🇺🇸 International Schools in New York
8 schools, profiled on verifiable public data.
New York City hosts one of the world's largest concentrations of international and diplomatic families, anchored by the United Nations, foreign consulates, and a deep multinational business community. The United States has no national school inspectorate: instead, schools earn regional accreditation from bodies such as MSA (Middle States), NEASC, WASC, and the international CIS, which verify institutional quality but issue no graded public ratings. Because there is no equivalent of Dubai's KHDA bands or a British BSO inspection verdict, we tier New York schools on verifiable accreditation depth and curriculum authorisation only, capped at A — S is reserved for schools with a genuine graded public inspection. Most schools here publish curricula, accreditation status, and fees, but few disclose standardised university-placement outcomes or IB/AP score distributions; where a figure is not published we say so rather than estimate. Any college-placement claims are recorded as school-reported and unverified.
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| School | Curricula | Ages | Fees (SGD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight School | IB | 2–18 | USD 18,900–69,950 |
| German International School New YorkGerman BLI (Bund-Länder-Inspektion): Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule | National / American / Blended | 3–18 | USD 29,600 (flat, Pre-K–Grade 12) |
| International School of Brooklyn | IB / Blended | 3–14 | USD 40,206–52,537 |
| Kennedy International School | IB / Blended / Japanese | 3–18 | USD 24,000–45,000 |
| Léman Manhattan Preparatory School | IB / American | 1–18 | USD 70,700–72,000 (Kindergarten–Grade 12) |
| Lycée Français de New York | National / American / Blended | 3–18 | USD 51,925 |
| The British International School of New York | British / IB | 3–18 | USD 45,600–67,800 |
| United Nations International School | IB | 4–18 | USD 46,856–52,167 |
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