Poly Prep Country Day School

Brooklyn · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

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Where graduates go: #10 feeder school to Emory. Poly Prep Country Day School's own list (Classes of 2022-2026), enrolled: Tulane University* (24), Lehigh University* (23), New York University* (22), University of Pennsylvania* (22), Syracuse University* (19). Feeder standing: #7 Colgate, #10 Emory, #10 Lehigh.
Students who test here average 1364 on the SAT. That's far above the national average of about 1030 — as published in the school's own profile.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

Where graduates go — as published by the school

Poly Prep Country Day School publishes where its graduates enrolled (Classes of 2022-2026): 148 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at Tulane University* (24), Lehigh University* (23), New York University* (22). See the full list ↓

Top-10 feeder to 1 top college #10Emory University3.6/yr

Feeder standing #10 to Emory University, #7 to Colgate University, #10 to Lehigh University — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

At a glance

Programs & features

Teaches no AP-designated courses — common among independent schools that run their own advanced curriculum

Academic signals

SAT avg 1364
ACT avg 31

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Classes of 2022-2026 enrolled

Poly Prep Country Day School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 148 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

The ten largest counts, enrolled · Classes of 2022-2026

Tulane University* 24

Lehigh University* 23

New York University* 22

University of Pennsylvania* 22

Syracuse University* 19

University of Wisconsin-Madison* 19

Villanova University* 19

Emory University* 18

Cornell University* 16

Colgate University 15

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✓ Stanford University · 2 ✓ New York University · 22 ✓ University of Southern California · 8 ✓ University of California, Los Angeles · 8 — University of California, Berkeley ✓ University of Michigan · 11 ✓ Cornell University · 16 ✓ Boston University · 2 ✓ Northeastern University · 4 ✓ University of Texas at Austin · 3 ✓ Georgetown University · 13 ✓ Duke University · 8

Any college:

#10of 170 feeder schools to Emory University · 3.6/yrTop college #7of 158 feeder schools to Colgate University · 3.0/yr #10of 152 feeder schools to Lehigh University · 4.6/yr

The school down the road: BASIS Independent Brooklyn

College	Poly Prep Country Day School	BASIS Independent Brooklyn
Lehigh University*	23	3
New York University*	22	4
University of Pennsylvania*	22	3
Cornell University*	16	9
Emory University*	18	0
Colgate University	15	2
Georgetown University*	13	2
Washington University in St. Louis*	13	0

Each school's own printed counts (matriculation, Classes of 2022-2026 vs matriculation, 2022−2025); spans may differ.

All 148 colleges, as the document prints them

College · Classes of 2022-2026 (five-year matriculation total)

