The Kew-Forest School

Forest Hills · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private
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📖16 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 16 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 3 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1340 (25-75: 1280–1410)
  • 📝 ACT avg 30.0 (25-75: 28–32)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 80.0% (avg score 3.9)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Kew-Forest School compares for families

What families should know about The Kew-Forest School.

  • 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: Tiegerman High School, The Windsor School, Tiegerman School At Woodside and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

Stony Brook University

49%
admit rate
$10,931
in-state tuition/yr · $32,741 out-of-state
1320–1490
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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.

See the full Stony Brook University profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

💰 Pay for college in New York

New York's public scholarships

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.

Promise Excelsior Scholarship
Free SUNY/CUNY tuition (last-dollar, up to $5,500/yr)
Income: Household AGI ≤ $125,000

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.)

Official program details ↗

Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 245 in 2020 to 208 in 2022 — over 2 years.
-15.1%
Why only 2 data points?

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 The Kew-Forest School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.kewforest.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -7.9%/year, projecting from 2022's 208 students:

2023
192
2025
163
2027
138

≈ 70 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 70 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,120,000/year in tuition at risk.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Tiegerman High School
Richmond Hill
Private 1.0 154
The Windsor School
Flushing
Private 3.3 70 -6.7%
Tiegerman School At Woodside
Woodside
Private 3.6 64
Lexington School For The Deaf
East Elmhurst
Private 4.6 238 -8.5%
Ohel Chayz Dba Tiferes Mordechei Center For Interg
Brooklyn
Private 5.7 53 +1.9%
St Demetrios School
Astoria
Private 5.9 476 +71.2%
Yeshiva Jesode Hatorah Wilson
Brooklyn
Private 6.7 786
The Child School - Legacy High School
Roosevelt Island
Private 7.0 289

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