Grinity,

Has your son already taken the SSAT? If not, are you planning for him to take it? A lot of the boarding schools require it (even if they have magnificent SAT or ACT scores).

I googled Boarding schools merit scholarships to get a list to work with. The list I got from www.boardingschoolreview.com gave a lot of info about each school (#students, %faculty with advanced degrees, SAT scores, etc.) They also had student reviews that I found really interesting.