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The Kew-Forest School

Forest Hills · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖16 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 16 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 3 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1340 (25-75: 1280–1410)
  • 📝 ACT avg 30.0 (25-75: 28–32)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 80.0% (avg score 3.9)

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 Kew-Forest School compares for families

What families should know about The Kew-Forest School.

  • 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: Ezra Academy, Tieferes Torah Institute, Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 245 in 2020 to 208 in 2022 — over 2 years.
-15.1%
Why only 2 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 Kew-Forest School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.kewforest.org/admissions/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -7.9%/year, projecting from 2022's 208 students:

2023
192
2025
163
2027
138

≈ 70 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

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

Revenue at risk

At tuition per student, the 70 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,120,000/year in tuition at risk.

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
Ezra Academy
Forest Hills
Private 0.1 145 +19.8%
Tieferes Torah Institute
Kew Gardens
Private 0.6 43
Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah
Richmond Hill
Private 0.7 113 +2.7%
Archbishop Molloy High School
Briarwood
Private 0.7 1,506 -2.6%
NORTH QUEENS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
FLUSHING
Public 0.9 117 +21.9%
Tiegerman High School
Richmond Hill
Private 1.0 154
Shevach High School
Flushing
Private 1.0 213 +11.5%
Mesivta Chofetz Chaim
Flushing
Private 1.1 114 +11.8%

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