The Kew-Forest School
Forest Hills · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Tiegerman High School → The Windsor School → Tiegerman School At Woodside → Lexington School For The Deaf → Ohel Chayz Dba Tiferes Mordechei Center For Interg → St Demetrios School → Yeshiva Jesode Hatorah Wilson → The Child School - Legacy High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 16 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 3 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2024)
- 📝 SAT avg 1340 (25-75: 1280–1410)
- 📝 ACT avg 30 (25-75: 28–32)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 80% (avg score 3.9)
Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How The Kew-Forest School compares for families
What families should know about The Kew-Forest 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: Tiegerman High School, The Windsor School, Tiegerman School At Woodside 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.
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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.
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 The Kew-Forest School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.kewforest.org/admissions/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -7.9%/year, projecting from 2022's 208 students:
≈ 70 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At tuition per student, the 70 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,120,000/year in tuition at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiegerman High School Richmond Hill |
Private | 1.0 | 154 | — |
| The Windsor School Flushing |
Private | 3.3 | 70 | -6.7% |
| Tiegerman School At Woodside Woodside |
Private | 3.6 | 64 | — |
| Lexington School For The Deaf East Elmhurst |
Private | 4.6 | 238 | -8.5% |
| Ohel Chayz Dba Tiferes Mordechei Center For Interg Brooklyn |
Private | 5.7 | 53 | +1.9% |
| St Demetrios School Astoria |
Private | 5.9 | 476 | +71.2% |
| Yeshiva Jesode Hatorah Wilson Brooklyn |
Private | 6.7 | 786 | — |
| The Child School - Legacy High School Roosevelt Island |
Private | 7.0 | 289 | — |