The Best Private Schools in New York City: 2017 Rankings

NEW YORK, NY — The Upper East Side is alive this week with the jealous side-eyes and victory dances of a thousand local tiger moms as they browse Niche.com's annual list of the best private schools in America — slowly becoming the go-to ranking of its kind.

UPDATE: New school year, new rankings. See the 2018 list of NYC's best private schools here.

In New York City, the nation's epicenter of private-school hysteria, the 2017 list doesn't stray too far from last year's — with a few exceptions.

For example, the Collegiate School on the Upper West Side, last year's No. 1 private high school in NYC, gets knocked down three spots to No. 4 this year – bested by the Horace Mann School in the Bronx, which now holds the No. 1 spot; the Trinity School, up five spots from last year at No. 2; and the Dalton School, also up five spots from last year at No. 3.

The rankings are "based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users," according to Niche.com. (Still skeptical? You can pick apart the site's full methodology here.)

Below, we've listed all the NYC schools in the state's Top 100. The first list is just high schools. The second list is K-12.

Before all else, though, remember to breathe. Because no matter how good your kids' school is, they're not going to get far with a pair of hyperventilating parents who care too much about this type of thing.

The 46 best private high schools in NYC

1. Horace Mann School, The Bronx

2. Trinity School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

3. Dalton School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

4. Collegiate School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

5. Regis High School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

6. Riverdale Country School, The Bronx

7. The Chapin School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

8. Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

9. Poly Preparatory Country Day School, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn

10. Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn Heights

11. Friends Seminary, Gramercy Park, Manhattan

12. Brearley School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

13. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

14. Ramaz School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

15. Brooklyn Friends School, Downtown Brooklyn

16. Nightingale-Bamford School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

17. The Spence School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

18. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Upper East Side, Manhattan

19. Marymount School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

20. The Hewitt School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

21. Loyola School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

22. Berkeley Carroll School, Park Slope, Brooklyn

23. United Nations International School, Kips Bay, Manhattan

24. Abraham Joshua Heschel High School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

25. Staten Island Academy, Staten Island

26. Lycée Français de New York, Upper East Side, Manhattan

27. Calhoun School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

28. Trevor Day School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

29. Dwight School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

30. The Browning School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

31. Birch Wathen Lenox School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

32. Dominican Academy, Upper East Side, Manhattan

33. SAR High School, The Bronx

34. Fordham Preparatory School, The Bronx

35. Professional Children's School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

36. The Kew-Forest School, Forest Hills, Queens

37. Manhattan High School for Girls, Upper East Side, Manhattan

38. Robert Louis Stevenson School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

39. The Beekman School, Midtown Manhattan

40. Yeshivah of Flatbush - Joel Braverman High School, Midwood/Flatbush, Brooklyn

41. York Prep School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

42. Yeshiva University High School for Boys, Washington Heights, Manhattan

43. Garden School, Jackson Heights, Queens

44. Xavier High School, Chelsea, Manhattan

45. Brooklyn Amity School, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

46. Xaverian High School, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

The 39 best private K-12 schools in NYC

1. Horace Mann School, The Bronx

2. Trinity School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

3. Dalton School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

4. Collegiate School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

5. Riverdale Country School, The Bronx

6. The Chapin School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

7. Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn Heights

8. Poly Preparatory Country Day School, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn

9. Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn Heights

10. Friends Seminary, Gramercy Park, Manhattan

11. Brearley School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

12. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

13. Ramaz School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

14. Brooklyn Friends School, Downtown Brooklyn

15. Nightingale-Bamford School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

16. The Spence School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

17. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Upper East Side, Manhattan

18. Marymount School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

19. The Hewitt School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

20. Berkeley Carroll School, Park Slope, Brooklyn

21. United Nations International School, Kips Bay, Manhattan

22. Staten Island Academy, Staten Island

23. Lycée Français de New York, Upper East Side, Manhattan

24. Calhoun School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

25. Trevor Day School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

26. Dwight School, Upper West Side, Manhattan

27. The Browning School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

28. Birch Wathen Lenox School, Upper East Side, Manhattan

29. The Kew-Forest School, Forest Hills, Queens

30. Garden School, Jackson Heights, Queens

31. Brooklyn Amity School, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

32. Razi School, Woodside, Queens

33. Al-Noor School, South Slope, Brooklyn

34. International Christian School, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

35. Evangel Christian School, Long Island City, Queens

36. St. Demetrios School, Astoria, Queens

37. Bay Ridge Preparatory School, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

38. Our Saviour Lutheran School, The Bronx

39. Al-Madinah School, Gowanus, Brooklyn

Pictured at top: Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights ranked among NYC's top 10 private schools this year. Image via Google Maps