Top New York City Schools

This list is presented in alphabetical order by location.

Downtown

Claremont Preparatory School

• Address: 41 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:5
• Tuition: $29,800

Comments: Claremont is adding 9th Grade in the fall of 2009. A new high school is an exciting, energetic environment. Your child will be in the historic first class as he goes through high school.

Friends Seminary

• Address: 222 E 16th Street, New York, NY, 10003
• Religious Affiliation: Friends (Quaker)
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:6
• Tuition: $30,450

Comments: This fine old Quaker school has been around since 1786. 23% of students receive financial aid at this selective school.

East Side

The Beekman School

• Address: 220 East 50th Street, New York, NY, 10022
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:4
• Tuition: $26,000

Comments: If your child is an actor and needs a special school schedule to accommodate his schedule, The Tutoring School section of The Beekman School might be the answer.

Birch Wathen Lenox School

• Address: 210 E 77th Street, New York, NY, 10021
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:7
• Tuition: $31,646

Comments: BWL is the outcome of The Birch Wathen School combining with The Lenox School in 1991. You will find much to like at this traditional school not the least of which is a good-sized library.

The Brearley School (All girls)

• Address: 610 East 83rd Street, New York, NY, 10028
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:7
• Tuition: $33,025

Convent Of The Sacred Heart (All girls)

• Address: 1 East 91st Street, New York, NY, 10128
• Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:8
• Tuition: $32,680

Dalton School

• Address: 108 E 89th Street, New York, NY, 10128
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:5
• Tuition: $33,100

Loyola School

• Address: 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10028
• Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:8
• Tuition: $24,200

Lycee Francais De New York

• Address: 505 East 75th Street, New York, NY, 10021
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:10
• Tuition: $20,700

Nightingale-Bamford School

• Address: 20 East 92nd Street, New York, NY, 10128
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:6
• Tuition: $32,850

Rudolf Steiner School

• Address: 15 East 79th Street, New York, NY, 10021
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:8
• Tuition: $29,468

The Spence School (All girls)

• Address: 22 E 91st Street, New York, NY, 10128-0101
• Religious Affiliation: Non-sectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:7
• Tuition: $30,000

United Nations International School

• Address: 2450 FDR Drive, New York, NY, 10010
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:7
• Tuition: $24,110

West Side

Collegiate School (All boys)

• Address: 260 West 78th Street, New York, NY, 10024
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:5
• Tuition: $31,250

Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School

• Address: 5 W 93rd Street, New York, NY, 10025
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:6
• Tuition: $33,190

The Dwight School

• Address: 291 Central Park West, New York, NY, 10024
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:5
• Tuition: $32,200

Professional Children's School

• Address: 132 West 60th Street, New York, NY, 10024
• Religious Affiliation: Nonsectarian
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:8
• Tuition: $28,250

Trinity School

• Address: 139 West 91st Street, New York, NY, 10024-0100
• Religious Affiliation: Episcopal
• Teachers to Students Ratio: 1:7
• Tuition: $30,000

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