Tulane University* 24

Lehigh University* 23

New York University* 22

University of Pennsylvania* 22

Syracuse University* 19

University of Wisconsin-Madison* 19

Villanova University* 19

Emory University* 18

Cornell University* 16

Colgate University 15

Georgetown University* 13

University of Colorado Boulder* 13

Washington University in St. Louis* 13

Tufts University* 12

Wesleyan University 12

University of Miami* 11

University of Michigan* 11

Wake Forest University* 11

Bucknell University* 10

Indiana University 10

Brown University* 9

Columbia University* 9

Bates College* 8

Duke University* 8

Trinity College 8

University of California Los Angeles* 8

University of Southern California* 8

Williams College 8

Bowdoin College* 7

Colby College* 7

and 118 more

Dartmouth College* 7

Southern Methodist University* 7

Vanderbilt University* 7

Hamilton College* 6

Haverford College* 6

Howard University* 6

Lafayette College* 6

Rice University* 6

Skidmore College 6

Swarthmore College 6

Vassar College* 6

Denison University* 5

Boston College 4

George Washington University 4

Harvard University* 4

Kenyon College* 4

Middlebury College* 4

Northeastern University* 4

Northwestern University 4

Occidental College* 4

University of Vermont* 4

Yale University* 4

Carnegie Melon University 3

Claremont McKenna College 3

Fordham University* 3

Franklin & Marshall College 3

Gettysburg College 3

IE University 3

McGill University* 3

Oberlin College 3

Santa Clara University 3

Scripps College 3

Spelman College* 3

The University of Texas at Austin* 3

University of Chicago* 3

University of Connecticut 3

University of Richmond* 3

University of St Andrews* 3

Amherst College 2

Bard College 2

Boston University* 2

Chapman University 2

Colorado College 2

Drexel University* 2

Fairfield University 2

Grinnell College* 2

Loyola Marymount University 2

Marist University 2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2

Penn State University 2

Pomona College 2

Rutgers University 2

Smith College 2

St. Lawrence University 2

Stanford University 2

Temple University 2

Texas Christian University 2

The American University of Paris 2

Trinity College Dublin 2

University of Notre Dame 2

University of Rochester* 2

Wellesley College* 2

Allegheny College* 1

Barnard College 1

Binghamton University 1

College of the Holy Cross 1

CUNY Brooklyn College 1

CUNY Hunter College* 1

Davidson College* 1

Dominican University New York 1

Durham University 1

Eckerd College 1

Elon University 1

Emerson College 1

Eugene Lang College at The New School 1

Fashion Institute of Technology 1

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 1

Furman University 1

Hampton University 1

Hartwick College 1

Harvey Mudd College 1

Hult International Business School 1

Johns Hopkins University 1

Louisiana State University 1

Loyola University New Orleans 1

Marymount Manhattan College 1

Michigan State University 1

Mount Holyoke College 1

Nova Southeastern University 1

Pace University* 1

Pepperdine University 1

Pitzer College* 1

Providence College 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1

Rhodes College 1

San Diego State University 1

Sarah Lawrence College 1

Sophie Davis School of BioMedical Education* 1

Southern Connecticut State University 1

St. John’s College 1

Stony Brook University 1

SUNY College at Oswego 1

Trinity University* 1

Union College 1

United States Naval Academy 1

University of California Santa Cruz* 1

University of Delaware* 1

University of Florida 1

University of Maryland College Park 1

University of Massachusetts Amherst 1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1

University of Oregon 1

University of Pittsburgh* 1

University of Virginia* 1

Ursinus College 1

Wagner College 1

Washington and Lee University 1

William & Mary 1

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As published, source linked As published by Poly Prep Country Day School — 2024-25 Poly Prep Profile / College Tear Sheet ↗. Found at: p.5, 'COLLEGE MATRICULATION CLASSES OF 2020–2024' list ('Poly graduates are currently attending the following colleges as of September 2024').

Poly Prep Country Day School also published an earlier counted list — 164 colleges (Classes of 2020–2024)

Their earlier counted list

The counted list above is the school's newer publication. This is the counted list it published before it — the years as that document stated them: Classes of 2020–2024 — kept as printed, in the document's own order, and never added to the newer counts.

College · Students

American University 1

Amherst College 4

Bard College* 2

Barnard College 2

Bates College* 9

Bennington College 1

Binghamton University 1

Boston College* 5

Boston University 2

Bowdoin College* 3

Brown University* 10

Bryn Mawr College 2

Bucknell University* 11

Carleton College 4

Carnegie Mellon University 5

Case Western Reserve University 1

Catholic University of America 1

Chapman University* 2

Claremont McKenna College* 5

Clark University 1

Colby College* 8

Colgate University* 16

College of the Holy Cross 2

Colorado College* 2

Columbia University* 6

Cornell University* 12

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 1

CUNY Brooklyn College 1

Dartmouth College* 9

Davidson College 1

and 134 more

Denison University* 2

Dickinson College 1

Dominican University New York 1

Drexel University 1

Duke University* 6

Durham University* 1

Eckerd College 1

Elon University 1

Emory University* 10

Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School 1

Fairfield University 2

Fashion Institute of Technology* 1

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 1

Fordham University* 4

Franklin & Marshall College 5

Furman University* 1

George Mason University 1

George Washington University 7

Georgetown University* 9

Gettysburg College* 2

Grinnell College 2

Hamilton College 6

Hampton University* 1

Hartwick College 2

Harvard University 1

Harvey Mudd College* 1

Haverford College* 6

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1

Howard University 2

Hult International Business School (Boston) 1

IE University (Madrid)* 1

Indiana University (Bloomington)* 8

Ithaca College 3

Johns Hopkins University 1

Kenyon College* 4

Lafayette College* 7

Lehigh University* 20

Loyola Marymount University 1

Loyola University New Orleans 1

Marist College 2

Marymount Manhattan College 1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2

