UES Has Most Of The Best Schools In NYC Area, New Ranking Says

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Schools on the Upper East Side took nine of the top 25 spots in Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings for the greater New York City area, which was released this week.

The schools were included in Niche’s ranking of 12,192 school districts nationwide. The list includes 364 newly ranked school districts.

For the Upper East Side, those top schools were all pricey private schools. The Chapin School ranked the highest on the list for the neighborhood — third overall — with an overall letter grade of A+. Grades in specific categories were:

Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Clubs and activities: A+
Sports: A-
Diversity: A
College prep: A+

Here are the other eight schools that all made the top 25 list for Niche's 2024 rankings:

• The Brearley School
• Lycée Français de New York
• The Spence School
• Covent of the Sacred Heart
• The Nightingale-Bamford School
• The Dalton School
• Regis High School
• Marymount School of New York

According to Niche, only three of the schools listed charge an annual tuition below $60,000 — that's 85% of the city's median household income.

And one school, the Catholic all-boys Regis High School, charges no tuition at all.

For public schools, Niche ranked Eleanor Roosevelt High School on East 76th Street as the 20th best in the New York area.

Niche ranked 94,058 public schools and 30,809 private schools. The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

The rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

For the full report, where you can search all schools or narrow your search to public and private schools, click here.