Best private high schools in the New York City area, ranked by published college outcomes

Which private high schools in the New York City area have the strongest published college outcomes?

Among the 33 private high schools in New York City and its suburbs with a counted college list, Horace Mann School sends the most graduates to the Ivy+ twelve, 69.3 per class year (208 over 3 class years), followed by Riverdale Country School (48) and Dalton School (36.7).

Private high schools in the New York City area that publish a counted acceptances list

An acceptances list counts every college that admitted a graduate, so one student admitted to three of the twelve counts three times. It is a different document from a matriculation list and is never added to the table above.

How many private high schools in the New York City area publish a college list?

33 of the 336 private high schools in New York City and its suburbs publish a college list with counts, 49 publish a list without counts, and 254 publish no list we have read.

Which private high schools in the New York City area are boarding schools?

2 of the 336 private high schools in New York City and its suburbs are listed as boarding schools by the TABS member directory: The Masters School and Think Global School.

Which private high schools in the New York City area are religiously affiliated?

On the federal Private School Survey, 69 of the 336 private high schools in New York City and its suburbs are Catholic, 141 have another religious affiliation and 126 are nonsectarian.

What families are also choosing at a private school

Parents are not only shopping for college outcomes. The tables above count where graduates enrolled, and a high school is also four years of a teenager's days: who they spend them with, what the school asks them to value, and whether the adults know them.

• Community and values fit. A private school sets its own mission and expectations, and the application, the entrance exam and the interview work as a fit signal in both directions. On the federal Private School Survey, 69 of these schools are Catholic, 141 have another religious affiliation and 126 are nonsectarian.
• Residential life. 2 of these schools offer boarding, per the TABS member directory, so living on campus is part of what they offer.
• Class size. Class size is a fair question for each school's admissions office; we hold no student–teacher ratio for the schools listed here.
• Advising. Each private school builds its own college-advising model, so the useful question is how many students each counselor carries and how early the work starts.
• Arts and athletics access. A smaller school can mean more students on each team and in each production; ask each school what participation looks like.

Public schools are a great choice when a family cannot afford a private school, and a published college list is one of the few outcome measures a private school and a public school can be read on side by side.

Every other private high school in the New York City area with a page on Reach (254)

Listed alphabetically. These schools publish no college list we have read; that is all their absence from the tables above means.

