Best private high schools in New York

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- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Enrollment: 1,155 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#30. Poly Prep Country Day School
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,192 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#29. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
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- Location: Bronx, NY
- Enrollment: 1,662 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#28. Ethical Culture Fieldston School
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- Location: Stony Brook, NY
- Enrollment: 453 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#27. The Stony Brook School
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- Location: Locust Valley, NY
- Enrollment: 546 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#26. Portledge School
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- Location: Troy, NY
- Enrollment: 350 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#25. Emma Willard School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 475 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#24. The Hewitt School
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- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Enrollment: 1,095 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#23. Saint Ann's School
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- Location: Locust Valley, NY
- Enrollment: 706 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#22. Friends Academy
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- Location: Tarrytown, NY
- Enrollment: 855 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#21. Hackley School
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,426 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#20. United Nations International School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Mamaroneck, NY
- Enrollment: 741 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#19. French-American School of New York
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 410 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#18. The Browning School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Enrollment: 996 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#17. Packer Collegiate Institute
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 768 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#16. Marymount School of New York
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Enrollment: 729 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#15. BASIS Independent Brooklyn
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,958 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#14. Avenues The World School
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- Location: Rye, NY
- Enrollment: 957 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#13. Rye Country Day School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 656 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#12. Collegiate School
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 532 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#11. Regis High School
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,331 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#10. The Dalton School
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 710 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#9. The Nightingale-Bamford School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 741 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#8. Convent of the Sacred Heart
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 772 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#7. The Spence School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,150 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#6. Lycée Français de New York
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,001 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#5. Trinity School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 776 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#4. The Brearley School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Bronx, NY
- Enrollment: 1,793 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#3. Horace Mann School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 814 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

#2. The Chapin School
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- Location: Bronx, NY
- Enrollment: 1,299 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Emma Rubin, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Riverdale Country School
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