Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School

Brooklyn · NY · Religious-affiliated

Private

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Brooklyn Friends School → Mary Mcdowell Friends School- Ls → Al-Madinah School → Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem → Beth Chana School → Al-Noor School → Mosdos Chasidei Square → Bnos Yaakov Educational Center →

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$10,931

in-state tuition/yr · $32,741 out-of-state

1320–1490

SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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College acceptances, Class of 2026

Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 124 colleges, in the document's own order.

Adelphi University Agnes Scott College American University Bard College Barry University Bates College Bennington College Berklee College of Music Centenary University Clark University College of Charleston Culinary Institute of America CUNY Baruch College CUNY Borough of Manhattan CC CUNY Brooklyn College CUNY City College of New York CUNY College of Staten Island CUNY Guttman Community College CUNY Hunter College CUNY John Jay College CUNY Kingsborough Community College CUNY LaGuardia Community College CUNY Lehman College CUNY Medgar Evars College CUNY New York City College of Technology CUNY Queens College CUNY Queensborough Community College CUNY York College Curry College Delaware State University

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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.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Brooklyn Friends School Brooklyn	Private	0.3	578	-24.4%
Mary Mcdowell Friends School- Ls Brooklyn	Private	0.3	420	—
Al-Madinah School Brooklyn	Private	1.3	747	+10.5%
Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem New York	Private	1.5	260	+58.5%
Beth Chana School Brooklyn	Private	2.0	351	—
Al-Noor School Brooklyn	Private	2.0	532	-12.6%
Mosdos Chasidei Square Brooklyn	Private	2.1	297	+10.0%
Bnos Yaakov Educational Center Brooklyn	Private	2.4	700	+0.0%

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