School	City	Grades	Affiliation
1St Cerebral Palsy Of Nj	Belleville	—	Nonsectarian
Aaron School K - 12	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Abraham Joshua Heschel School	New York	—	Other religious
Abundant Life Academy	Nutley	—	Other religious
Academy Of Greatness And Excellence	Ridgefield	—	Other religious
Academy Of Mount St Ursula	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
Academy Of The Holy Angels	Demarest	6–12	Catholic
Al-Ghazaly Jr./Sr. High School	Wayne	7–12	Other religious
Al-Ihsan Academy	South Ozone Park	—	Other religious
Al-Madinah School	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Al-Mamoor School	Fresh Meadows	—	Other religious
Al-Noor School	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Alif Muhammad Wia School	Newark	8–12	Nonsectarian
All Hallows High School	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
Alpine Learning Group	Paramus	1–12	Nonsectarian
Andalusia School	Yonkers	—	Other religious
Archbishop Stepinac High School	White Plains	9–12	Catholic
Bais Chaya Esther	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bais Rochel School	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bais Sarah-Educ School For Girls	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bais Yaakov D'Rav Meir High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Bais Yaakov Machon Ora	Passaic	9–12	Other religious
Banyan Upper School	Little Falls	9–12	Nonsectarian
Barnstable Academy	Oakland	5–12	Nonsectarian
Be'Er Hagolah Institutes (B & G)	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Beth Chana School	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Beth Jacob Day School	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Beth Rivka High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Beth Rochel School-Girls	Monsey	—	Other religious
Bnos Bais Yaakov / Tichon Meir Moshe	Far Rockaway	9–12	Other religious
Bnos Bais Yaakov-Far Rockaway	Far Rockaway	—	Other religious
Bnos Chomesh	Brooklyn	8–12	Other religious
Bnos Margulia Viznitz - Dba Of Yeshiva Imrei Chaim	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bnos Yaakov	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Bnos Yaakov Educational Center	Brooklyn	1–12	Other religious
Bnos Yakov Of Boro Park	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bnos Yerusmalayim	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Bnot Rachel High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
British International School Of Ny	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Brooklyn Amity School	Brooklyn	—	Nonsectarian
Brooklyn Free School	Brooklyn	—	Nonsectarian
Bruriah High School For Girls	Elizabeth	6–12	Other religious
Cardinal Hayes High School	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
Cathedral High School	New York	9–12	Catholic
Cathedral Preparatory School And Seminary	Elmhurst	9–12	Catholic
Chancellor Academy	Pompton Plains	7–12	Nonsectarian
Children'S Academy	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Christ The King High School	Middle Village	9–12	Catholic
Clear View School Day Treatment	Briarcliff Manor	—	Nonsectarian
Collegiate School	Passaic	—	Nonsectarian
Cong. Ohr Shraga Dveretzky	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Congregation Koifer Nefesh	Monsey	—	Other religious
Congregation Noam E Lizensk	Nanuet	9–12	Other religious
Congregation Peer Bais Yaakov	Monsey	9–12	Other religious
Congregation Ymh	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Cooke School	New York	—	Catholic
Cornerstone Day School	Cranford	6–12	Nonsectarian
Crescent School	Hempstead	—	Other religious
Cristo Rey New York High School	New York	9–12	Catholic
Ctc	Oakland	2–12	Nonsectarian
David Gregory School	Paramus	—	Nonsectarian
Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School -Boys	Woodmere	9–12	Other religious
De Paul Catholic High School	Wayne	8–12	Catholic
East Academy Of Science & Technology	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Eastern Christian High School	North Haledon	9–12	Other religious
Ef Academy International Boarding School	Thornwood	9–12	Nonsectarian
Elisabeth Irwin High School	New York	9–12	Nonsectarian
Epic School	Paramus Borough	2–12	Nonsectarian
Essex Valley School	West Caldwell	6–12	Nonsectarian
Ezra Academy	Forest Hills	8–12	Other religious
Fedcap - 4T	West Orange	8–12	Nonsectarian
First Children School	Fanwood	—	Nonsectarian
Flex School	Berkeley Hts	3–12	Nonsectarian
Flex School - Bronxville	Bronxville	5–12	Nonsectarian
Fontbonne Hall Academy	Brooklyn	9–12	Catholic
Fusion Academy Englewood	Englewood	6–12	Nonsectarian
Fusion Academy - Montclair	Montclair	6–12	Nonsectarian
Fusion Academy Manhattan - Upper West Side	New York	6–12	Nonsectarian
Fusion Academy Wes: Westchester	White Plains	7–12	Nonsectarian
Gateway School	Carteret	2–12	Nonsectarian
Geller House School	Staten Island	6–12	Nonsectarian
German International School New York	White Plains	—	Nonsectarian
Golda Och Academy	West Orange	—	Other religious
Grace Christian Academy	Merrick	—	Other religious
Green Meadow Waldorf School	Chestnut Ridge	—	Nonsectarian
Hanc - Middle & High School	Uniondale	7–12	Other religious
Harmony Heights School	East Norwich	8–12	Nonsectarian
Harriet Eisman Community School	Long Beach	9–12	Nonsectarian
Hawthorne Christian Academy	Hawthorne	—	Other religious
Hebrew Academy Of Nassau County (Hanc)	West Hempstead	7–12	Other religious
Heichal Hatorah	Teaneck	9–12	Other religious
Holmstead School	Ridgewood	8–12	Nonsectarian
Honor Ridge Academy	Clark	3–12	Nonsectarian
Hope Academy Of The Bronx	Bronx	5–12	Other religious
