Nightingale-Bamford School
New York · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Spence School → Dalton School → La Scuola D'Italia → Lascuola Ditalia → Dwight School → Rudolf Steiner School → Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School → The Hewitt School →At a glance
- 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.
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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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.
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.
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
and 66 more
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
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:
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spence School New York |
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% |