Dalton School

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

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How Dalton School compares for families

What families should know about Dalton 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: Nightingale-Bamford School, Spence School, La Scuola D'Italia 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 2026-06-14.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Dalton School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 100 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2019-2024

College  ·  Students

Harvard University 37
Cornell University 36
Brown University 28
University of Chicago 26
Northwestern University 22
Yale University 22
Princeton University 16
Wesleyan University 16
Emory University 15
Columbia University 14
University of Pennsylvania 13
Tufts University 12
Washington University in St. Louis 11
Duke University 10
Georgetown University 10
New York University 10
University of Michigan 10
Williams College 10
Bowdoin College 9
Stanford University 9
Dartmouth College 7
Syracuse University 7
Boston College 6
Boston University 6
Tulane University 6
Amherst College 5
Carnegie Mellon University 5
Hamilton College 5
Middlebury College 5
Northeastern University 5
and 70 more
University of St Andrews 4
McGill University 3
St. John’s College 1
The American University of Paris 1
Trinity College Dublin 1
University of Toronto 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Dalton School — College Counseling page (the handed 'school-profile' URL now 404s; this is the school's own current college-counseling p ↗. Found at: 'Matriculation 2019-2024' bare list in 'College - N' format, one college per line.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

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
Nightingale-Bamford School
New York
Private 0.1 674 +6.3%
Spence School
New York
Private 0.1 769
La Scuola D'Italia
New York
Private 0.2 110 -34.5%
Lascuola Ditalia
New York
Private 0.2 111 -33.9%
Rudolf Steiner School
New York
Private 0.6 244 -12.2%
Dwight School
New York
Private 0.7 742 +18.5%
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
New York
Private 0.7 1,138 -8.1%
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
New York
Private 0.8 404 -28.5%

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