Resources For New York City Education (Public, Private, Charter & Parochial)

To ensure that a child growing up in the city gets a good education, parents really do have to turn themselves into educated consumers—to learn their options and learn how to best assess them. Here’s a list of resources to help you make the best choices for your child.

New York Family Resources

Weekly Scoop Newsletter: New York Family’s education coverage is a feast of local issues, trends, and tips to help parents help their children. Our free Weekly Scoop e-newsletter tips followers off to new content on our daily website. Sign up here.

Newyorkfamily.com: More on our website—it’s a one-stop destination for timely, informative education-related content. Updated daily, our blogs provide a range of practical tips to navigating NYC school systems to more general ideas about how to help your kids make the most of their learning.

The Blackboard Awards: The prestigious Blackboard Awards honor excellence in education throughout the city and in every educational sector, celebrating wonderful schools, principals, and teachers. By dint of their mission, the Awards are also a resource for parents as they seek out the best education for their children. Learn more at blackboardawards.com.

The Ultimate Guide To Education: We publish our annual Ultimate Guide to Education in the City in November, covering important education issues and trends, admissions advice at every level, and the role of the parent in a child’s education. Find current and past issues at www.newyorkfamily.com.

Info On NYC School Systems

For Nursery School and Pre-K
The Parents League Of New York
The Independent School Admission Association Of Greater New York (ISAAGNY)
The New York City Department Of Education (DOE)
Victoria Goldman’s The Manhattan Directory Of Private Nursery Schools

For Public School
Clara Hemphill’s various guides to NYC public schools
Class Size Matters
DOE
Gotham Schools
Insideschools
NYC Public School Parents

For Private School (Independent)
ISAAGNY
NYC Private Schools Blog
The NYC Private School Admissions Handbook
The Parents League Of New York
Victoria Goldman’s The Manhattan Family Guide To Private Schools And Selective Public Schools

For Charter School
DOE
New York City Charter School Center

For Parochial Schools
Archdiocese Of New York

Also note: For other faith-based schools in the New York City area, we recommend contacting local organizations affiliated with your religion. They should be able to direct you to schools of interest.

School Admissions Consultants
Education First
Private Education Advisory Service (PEAS)
The Rymac Group
School Choice International
School Search NYC
Smart City Kids

Tutors
Aristotle Circle
Big City Tutoring
Bright Kids NYC
Brownstone Tutors
Dolphin Academic Prep
EBL Coaching
Launch Math Achievement Centers
Kumon
Mathnasium
Next Level Learning

The Princeton Review

Zeta Charter Schools

Zeta Charter Schools: Zeta Inwood Elementary School:&nbsp;401 West 218th Street, New York, NY 10034 Zeta Manhattan Middle School:&nbsp;401 West 218th Street, New York, NY 10034 Zeta South Bronx Elementary School:&nbsp;425 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455 Zeta Bronx Middle School:&nbsp;425 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455 Zeta Bronx Tremont Park Elementary School:&nbsp;1910 Arthur Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457 Zeta Bronx Mount Eden Early Childhood School:&nbsp;1325 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, NY 10452 Zeta Bronx Mount Eden Elementary School:&nbsp;1475 Macombs Road, Bronx, NY, 10452 &nbsp; Zeta combines a caring, whole-child approach and world-class academics with unrivaled opportunities for students to discover their passions through art, dance, chess, music, sports, and Taekwondo. Zeta&rsquo;s next-generation approach to learning helps students develop the confidence, awareness, and knowledge to solve challenging real-world problems, preparing them for access and leadership in an evolving modern world. &nbsp; Zeta will serve children from Pre-K through 7th grade for the 2024-25 school year, growing to eventually serve students through 12th grade.

Corlears School

Corlears students learn, play and grow together in a school designed for who they are at ages 2 through 10. During these crucial formative years, we build a foundation of compassion, critical thinking, imagination and leadership, and cultivate a joy and confidence in learning that serves our graduates throughout their lives.

C'E Montessori

C'E Montessori is an independent, coeducational Spanish/English dual-language Montessori school for Toddlers through Fourth Grade. &nbsp;The school's philosophy is an evolved take on the Montessori method, and they provide an advanced curriculum that is adapted to the needs of children in NYC today.&nbsp;C'E Montessori is a vibrant community of parents, teachers and children. C'E defines its vision and staff as&nbsp;Modern Montessori Purists&nbsp;- Traditional Montessori in the classroom for their students, transparent accountability and metrics online for their staff and parents. &nbsp;C'E Montessori enrolls children for its three different school programs. Toddlers, Primary and Lower Elementary. Children applying for our Toddler program must be two years old upon enrollment, our Primary (3-6), Lower Elementary (1st-3rd grade), and Upper Elementary (4th-6th grade) programs are mixed aged classrooms.&nbsp; Visit the website for information on virtual tours and admissions information as well as summer camp details.