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International Schools

🇺🇸 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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SchoolCurriculaAgesFees (SGD)
Dwight SchoolIB2–18USD 18,900–69,950
German International School New YorkGerman BLI (Bund-Länder-Inspektion): Exzellente Deutsche AuslandsschuleNational / American / Blended3–18USD 29,600 (flat, Pre-K–Grade 12)
International School of BrooklynIB / Blended3–14USD 40,206–52,537
Kennedy International SchoolIB / Blended / Japanese3–18USD 24,000–45,000
Léman Manhattan Preparatory SchoolIB / American1–18USD 70,700–72,000 (Kindergarten–Grade 12)
Lycée Français de New YorkNational / American / Blended3–18USD 51,925
The British International School of New YorkBritish / IB3–18USD 45,600–67,800
United Nations International SchoolIB4–18USD 46,856–52,167

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