Hudson Catholic Regional High School	Jersey City	9–12	Catholic
Hudson View Christian Academy	Yonkers	—	Other religious
Immaculate Conception High School	Lodi	9–12	Catholic
Immaculate Conception High School	Montclair	9–12	Catholic
Immaculate Heart Academy	Washington Township	9–12	Catholic
Jewish Institute Of Queens-Boys High School	Fresh Meadows	—	Other religious
Jewish Institute Of Queens-Elementary	Elmhurst	—	Other religious
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva	Livingston	—	Other religious
Kohler Academy	Mountainside	—	Nonsectarian
Kollel Zichron Yosef	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
La Scuola D'Italia	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Lakeview Learning Center	Wayne	10–12	Nonsectarian
Lasalle Academy	New York	9–12	Catholic
Lascuola Ditalia	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Lev Bais Yaakov	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Lexington School For The Deaf	East Elmhurst	—	Nonsectarian
Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School	Glen Head	6–12	Other religious
Lyceum Kennedy French American School	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Lyceum Kennedy Japanese School	New York	—	Nonsectarian
Maarif School	Wayne	—	Other religious
Maayanot Yeshiva High School For Girls	Teaneck	9–12	Other religious
Manhattan High School For Girls	New York	9–12	Other religious
Maria Regina High School	Hartsdale	9–12	Catholic
Martin Luther School	Maspeth	6–12	Other religious
Mary Help Of Christians Academy	North Haledon	8–12	Catholic
Masores Bais Yaakov	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Mesilas Bais Yaakov	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Mesivta Ateres Yaakov	Lawrence	9–12	Other religious
Mesivta Chofetz Chaim	Flushing	9–12	Other religious
Mesivta Netzach Hatorah	Woodmere	9–12	Other religious
Mesivta Of North Jersey	Passaic	10–12	Other religious
Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem	New York	—	Other religious
Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun	Flushing	9–12	Other religious
Midrash L'Man Achai	Brooklyn	8–12	Other religious
Miftaahul Uloom Academy	Union City	—	Other religious
Mirrer Yeshiva Educational Institute	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Monsey Beis Chaya Mushka-High School	Airmont	9–12	Other religious
Monsignor Mcclancy Memorial High School	East Elmhurst	9–12	Catholic
Moore Catholic High School	Staten Island	9–12	Catholic
Mosdos Chasidei Square	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Mother Seton Regional High School	Clark	9–12	Catholic
Mount Carmel Guild Academy	West Orange	—	Nonsectarian
Mount St Michael Academy	Bronx	6–12	Catholic
Msgr Farrell High School	Staten Island	9–12	Catholic
Msgr Scanlan High School	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
Naaleh High School For Girls	Fair Lawn	9–12	Other religious
Nazareth Regional High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Catholic
Nesivos Bais Yaakov	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Netherlands Reformed Christian School	Pompton Plains	—	Other religious
New Alliance Academy The	Paramus	8–12	Nonsectarian
New Beginnings	Fairfield	—	Nonsectarian
New Covenant Christian School	Bronx	—	Other religious
New York Institute For Special Education	Bronx	—	Nonsectarian
New York School For The Deaf	White Plains	—	Nonsectarian
Newmark High School	Scotch Plains	9–12	Nonsectarian
Noble Leadership Academy	Fair Lawn	—	Other religious
North Shore Hebrew Academy High School	Great Neck	9–12	Other religious
Notre Dame Academy High School	Staten Island	9–12	Catholic
Notre Dame School	New York	9–12	Catholic
Ohel Chayz Dba Tiferes Mordechei Center For Interg	Brooklyn	—	Nonsectarian
Oneschool Global: New York	Airmont	3–12	Nonsectarian
Pathways Childrens Services	New York	1–12	Nonsectarian
Phillips Global Institute	Jc	12–12	Other religious
Pillar High School (Former Horizon High School)	Livingston	8–12	Nonsectarian
Pioneer Academy	Wayne	—	Nonsectarian
Preston High School	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
Primoris Academy	Westwood	—	Nonsectarian
Prospect Park Bnos Leah High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Ramaz Upper School	New York	9–12	Other religious
Rambam Mesivta	Lawrence	9–12	Other religious
Razi School	Woodside	—	Other religious
Rising Star Academy	Union City	—	Other religious
Sacred Heart Academy	Hempstead	9–12	Catholic
Sacred Heart High School	Yonkers	9–12	Catholic
Sage Day At Rochelle Park	Rochelle Park	9–12	Other religious
Sail At Ferncliff Manor	Yonkers	3–12	Nonsectarian
Salesian High School	New Rochelle	9–12	Catholic
Sar High School	Bronx	9–12	Other religious
Sawtelle Learning Center	Montclair	2–12	Nonsectarian
Schechter School Of Long Island	Williston Park	—	Other religious
Sco Family Services - Westbrook Prep School	Westbury	9–12	Nonsectarian
Sedes Sapeintiae School Inc	Randolph	12–12	Catholic
Shaare Torah Girls High School/Yeshiva Shaarei Tor	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Shaarei Torah Of Rockland	Suffern	9–12	Other religious
Shevach High School	Flushing	9–12	Other religious
Shulamith School For Girls	Cedarhurst	—	Other religious
Shulamith School For Girls Of Brooklyn	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
St Barnabas High School	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
St Catharine Academy	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
St Demetrios School	Astoria	—	Nonsectarian
St Dominic Academy	Jersey City	7–12	Catholic
St Edmund Preparatory High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Catholic
