Grand River Academy | GRA

Grand River Academy | GRA is an all-boys college preparatory boarding and day school in Austinburg, Ohio, serving grades 8–12 plus a postgraduate year. Founded in 1831, it has roughly 98–100 students, with a mix of boarders and day students. It's not a therapeutic program in the clinical sense—it's a structured, supportive academic environment for young men who benefit from a highly personalized setting, including students who've struggled in more traditional or larger school environments.

What makes Grand River Academy unique is:

• Very small classes with an average class size of 6 and a student-to-teacher ratio around 3.7:1 to 4:1 — among the most individualized attention levels in boarding education
• 200-acre rural campus, about an hour east of Cleveland
• Explicit focus on the "whole young man" — academic, social, and emotional development, not just academics
• Global community — students from multiple states and countries, including an English Language Learner (ELL) program for international students
• 100% college acceptance rate cited, with alumni placement across 50+ universities over a five-year span
• Long institutional history (nearly 200 years) under a consistent all-boys, nonsectarian model
• Accredited by ISACS and the Ohio Department of Education; affiliated with NAIS and TABS