524 Delray Beach and Plantation Campus Seniors Accepted to Top 30 Universities.
DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — American Heritage Schools says its Class of 2026 has landed acceptances at some of the most selective colleges and universities in the country, with 53 students heading to Ivy League schools and more than 524 students accepted to Top 30 universities nationwide. The private school, which has campuses in Palm Beach and Broward counties, also reports 217 students were admitted to the University of Florida.
The list of acceptances provided to BocaNewsNow.com reads like a tour of America’s most competitive campuses. Eighteen seniors are accepted to UCLA, sixteen are accepted to both Cornell and to Carnegie Mellon, 12 to Rice and 12 to UC Berkeley. Nine received acceptances to Vanderbilt, eight to the University of Pennsylvania and eight to Johns Hopkins. Seven students were accepted to Brown and Columbia, six each to MIT, the University of Chicago and Northwestern, and five to Stanford. Two students earned spots at Yale and Duke, with one each at Harvard and Princeton.
The numbers behind the acceptances tell their own story. Eighty-seven seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists, making Heritage the top school in Florida and the second-ranked private school in the country for the 16th straight year. Twenty-six were named Presidential Scholars Candidates. The class posted a 95 percent pass rate on AP exams and pulled in more than $127 million in college scholarship offers. Niche.com ranked American Heritage the No. 1 private K-12 school and the No. 1 college prep private high school in Florida.
“Our mission has always been to prepare students for the global stage, and this year’s college map proves exactly that,” said Dr. Doug Laurie, president of American Heritage Schools. “From the Ivy League halls of Harvard, Yale, and Brown to the innovative hubs of Stanford and UCLA, and the prestigious quadrangles of Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Vanderbilt, the Class of 2026 is truly a coast-to-coast cohort.”
