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The Brearley School

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📝SAT 1480 avg 🏅13 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 🏆 13 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1480 (25-75: 1430–1540)
  • 📝 ACT avg 33.5 (25-75: 32–35)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Brearley School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1480 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.5 (≈ top 2%) · 13 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on SAT mean.
  • LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Brearley School, Lycee Francais De New York, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 719 in 2018 to 768 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+6.8%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see The Brearley School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.brearley.org/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 768 students:

2023
781
2025
807
2027
834

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 66 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $1,056,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
The Brearley School
New York
Private 0.0 768 +6.8%
Lycee Francais De New York
New York
Private 0.4 1,091 -15.4%
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
Public 0.4 538 +0.2%
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
New York
Private 0.6 404 -28.5%
The Child School - Legacy High School
Roosevelt Island
Private 0.7 289
St Jean Baptiste High School
New York
Private 0.7 321 -5.0%
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE)
NEW YORK
Public 0.7 370 +11.8%
PS 169 ROBERT F KENNEDY
NEW YORK
Public 0.8 13

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