Nightingale-Bamford School

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

Private

At a glance

Programs & features
  • Teaches no APCollege-level courses with a national exam each May. A score of 3+ "passes" and can earn college credit; the pass rate tells you whether a school's AP program has substance behind the course list.-designated courses — common among independent schools that run their own advanced curriculum

Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Nightingale-Bamford School compares for families

What families should know about Nightingale-Bamford 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: Spence School, Dalton 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

Nightingale-Bamford School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 96 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022–2025

College  ·  Students

Cornell University 13
University of St. Andrews 10
University of Pennsylvania 9
Washington University in St. Louis 9
Yale University 9
Amherst College 7
Brown University 7
Columbia University 7
Duke University 7
Georgetown University 7
Northwestern University 7
Vanderbilt University 7
Emory University 6
McGill University 6
Middlebury College 6
Tufts University 6
Wake Forest University 6
Barnard College 5
Colby College 5
Princeton University 5
Williams College 5
Colgate University 4
Lehigh University 4
Skidmore College 4
Tulane University 4
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4
Boston College 3
Bowdoin College 3
Brandeis University 3
Case Western Reserve University 3
and 66 more
John Cabot University 1
Queen Mary University of London 1
University of Toronto 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Nightingale-Bamford School — School Profile, Class of 2026 ↗. Found at: p.2, 'COLLEGE ENROLLMENT 2022–2025' list.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 634 in 2018 to 674 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+6.3%
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 Nightingale-Bamford School's own published school profile (as of 2025-26): www.datocms-assets.com/30545/1756998019-nightinga… ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.5%/year, projecting from 2022's 674 students:

2023
684
2025
706
2027
728

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 54 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $864,000/year in tuition upside.

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
Spence School
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Private 0.0 769
Dalton School
New York
Private 0.1 1,221
La Scuola D'Italia
New York
Private 0.2 110 -34.5%
Lascuola Ditalia
New York
Private 0.2 111 -33.9%
Dwight School
New York
Private 0.6 742 +18.5%
Rudolf Steiner School
New York
Private 0.6 244 -12.2%
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
New York
Private 0.7 1,138 -8.1%
The Hewitt School
New York
Private 0.8 464 -11.6%

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