Best Private Schools In NYC: See 2020 Rankings

NEW YORK, NY — School ranking site Niche.com released its updated list of the best private schools in New York State. Unsurprisingly, many New York City schools earned high marks on the list.

New York City's elite private schools are known for promoting intense academic study among their students while offering many opportunities for achievement in sports and creative arts. With that reputation comes great cost. The best private schools in the city often have applications (and tuition) that resemble most four-year universities, so if you're trying to get your kid into one you better be prepared.

Niche's list of the best private schools for 2020 can help parents make smart decisions when deciding whether private school is best for their kids.

The rankings are "based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents," according to Niche. Ranking factors include SAT/ACT scores, the quality of colleges that students consider, student-teacher ratio, private school ratings, and more. Niche both pulls data from entities such as the U.S. Department of Education, and colleges and universities and also relies on users to self-report information such as test scores.

Niche's full methodology is described here. Niche gives the most weight to SAT and ACT scores of students, the rank of colleges that students matriculate to and the percentage of students at each school who go on to four-year colleges.

Below, we've separated out the Top XX private K-12 schools in New York City from Niche's 2020 rankings. All are within the state's Top 100, and all earned a Niche grade of A- or better.

Check out the rankings below, and see the full list on Niche.com:

1. Trinity School, Manhattan: State rank #1
2. Regis High School, Manhattan: State rank #2
3. Horace Mann School, The Bronx: State rank #3
4. Collegiate School, Manhattan: State rank #4
5. Brearley School, Manhattan: State rank #5
6. Dalton School, Manhattan: State rank #6
7. The Chapin School, Manhattan: State rank #8
8. Riverdale Country School, The Bronx: State rank #9
9. The Spence School, Manhattan: State rank #10
10. Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn: State rank #12
11. United Nations International School, Manhattan: State rank: #14
12. St. Ann's School, Brooklyn: State rank #15
13. Avenues: The World School, Manhattan: State rank #17
14. Nightingale-Bamford School, Manhattan: State rank #18
15. Marymount School of New York, Manhattan: State rank #19
16. Friends Seminary, Manhattan: State rank #20
17. Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn: State rank #21
18. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattan: State rank #22
19. ECF- Fieldston Middle/Upper School, Bronx: State rank #23
20. Columbia Grammar & Prepatory School, Manhattan: State rank #24
21. Lycée Français de New York, Manhattan: State rank #25
22. Berkeley Carrol School, Brooklyn: State rank #28
23. Ramaz School, Manhattan: State rank #31
24. The Browning School, Manhattan: State rank #32
25. Trevor Day School, Manhattan: State rank #33
26. SAR High School, Bronx: State rank #34
27. Loyola School, Manhattan: State rank #35
28. Heschel High School: State rank #36
29. Fordham Preperatory School, Bronx: State rank #37
30. The Hewitt School, Manhattan: State rank #38
31. Leman Manhattan Preparatory School, Manhattan: State rank #42
32. Dwight School, Manhattan: State rank #43
33. Dominican Academy, Manhattan: State rank #44
34. Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn: State rank #46
35. Grace Church School, Manhattan: State rank #47
36. The Calhoun School, Manhattan: State rank #49
37. Professional Children's School, Manhattan: State rank #50
38. Staten Island Academy, Staten Island: State rank #51
39. The Kew-Forest School, Queens: State rank #54
40. BASIS Independent Brooklyn, Brooklyn: State rank #56
41. Yeshiva University High School for Boys, Manhattan: State rank #60
42. York Prep School, Manhattan: State rank #61
43. Manhattan High School for Girls, Manhattan: State rank #76
44. Xavier High School, Manhattan: State rank #77
45. Garden School, Queens: State rank #82
46. Dwight Global Online School, Manhattan: State rank #84
47. The Beekman School, Manhattan: State rank #86
48. Yeshiva of Flatbush - Joel Braverman High School: State rank #88
49. Birch Wathen Lenox School, Manhattan: State rank #100