12) by NYSAIS (New York State Association of Independent Schools).    COLLEGE MATRICULATION Students from the 2007-2011 graduating classes matriculated at these colleges and universities:   Amherst American (2) Barnard College Bates College (2) Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston College (4) Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Colby College College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Connecticut College (2) Cornell University (3) Dartmouth College (6) Denison University Dickinson College (2) Drexel University (2) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (3) Emory University Fairfield University (4) Fairleigh Dickinson University Franklin & Marshall (2) Fordham (2) Furman George Washington University (4) Gettysburg College Gordon College High Point University Hofstra (3) Illinois Institute of Technology Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Landmark College LaSalle University Lehigh (2) LIU-C.W. Post (2) Lynn University (3) Manhattanville College (2) McDaniel College Marymount Manhattan Mount Holyoke Muhlenberg (2) Nassau Community College New England Conservatory NY Institute of Technology (4) New York University (10) Northeastern University (5) Pace University (3) Parsons School of Design Poznan Univ. of Med. Sc./Poland Pratt University (2) Princeton University (3) Queensborough Community College Quinnipiac University (4) Rutgers University Sacred Heart University San Diego Mesa College St. John’s University (2) St. Lawrence University Salve Regina University Sarah Lawrence College Skidmore College Smith College (2) SUNY Buffalo   SUNY Cortland SUNY Geneseo SUNY Martime SUNY Purchase SUNY Stony Brook (5) Syracuse University (4) Temple University Trinity College Tufts University Tulane (4) Union College U.S. Military Academy Univ. of CA/Riverside University of Chicago Univ. of CO/Boulder (2) University of Delaware (2) University of Edinburgh University of Maryland University of Miami (3) University of Michigan (2) University of Pennsylvania (3) University of Pittsburgh (2) University of Rhode Island Univ. of St. Andrews/UK University of Tampa (3) University of Vermont (4) University of Virginia Villanova University (2) Wagner College Wake Forest Washington College Wellesley College (2) Wesleyan University (2) Western New England College Wheaton College Williams College York College