St George Academy	New York	9–12	Other religious
St Jean Baptiste High School	New York	9–12	Catholic
St Joseph Hill Academy	Staten Island	9–12	Catholic
St Peters Boys High School	Staten Island	9–12	Catholic
St Raymond Academy For Girls	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
St Raymond High School For Boys	Bronx	9–12	Catholic
St Saviour High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Catholic
St Vincent Ferrer High School	New York	9–12	Catholic
Temple Israel	New York	—	Other religious
Tet Christian Academy	Jersey City	—	Other religious
The Beekman School	New York	9–12	Nonsectarian
The Biondi School/Rising Ground Inc	Yonkers	1–12	Nonsectarian
The Birch Wathen Lenox School	New York	—	Nonsectarian
The Calais School	Whippany	4–12	Nonsectarian
The Child School - Legacy High School	Roosevelt Island	1–12	Nonsectarian
The Community School Inc.	Teaneck	2–12	Nonsectarian
The Craig School High School	Montville (Morris)	9–12	Nonsectarian
The Frisch School	Paramus	9–12	Other religious
The Hallen School	New Rochelle	3–12	Nonsectarian
The Idea School	Tenafly	9–12	Other religious
The Kings Academy Of The True Church Of God	New York	—	Other religious
The Learning Center For Exceptional Children	Clifton	2–12	Nonsectarian
The Leffell School	Hartsdale	6–12	Other religious
The Mary Louis Academy	Jamaica	9–12	Catholic
The Wellspring Schools	Hollis	—	Other religious
The Windsor School	Flushing	7–12	Nonsectarian
Tieferes Torah Institute	Kew Gardens	9–12	Other religious
Tiegerman High School	Richmond Hill	9–12	Nonsectarian
Tiegerman School At Woodside	Woodside	1–12	Nonsectarian
Tiferes Miriam School For Girls	Brooklyn	6–12	Other religious
Tomer Devorah High School	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Torah Academy For Girls	Far Rockaway	—	Other religious
Torah High School Long Beach	Long Beach	9–12	Other religious
Trinity Christian School	Montville	—	Other religious
United Talmudical Academy	Monsey	—	Other religious
United Talmudical Academy Of Boro Park	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Westbridge Academy	Bloomfield	3–12	Nonsectarian
Westchester Muslim Center School	Mount Vernon	—	Other religious
Winchendon School-Nyc	New York	9–12	Nonsectarian
Winston Preparatory School	Whippany	4–12	Nonsectarian
Woodward Childrens Center	Freeport	7–12	Nonsectarian
Xaverian High School	Brooklyn	6–12	Catholic
Yeshiva & Mesifta Chasan Sofer	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva & Mesifta Viyoel Moshe	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva & Misivta Tiferes Elimelech	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Ateret Torah	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Bonim Lamokom	Brooklyn	4–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Darchei Torah	Far Rockaway	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Derech Hatorah High	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Gedolah Of Carteret Inc.	Carteret	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Jesode Hatorah Wilson	Brooklyn	—	Nonsectarian
Yeshiva Karlin Stolin	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Mercaz Hatorah Of Belle Harbor	Rockaway Park	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Of Brooklyn	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Of The Telshe Alumni	Bronx	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Ohavei Torah Of Riverdale	Bronx	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Ohel Torah	Monsey	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch	New York	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah	Richmond Hill	9–12	Other religious
Yeshiva Shaare Torah	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshiva Vyelipol	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Yeshivat Darche Eres Boys High School	Brooklyn	—	Other religious
Yeshivat Magen Abraham	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious
Yeshivath Viznitz Dkhal Torath Chaim, Inc.	Monsey	—	Other religious
Zvi Dov Roth Academy Of Yeshiva Rambam	Brooklyn	9–12	Other religious

Other metros are on the private high schools by metro index. The same arithmetic across every state is the Ivy+ enrollment board; for one college at a time, see which private schools send the most students to each college.

Ivy+ means these twelve: Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Duke University. A graduate is counted once, at the college the school says they enrolled at; the per-class-year figure is the published total divided by the class years the school's own document covers, and both are shown. A school that is not on this page did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read — that is all absence means here. It is never a statement about a school's graduates. Lists of acceptances (where students were admitted, not where they enrolled) are never counted in this ranking: an acceptances list runs about three times an enrollment list, so counting the two together would compare different things. Those lists are ranked on their own, separately. Grades and religious affiliation are from the National Center for Education Statistics' Private School Survey. Boarding is read from the TABS member directory — The Association of Boarding Schools' 2026 list of its US member schools — matched onto our school pages by exact or town-confirmed name (173 of them). A school that directory does not list is not called a boarding school on a guess, so it waits for the next directory pass rather than appearing here. A school is listed here when its NCES coordinates fall within 25 miles of the metro's center and it is in NY, NJ, CT.