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Dwight School

New York · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

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🏅5 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1390 (25-75: 1330–1460)
  • 📝 ACT avg 31.0 (25-75: 29–33)

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 Dwight School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1390 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.0 (≈ top 7%) · 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • 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: Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, The Smith School, INNOVATION DIPLOMA PLUS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 626 in 2018 to 742 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+18.5%
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 Dwight School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.dwight.edu/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +4.3%/year, projecting from 2022's 742 students:

2023
774
2025
843
2027
918

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 176 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $2,816,000/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
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
New York
Private 0.2 1,138 -8.1%
The Smith School
New York
Private 0.3 33
INNOVATION DIPLOMA PLUS
NEW YORK
Public 0.3 110 +14.6%
GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE)
NEW YORK
Public 0.3 393 -4.6%
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)
NEW YORK
Public 0.3 324 +28.1%
FRANK MCCOURT HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
Public 0.3 407 +0.2%
PS 811 MICKEY MANTLE SCHOOL
NEW YORK
Public 0.6 18
Spence School
New York
Private 0.6 769

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