Manhattan, Brooklyn, Riverdale, Westchester

BRONX | Riverdale

All three Riverdale private schools attract large numbers of bright, intellectually motivated students (school populations 1000 or more). All are similar to colleges: large, beautiful campuses with excellent sports and arts facilities, many clubs and teams, diverse course offerings including many honors classes, and talented faculty. All attract a largely liberal student population from NYC and nearby Westchester suburbs. This year, many Abacus Guide educational consulting clients achieved admission to these very competitive Riverdale private schools.

  • The Fieldston School | Nursery-12th Grade
    Fieldston Road and Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471
    718-329-7300 | www.ecfs.org
  • The Horace Mann School | Nursery-12th Grade
    Preschool: 55 East 90th St, New York, NY 10128
    K-5th Grade: 4440 Tibbet Ave, Riverdale, NY 10471
    6th-12th Grade: 231 West 246th St, Riverdale, NY 10471
    718-432-4000 | www.horacemann.org
  • The Riverdale Country School | Nursery-12th Grade
    5250 Fieldston Rd, Riverdale, NY 10471
    718-549-8810 | www.riverdale.edu

BROOKLYN

The Brooklyn Heights private schools are the most competitive in Brooklyn. Packer and Saint Ann’s, while different in focus, both attract a motivated, liberal Brooklyn and lower Manhattan student base.

The other Brooklyn private schools attract many local students. Poly Prep, because it offers bus service, also sees many students from around the city. Each school is individual in character and philosophy, with an intimate atmosphere. Poly Prep is unusual amongst city schools because it offers such stellar arts and sports facilities.

Many Abacus Guide educational consulting clients seek admission to the Brooklyn Heights private schools. For more information on our services, please click here.

Brooklyn Heights:

  • Packer Collegiate Institute | Nursery-12th Grade
    170 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    718-875-6644 | www.packer.edu
  • Saint Ann’s School | PreK-12th Grade
    129 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    718-522-1660 | www.saintannsny.org

Carroll Gardens:

  • International School of Brooklyn | Nursery-8th Grade
    477 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
    718-369-3023 | www.isbrooklyn.org

Clinton Hill:

  • Trilok School | Nursery-8th Grade
    143 Waverly Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
    718-797-1700 | www.trilokschool.org

Cobble Hill:

  • Brooklyn Heights Montessori | Nursery-8th Grade
    185 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    718-858-5100 | www.bhmsny.org

Downtown:

  • Brooklyn Friends School | Nursery-12th Grade
    Lower School: 375 Pearl St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    Upper School: 116 Lawrence St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
    718-852-1029 | www.brooklynfriends.org

Dyker Heights / Park Slope:

  • Poly Prep Country Day School | Nursery-12th Grade
    N-4th Grade: 50 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
    5th-12th Grade: 9216 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228
    718-836-9800 | www.polyprep.org

Fort Greene:

Park Slope:

  • The Berkeley Carroll School | Nursery-12th Grade
    Nursery-Kindergarten: 712 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
    1st-4th Grade: 701 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
    5th-12th Grade: 181 Lincoln Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11217
    718-789-6060 | www.berkeleycarroll.org
  • Poly Prep Country Day School | Nursery-12th Grade
    N-4th Grade: 50 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
    5th-12th Grade: 9216 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11228
    718-836-9800 | www.polyprep.org

Red Hook:

  • BASIS Independent Brooklyn | Nursery-12th Grade
    556 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
    917-473-1615 | www.basisindependent.com

MANHATTAN

Downtown: The Downtown Manhattan private schools all reflect their local neighborhood, attracting a largely liberal, and sometimes artistic, literary, and/or activist parent community. At Abacus Guide, we give our educational consulting clients the inside scoop on each Downtown NYC school’s character, offerings, and level of competitiveness of admission. For more information on our services for admission to Downtown NYC schools, click here.

  • Academy of St. Joseph | Nursery-8th Grade
    111 Washington Pl, New York, NY 10014
    212-243-5420 | www.academyofsaintjoseph.org
  • Avenues: The World School | Nursery-12th Grade
    259 10th Ave, New York, NY 10001
    212-935-5000 | www.avenues.org
  • Battery Park Montessori | Nursery-Kindergarten
    21 South End Ave, New York, NY 10280
    212-235-2320 | www.batteryparkmontessori.org
  • Blue School | Nursery-8th Grade
    156 William St, New York, NY 10038
    212-260-3824 | www.blueschool.org
  • City & Country School | Nursery-8th Grade
    146 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011
    212-242-7802 | www.cityandcountry.org
  • The École | Nursery-8th Grade
    111 East 22nd St, New York, NY 10010
    646-410-2238 | www.einy.org
  • Friends Seminary | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    222 East 16th St, New York, NY 10003
    212-242-7802 | www.friendsseminary.org
  • Grace Church School | Nursery-12th Grade
    86 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003
    212-475-5609 | www.gcschool.org
  • Leman Manhattan Preparatory School | Nursery-12th Grade
    41 Broad St, New York, NY 10004
    212-232-0266 | www.lemanmanhattan.org
  • Little Red Schoolhouse and Elisabeth Irwin High School | Nursery-12th Grade
    40 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014
    212-477-5316 | www.lrei.org
  • Pine Street School | Nursery-8th Grade
    25 Pine St, New York, NY 10005
    212-235-2325 | www.pinestreetschool.com
  • St. Luke’s School | Nursery-8th Grade
    487 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014
    212-924-5960 | www.stlukeschool.org
  • Village Community School | Kindergarten-8th Grade
    272 West 10th St, New York, NY 10014
    212-691-5146 | www.vcsnyc.org

