Calhoun School

New York · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖18 AP courses 📝SAT 1430 avg 🏅7 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 7 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1430 (25-75: 1370–1500)
  • 📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

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 Calhoun School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1430 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 7 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: The Smith School, Robert Louis Stevenson School, Dwight School 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 691 in 2018 to 565 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-18.2%
Why only 3 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 Calhoun School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.calhoun.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -4.9%/year, projecting from 2022's 565 students:

2023
537
2025
486
2027
439

≈ 126 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 126 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $2,016,000/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
The Smith School
New York
Private 0.4 33
Robert Louis Stevenson School
New York
Private 0.6 71 +1.4%
Dwight School
New York
Private 0.7 742 +18.5%
Fusion Academy Manhattan - Upper West Side
New York
Private 0.8 66 +11.9%
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
New York
Private 0.8 1,138 -8.1%
Collegiate School
New York
Private 1.0 662 +0.6%
Professional Childrens School
New York
Private 1.1 110 -37.5%
Rudolf Steiner School
New York
Private 1.1 244 -12.2%

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