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Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School → The Smith School → Spence School → Nightingale-Bamford School → Calhoun School → La Scuola D'Italia → Lascuola Ditalia → Dalton School →📋 At a glance
- 🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1390 (25-75: 1330–1460)
- 📝 ACT avg 31.0 (25-75: 29–33)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Dwight School compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1390 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.0 (≈ top 7%) · 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, The Smith School, Spence School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.
Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)
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Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
For a more current snapshot, see Dwight School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.dwight.edu/admissions/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.3%/year, projecting from 2022's 742 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At tuition per student, the 176 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $2,816,000/year in tuition upside.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School New York |
Private | 0.2 | 1,138 | -8.1% |
| The Smith School New York |
Private | 0.3 | 33 | — |
| Spence School New York |
Private | 0.6 | 769 | — |
| Nightingale-Bamford School New York |
Private | 0.6 | 674 | +6.3% |
| Calhoun School New York |
Private | 0.7 | 565 | -18.2% |
| La Scuola D'Italia New York |
Private | 0.7 | 110 | -34.5% |
| Lascuola Ditalia New York |
Private | 0.7 | 111 | -33.9% |
| Dalton School New York |
Private | 0.7 | 1,221 | — |