East Side: The East Side is home to many of the most competitive private schools in NYC. If you’re looking for an all-boys or all-girls school, you’ve hit pay-dirt: many of these institutions are on the East Side. If you prefer coed schools, there are plenty here too. It’s hard to generalize about the East Side NYC private schools. While many have a traditional, conservative bent, others are quite progressive. The school choice is tremendous: besides the well-known “Baby Ivies” (a questionable term), you can find a Montessori school, a French school, an Italian school, a Christian school, an international school, a tutoring school, etc. Abacus Guide clients have been accepted at ALL the well-known East Side private schools. including Dalton, Nightingale, Buckley, Ramaz, and UNIS. For more information on our services, please click here.

  • The Allen-Stevenson School | Kindergarten-9th Grade
    132 East 78th St, New York, NY 10021
    212-288-6710 | www.allen-stevenson.org
  • The Beekman School & Tutoring Center | 9th-12th Grade
    220 East 50th St, New York, NY 10022
    212-755-6666 | www.beekmanschool.org
  • The Birch-Wathen Lenox School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    210 East 77th St, New York, NY 10028
    212-861-0404 | www.bwl.org
  • The Brearley School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    610 East 83rd St, New York, NY 10028
    212-744-8582 | www.brearley.org
  • The British International School of New York | Nursery-12th Grade
    20 Waterside Plaza, New York, NY 10016
    212-481-2700 | www.bis-ny.org
  • The Browning School | Nursery-12th Grade
    52 East 62nd St, New York, NY 10021
    212-838-6280 | www.browning.edu
  • The Buckley School | Kindergarten-9th Grade
    113 East 73rd St, New York, NY 10021
    212-535-8787 | www.buckleyschoolnyc.org
  • The Caedmon School | Nursery-5th Grade
    416 East 80th St, New York, NY 10021
    212-879-2296 | www.caedmonschool.org
  • The Cathedral School | Nursery-8th Grade
    319 East 74th St, New York, NY 10021
    212-249-2840 | www.cathedralschoolny.org
  • The Chapin School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    100 East End Ave, New York, NY 10028
    212-744-2335 | www.chapin.edu
  • Convent of the Sacred Heart | Nursery-12th Grade
    1 East 91st St, New York, NY 10128
    212-722-4745 | www.cshnyc.org
  • The Dalton School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    108 East 89th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-423-5200 | www.dalton.org
  • The Family School | Nursery-6th Grade
    323 East 47th St, New York, NY 10017
    212-688-5950 | www.thefamilyschoolsnyc.org
  • The Geneva School of Manhattan | Nursery-8th Grade
    593 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065
    212-754-9988 | www.genevaschool.net
  • The Hewitt School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    45 East 75th St, New York, NY 10021
    212-288-1919 | www.hewittschool.org
  • La Scuola D’Italia Guglielmo Marconi | Nursery-12th Grade
    12 East 96th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-369-3290 | www.lascuoladitalia.org
  • Loyola School | 9th-12th Grade
    980 Park Ave, New York, NY 10028
    212-288-3522 | www.loyola-nyc.org
  • Lycée Français de New York | Nursery-12th Grade
    505 East 75th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-369-1400 | www.lfny.org
  • Lyceum Kennedy | Preschool-12th Grade
    225 East 43rd St, New York, NY 10017
    212-681-1877 | www.lyceumkennedy.org
  • Manhattan Country School | Nursery-8th Grade
    7 East 96th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-348-0952 | www.manhattancountryschool.org
  • Marymount School of New York | Nursery-12th Grade
    1026-1028 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
    212-744-4486 | www.marymountnyc.org
  • The Nightingale-Bamford School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    20 East 92nd St, New York, NY 10128
    212-289-5020 | www.nightingale.org
  • Ramaz School | Nursery-12th Grade
    60 East 78th St, New York, NY 10021
    212-774-8000 | www.ramaz.org
  • Regis High School | 9th-12th Grade
    55 East 84th St, New York, NY 10028
    212-288-1100 | www.regis-nyc.org
  • The Rudolf Steiner School | Nursery-12th Grade
    15 East 78th St, New York, NY 10021
    212-879-1101 | www.steiner.edu
  • Saint David’s School | Nursery-8th Grade
    12 East 89th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-369-0058 | www.saintdavids.org
  • The Spence School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    22 East 91st St, New York, NY 10128
    212-289-5940 | www.spenceschool.org
  • St. Bernard’s School | Kindergarten-9th Grade
    4 East 98th St, New York, NY 10029
    212-289-2878 | www.stbernards.org
  • The Town School | Nursery-8th Grade
    540 East 91st St, New York, NY 10021
    212-288-4383 | www.thetownschool.org
  • The Trevor Day School | Nursery-12th Grade
    N-5th (West Side): 1 West 88th St, New York, NY 10024
    6th-12th (East Side): 312 East 95th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-426-3360 | www.trevor.org
  • United Nations International School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    24-50 FDR Dr, New York, NY 10010
    212-684-7400 | www.unis.org

