Cardinal Spellman High School

Bronx · NY · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private

A parent's read

  • Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Cardinal Spellman High School's own list (2017-2024), : Iona (152), Pace (108), St. Johns University (106), College of Mount St. Vincent (82), CUNY Lehman College (82).
  • Worth asking admissions: the school profile. Reach doesn't yet show this school's SAT/ACT or AP results. Every private school produces a counselor's "school profile" for colleges, and most post it online — ask admissions for it. How a school answers says as much as the numbers.

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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Cardinal Spellman High School publishes the colleges its graduates attend (2017-2024): 83 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts attend Iona University (152), Pace University (108), St. Johns University (106). See the full list ↓

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates

Cardinal Spellman High School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 83 colleges, ordered by the number of students.

Years, as the document states them
2017-2024

The ten largest counts, listed

St. Johns University 106
College of Mount St. Vincent 82
CUNY John Jay College 36

Is my kid's college on this list?

— Stanford University ✓ New York University · 21 ✓ University of Southern California · 1 — University of California, Los Angeles — University of California, Berkeley — University of Michigan ✓ Cornell University · 6 ✓ Boston University · 2 ✓ Northeastern University · 3 — University of Texas at Austin — Georgetown University — Duke University

The school down the road: Fordham Preparatory School

CollegeCardinal Spellman High SchoolFordham Preparatory School
Boston College—✓ named
Boston University✓ named✓ named
Columbia University—✓ named
Cornell University✓ named✓ named
Dartmouth College✓ named—
Emory University—✓ named
Georgetown University—✓ named
Georgia Institute of Tech✓ named—
Harvard University✓ named—
New York University✓ named✓ named
Northeastern University✓ named✓ named
Northwestern University—✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

All 83 colleges, as the document prints them

College  ·  Students

St. Johns University 106
College of Mount St. Vincent 82
CUNY John Jay College 36
CUNY Baruch College 20
SUNY Plattsburg 16
Manhattanville 12
Mercy College 12
and 53 more
SUNY Maritime 9
Macaulay Honors College 5
The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education 5
Morgan State 4
NYIT 3
Fairleigh Dickinson University 2
University at Notre Dame 2
Bowie State 1
Queen's University 1
Rutgers 1
St. Bonaventure 1

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Independently verified As published by Cardinal Spellman High School — Cardinal Spellman College Profile 2017-2024 ↗. Found at: Educational Support Departments > Guidance > College Profile (https://www.cardinalspellman.org/apps/pages/?type=d&uREC_ID=551233&pREC_ID=1056854); the whole pag.

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How Cardinal Spellman High School compares for families

What families should know about Cardinal Spellman High 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: Mount St Michael Academy, St Barnabas High School, St Catharine Academy 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.

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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 2026-10-21.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,363 in 2018 to 1,118 in 2022 — over 4 years.
-18.0%
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.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -4.8%/year, projecting from 2022's 1,118 students:

2023
1,064
2025
964
2027
873

≈ 245 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 245 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $3,920,000/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
Mount St Michael Academy
Bronx
Private 1.1 696 -7.1%
St Barnabas High School
Bronx
Private 1.8 205 -6.0%
St Catharine Academy
Bronx
Private 1.9 348 -25.8%
Academy Of Mount St Ursula
Bronx
Private 2.6 289 -11.1%
Fordham Preparatory School
Bronx
Private 2.7 951 -5.7%
St Raymond Academy For Girls
Bronx
Private 3.0 237 -28.2%
St Raymond High School For Boys
Bronx
Private 3.2 410 -25.0%
Msgr Scanlan High School
Bronx
Private 4.0 487 +5.9%

At a glance

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Cardinal Spellman High School is a private high school in Bronx, NY, enrolling 1,118 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is down 18% from 2018 to 2022.

Cardinal Spellman High School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the 2017-2024: 83 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Iona University (152), Pace University (108), St. Johns University (106), College of Mount St. Vincent (82), CUNY Lehman College (82). Source: Cardinal Spellman College Profile 2017-2024.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Cardinal Spellman High School graduates go to college? Cardinal Spellman High School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the 2017-2024: 83 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Iona University (152), Pace University (108), St. Johns University (106), College of Mount St. Vincent (82), CUNY Lehman College (82). Source: Cardinal Spellman College Profile 2017-2024.

How many students attend Cardinal Spellman High School? Cardinal Spellman High School is a private high school in Bronx, NY, enrolling 1,118 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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