Buxton School - Williamstown, Massachusetts

Buxton is located in a small historic New England town in the heart of the Berkshires. The campus itself, encompassing 150 acres of meadow and forest, is a backdrop for the enthusiasm and energy that unfolds at Buxton. The Buxton student body averages ninety students, with an equal number of boys and girls. From its inception, Buxton has been committed to cultural, racial and economic diversity.

The school was founded by Ellen Geer Sangster in 1928 as a coeducational country day school in Short Hills, New Jersey. In 1947 the high school was moved to Mrs. Sangster’s family estate in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and formed anew as a boarding school. The first Williamstown enrollment of twenty-two students included nineteen from Buxton-Short Hills, and all but one member of the first faculty followed from the New Jersey school — testimony to the dedication and commitment of those involved with Buxton.