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Dalton School

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

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📝SAT 1450 avg 🏅12 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 🏆 12 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1450 (25-75: 1390–1510)
  • 📝 ACT avg 33.0 (25-75: 31–34)

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How Dalton School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1450 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.0 (≈ top 2%) · 12 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: Nightingale-Bamford School, Spence School, PS 169 ROBERT F KENNEDY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Nearby high schools — the local competition

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

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Nightingale-Bamford School
New York
Private 0.1 674 +6.3%
Spence School
New York
Private 0.1 769
PS 169 ROBERT F KENNEDY
NEW YORK
Public 0.2 13
La Scuola D'Italia
New York
Private 0.2 110 -34.5%
Lascuola Ditalia
New York
Private 0.2 111 -33.9%
Regis High School
New York
Private 0.4 535 +0.9%
Marymount School Of Ny
New York
Private 0.4 713 -1.7%
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE)
NEW YORK
Public 0.5 370 +11.8%

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