NYC Safety Schools?

[Anonymous]

We are moving to NYC this spring/summer. I think I have a handle on the top schools-ish, but with the relocation coming so quickly, we've very likely missed the boat to apply/enroll. What are considered safety schools that serve K-8 or K-12? We have a rising 2nd and 4th grader for next fall.

Any schools off the radar that you've heard good things about or know first hand?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Dwight
Columbia Prep
Hewitt
Marymount
Birch Walthen Lenox
St Hilda’s

[Anonymous]

Not a safety school but one that is lesser known and is fantastic is the Studio School. It is Pre-k through 8th.

[Anonymous]

Public

[Anonymous]

Calhoun

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are moving to NYC this spring/summer. I think I have a handle on the top schools-ish, but with the relocation coming so quickly, we've very likely missed the boat to apply/enroll. What are considered safety schools that serve K-8 or K-12? We have a rising 2nd and 4th grader for next fall.

Any schools off the radar that you've heard good things about or know first hand?

Thanks!

Stevens in Jersey City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are moving to NYC this spring/summer. I think I have a handle on the top schools-ish, but with the relocation coming so quickly, we've very likely missed the boat to apply/enroll. What are considered safety schools that serve K-8 or K-12? We have a rising 2nd and 4th grader for next fall.

Any schools off the radar that you've heard good things about or know first hand?

Thanks!

Stevens in Jersey City.

Thank you for this. We are trying to get our bearings as to where to live as compared to where my husband will work (we can't change that last part).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a safety school but one that is lesser known and is fantastic is the Studio School. It is Pre-k through 8th.

My friends just pulled their son from it, they were so unhappy. They’re happier now with a public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dwight
Columbia Prep
Hewitt
Marymount
Birch Walthen Lenox
St Hilda’s

What's this like in elementary years and how do people think of it? I only know of it as where you go when kicked out of better schools in middle/high school. Dwight- Dumb White Idiots Getting High Together.

[Anonymous]

If you’re willing to live not in Manhattan, then move to the North Shore of Long Island and go to the excellent public schools. Or many New Jersey suburbs. You really only need privates in the city proper if you don’t get into magnet schools.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind also that just about every private school expects an annual financial contribution of $1000+ on top of tuition, bringing the total bill to about 50k/year. The whole thing bothers me so much. I couldn’t convince my spouse to give our totally adequate public a try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind also that just about every private school expects an annual financial contribution of $1000+ on top of tuition, bringing the total bill to about 50k/year. The whole thing bothers me so much. I couldn’t convince my spouse to give our totally adequate public a try.

Stevens, in Jersey City and Hoboken, is about $25,000 a year. So, expensive, but not like Manhattan schools.

There are also some neighborhoods in New York and in nearby suburbs where the public schools are fine.