McGill University 2

Michigan State University 1

Middlebury College* 6

Mount Holyoke College* 2

Muhlenberg College 2

New York University* 19

North Carolina State University 1

Northeastern University* 11

Northwestern University* 5

Nova Southeastern University 1

Oberlin College* 3

Occidental College* 4

Oxford College of Emory University* 1

Penn State University (University Park) 2

Pepperdine University* 2

Pomona College* 2

Providence College 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1

Rhodes College* 2

Rice University 2

Rochester Institute of Technology 1

Roger Williams University 1

Rutgers University (New Brunswick) 3

San Diego State University 1

Santa Clara University* 2

Sarah Lawrence College 1

Scripps College 3

Skidmore College* 11

Smith College* 2

Southern Methodist University* 4

Spelman College 2

Springfield College 1

St. John’s College (Santa Fe) 2

St. Lawrence University* 2

Stanford University 1

Stony Brook University 2

SUNY at Purchase College 2

SUNY University at Buffalo 1

Swarthmore College* 5

Syracuse University* 14

Temple University* 1

Texas Christian University 2

The American University of Paris 3

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1

The New School 1

The Ohio State University 3

The University of Texas at Austin* 3

Trinity College* 9

Trinity College Dublin 1

Tufts University* 15

Tulane University of Louisiana* 18

Union College 2

United States Military Academy at West Point 1

United States Naval Academy 1

University of California (Berkeley) 1

University of California (Davis) 2

University of California (Los Angeles) 3

University of California (San Diego) 1

University of California (Santa Barbara) 1

University of Chicago 2

University of Colorado Boulder* 8

University of Connecticut* 2

University of Denver 3

University of Florida 1

University of Maryland (College Park)* 1

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)* 1

University of Miami* 11

University of Michigan* 8

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* 1

University of Notre Dame* 2

University of Oregon* 1

University of Oxford 1

University of Pennsylvania* 9

University of Richmond 5

University of Southern California* 9

University of St Andrews 3

University of Vermont 1

University of Virginia (Main Campus) 1

University of Wisconsin (Madison)* 19

Vanderbilt University* 5

Vassar College* 3

Villanova University* 9

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1

Wagner College 1

Wake Forest University* 9

Washington and Lee University* 3

Washington University in St. Louis* 8

Wellesley College* 1

Wesleyan University* 15

William & Mary* 1

Williams College* 9

Yale University 10

As published, earlier document 2024-25 Poly Prep Profile / College Tear Sheet ↗ Found at: p.5, 'COLLEGE MATRICULATION CLASSES OF 2020–2024' list ('Poly graduates are currently attending the following colleges as of September 2024').

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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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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 993 in 2018 to 1,081 in 2022 — over 4 years.

+8.9%

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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.

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Poly Prep Country Day School is a private high school in Brooklyn, NY, enrolling 1,081 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is up 9% from 2018 to 2022.

Poly Prep Country Day School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Classes of 2022-2026: 148 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Tulane University* (24), Lehigh University* (23), New York University* (22), University of Pennsylvania* (22), Syracuse University* (19). Source: 2024-25 Poly Prep Profile / College Tear Sheet.

Poly Prep Country Day School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #7 Colgate, #10 Emory, #10 Lehigh.

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.

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Where do Poly Prep Country Day School graduates go to college? Poly Prep Country Day School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the Classes of 2022-2026: 148 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Tulane University* (24), Lehigh University* (23), New York University* (22), University of Pennsylvania* (22), Syracuse University* (19). Source: 2024-25 Poly Prep Profile / College Tear Sheet.

Which colleges is Poly Prep Country Day School a top feeder school to? Poly Prep Country Day School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #7 Colgate, #10 Emory, #10 Lehigh.

How many students attend Poly Prep Country Day School? Poly Prep Country Day School is a private high school in Brooklyn, NY, enrolling 1,081 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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