West Side: On the West Side, competition for entry to some private schools is very stiff, and to others much less so. At Abacus Guide, we help our educational consulting clients apply to a balanced list of West Side NYC private schools. We educate people about not only the well-known schools, but also about some other schools that we think are strong. Some of our clients recently achieved admission to Trinity, Ethical Culture, Collegiate, CGPS, Trevor, and Dwight, among other schools. Like the East Side, the West Side offers incredible diversity in school choice. The area is home to a few single-sex schools, as well as Jewish schools, church-affiliated schools, an international school, a performers’ school, etc. Many Abacus Guide educational consulting clients seek admission to these private schools. For more information on our services, please click here.

  • Abraham Joshua Heschel School | Nursery-12th Grade
    30 West End Ave, New York, NY 10023
    212-784-1234 | www.heschel.org
  • The Alexander Robertson School | Kindergarten-6th Grade
    3 West 95th St, New York, NY 10025
    212-663-6441 | www.alexanderrobertson.org
  • Bank Street School for Children | Nursery-8th Grade
    610 West 112th St, New York, NY 10025
    212-875-4433 | www.bankstreet.edu
  • BASIS Independent Manhattan | PreK-12th Grade
    PreK-5th Grade: 795 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10025
    6th-12th Grade: 556 West 22nd St, New York, NY 10011
    929-220-3800 | www.basisindependent.com
  • The Calhoun School | Nursery-12th Grade
    433 West End Ave, New York, NY 10024
    212-877-1700 | www.calhoun.org
  • The Cathedral School | Kindergarten-8th Grade
    1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
    212-316-7500 | www.cathedralnyc.org
  • Collegiate School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    260 West 78th St, New York, NY 10024
    212-812-8500 | www.collegiateschool.org
  • Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School | Nursery-12th Grade
    5 West 93rd St, New York, NY 10025
    212-749-6200 | www.cgps.org
  • Corlears School | Nursery-4th Grade
    324 West 15th St, New York, NY 10011
    212-741-2800 | www.corlearsschool.org
  • De La Salle Academy | 6th-8th Grade
    202 West 97th St, New York, NY 10025
    212-316-5840 | www.delasalleacademy.com
  • The Dwight School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    291 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
    212-724-2146 | www.dwight.edu
  • Ethical Culture | Nursery-6th Grade
    33 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
    212-712-6223 | www.ecfs.org
  • Metropolitan Montessori School | Nursery-6th Grade
    325 West 85th St, New York, NY 10024
    212-579-5525 | www.mmsny.org
  • Professional Children’s School | 4th-12th Grade
    132 West 60th St, New York, NY 10023
    212-582-3116 | www.pcs-nyc.org
  • The Rodeph Sholom School | Nursery-8th Grade
    168 West 79th St, New York, NY 10024
    212-362-0037 | www.rodephsholomschool.org
  • The Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan | Kindergarten-8th Grade
    805 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10025
    212-427-9500 | www.sssm.org
  • Speyer Legacy School | Kindergarten-8th Grade
    211 West 61st St, New York, NY 10023
    212-581-4000 | www.speyerlegacyschool.org
  • St. Hilda & St. Hugh’s School | Nursery-8th Grade
    619 West 61st St, New York, NY 10025
    212-932-1980 | www.sthildas.org
  • The Studio School | Nursery-8th Grade
    117 West 95th St, New York, NY 10025
    212-678-2416 | www.studioschoolnyc.org
  • The Trevor Day School | Nursery-12th Grade
    N-5th (West Side): 1 West 88th St, New York, NY 10024
    6th-12th (East Side): 312 East 95th St, New York, NY 10128
    212-426-3360 | www.trevor.org
  • Trinity School | Kindergarten-12th Grade
    139 West 91st St, New York, NY 10024
    212-873-1650 | www.trinityschoolnyc.org
  • York Prep | 6th-12th Grade
    40 West 68th St, New York, NY 10023
    212-362-0400 | www.yorkprep.org

Staten Island