text: are there any good boarding schools for children in the u.s.? i am looking for a good boarding school that gives a good academic education as well as good moral training. and of course where there is no emotional, physical or sexual abuse. it depends what religion you are, which sex, etc. i would automatically advise exeter, andover, loomis chaffee, choate, hill, riverdale, horace mann, poly prep and dalton. these are some of the best in the nation along with deerfield and kamehameha.