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Spence School

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

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📝SAT 1470 avg 🏅11 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 🏆 11 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1470 (25-75: 1410–1530)
  • 📝 ACT avg 33.5 (25-75: 32–35)

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How Spence School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1470 (≈ top 3% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 33.5 (≈ top 2%) · 11 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 ACT 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: Nightingale-Bamford School, Dalton 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 0.0 674 +6.3%
Dalton School
New York
Private 0.1 1,221
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 0.3 535 +0.9%
Marymount School Of Ny
New York
Private 0.4 713 -1.7%
Rudolf Steiner School
New York
Private 0.6 244 -12.2%

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