New York City Private Schools, Ranked
New York City private schools are not all alike, despite their disturbingly similar tuition prices and frequently occurring scandals. But thankfully, there's finally a definitive list of the best city-area schools that will maybe accept your tuition checks.
Rankings are based on the schools' reputations, popularity, and Ivy League-bound graduates. Horace Mann, my alma mater, was given its ranking based on merit and not for any other reason, no siree.
43. Birch Wathen Lenox
22. Hewitt
21. Trevor Day
20. Boarding School
19. Dwight
18. Whatever school you went to before Dwight
17. Professional Children's School
16. Nightingale
15. Poly Prep
14. St. Ann's
13. Summer Camp
12. Columbia Prep
11. Chapin
10. Trinity
9. Fieldston
8. Riverdale
7. Dorrian's
6. Collegiate
5. Brearley
3. Spence
2. Horace Mann