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Dalton School
The Dalton School is a progressive independent K-12 day school on Manhattan's Upper East Side, founded in 1919 by Helen Parkhurst and known for the Dalton Plan (House, Assignment, Lab), about 1,330 students, and international Dalton Plan schools.
Erasmus Hall High School
Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, founded as Erasmus Hall Academy in 1786 and opened 1787, is among the oldest US schools and the first chartered by NY Regents; landmarked, now the Erasmus Educational Campus with alumni like Barbra Streisand.
Horace Mann School
Horace Mann School is a coeducational independent day school in New York (Nursery–Grade 12), founded in 1887 by Nicholas Murray Butler at Teachers College. Over 1,800 students, 2026–27 tuition $68,700, need-blind admission, Ingenio Non Censio full-aid program from 2027–28.
Hunter College High School
Hunter College High School (HCHS) is a CUNY-administered public school for gifted students in grades 7-12 on Manhattan's Upper East Side, admitting only at 7th grade through a screened, invitation-eligible entrance exam with an acceptance rate below 10%.
Professional Children's School
Professional Children's School (PCS), founded 1914 in Manhattan by Jane Harris Hall and Jean Greer Robinson, is an independent day school, grades 4-12, at 132 West 60th Street for young performers, athletes, and models, offering flexible college-prep academics, not arts training.
Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)
Saint Ann's School is a non-sectarian independent day school in Brooklyn Heights, founded 1965 by Canon Melville Harcourt with headmaster Stanley Bosworth. About 1,100 students, preschool-12, no grades or rankings, narrative reports, six buildings on Pierrepont Street.
Trinity School (New York City)
Trinity School is a private K-12 day school on Manhattan's Upper West Side, founded in 1709 and the oldest continuously operating school in New York City.
Willowbrook State School
Willowbrook State School, a Staten Island institution for children with developmental disabilities, was exposed by Geraldo Rivera's 1972 Peabody-winning report, producing a class action, the 1975 Consent Judgement, and closure in 1987.