Everything we do builds to prepare our students for entry into an impressive range of the top high schools in the city and region. Students graduate from our program as well rounded, articulate, confident and morally responsible individuals who are prepared to meet the challenges of a demanding secondary education and continue on the path of lifelong learning.
Process
In the spring of 7th grade, families start to work with our High School Placement Director, learning about the mechanics of the high school application process. They then spend some time as a family over the summer investigating schools. In the fall of their 8th grade year, students go on school visits and interviews, and in our weekly Decisions classes at school we support and guide them through the process. Several parent meetings throughout the course of the year as well as frequent and very detailed communication from the Placement Director help keep families informed and on track. It’s a true team approach between the Placement Director, our Upper School Head, student support team and teachers. The Head of School is involved as well, often doing mock interviews with students. There is a real support system around the students and families throughout this process, to provide some comfort and safety, but also to push them to really consider all their options.
Relationships
Town partners closely with students and their families throughout the high school application process.
Our Director of High School Placement, Upper School Head and Upper School student support team all teach our 8th grade students regularly, which means deep knowledge of each individual child informs reference letters, meetings with families, and conversations with high school admissions officers.
Town is known for our integrity in advocating for our students with other schools. High school admissions officers know that our goal is simply to help students get to know schools, and for the admissions teams to get to know our students, and the information we share is based in real, lived experience with each individual student.
Outcomes
Our graduates begin high school with confidence and self-knowledge that can only be achieved through a rigorous, well-designed placement process. Town alumni/ae go on to attend the best schools in NYC, including independent day schools, performing arts academies, specialized public high schools, and boarding schools in the tri-state area and beyond.
High School Destinations
Class of 2022 High School Destinations
*Indicates two or more graduates attended.
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
*The Dalton School
Darien High School (CT)
*Dwight-Englewood School
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Fordham Preparatory School
Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
Grace Church School
High School of American Studies
Horace Mann School
Kent School
LaSalle Academy
Loyola School
The Nightingale-Bamford School
Poly Prep Country Day School
*Riverdale Country Day School
Rumsey Hall School
The Spence School
*Trinity School
*York Prep School
Class of 2021 High School Destinations
*Indicates two or more students attended.
Avenues The World School
Avon Old Farms School
*The Brearley School
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
*The Dalton School
Emma Willard School
*Ethical Culture Fieldston School
*Friends Seminary
*Grace Church School
The Gunston School
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School
Horace Mann School
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School
The Loomis Chaffee School
*The Masters School
*The Nightingale-Bamford School
*Riverdale Country School
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Trinity School
W. T. Clarke High School
The Williston Northampton School
Xavier High School
Class of 2020 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended.
The Chapin School
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
*The Dalton School
*Dwight-Englewood School
*Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Fordham Preparatory School
*Friends Seminary
*Grace Church School
Hackley School
*Horace Mann School
The Masters School
Millbrook School
*The Nightingale-Bamford School
The Packer Collegiate School
*Poly Prep Country Day School
Riverdale Country School
The Taft School
*Trevor Day School
York Prep School
Class of 2019 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended.
Avenues: The World School
Birch Wathen Lenox
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
*Dwight School
Dwight-Englewood School
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Friends Seminary
*Grace Church School
*Hackley School
High School for Math, Science & Engineering
*Horace Mann School
*Loyola School
Middlesex School
Northside Charter High School
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School
The Browning School
The Chapin School
*The Dalton School
The Facing History School
*The Packer Collegiate Institute
*Poly Prep Country Day School
*Trevor Day School
York Prep School
Class of 2018 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Blair Academy
Cardinal Hayes High School
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
*Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Fordham Preparatory School
*Grace Church School
Kent School
Loyola School
LREI
New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+M)
Poly Prep Country Day School
Riverdale Country School
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
The Brearley School
*The Chapin School
The Dalton School
The Lawrenceville School
*Trevor Day School
*Trinity School
York Preparatory School
Class of 2017 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Avenues: The World School
Berkshire School
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
*Dwight-Englewood School
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
*Grace Church School
Horace Mann School
Marvelwood School
Millbrook School
Riverdale Country School
*Rudolf Steiner School
Salisbury School
*The Berkeley Carroll School
The Brearley School
The Browning School
The Chapin School
The Masters School
*The Nightingale-Bamford School
*The Packer Collegiate Institute
*Trevor Day School
Class of 2016 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Avenues
Birch Wathen Lenox
*Columbia Prep
*Dalton
Dwight Englewood
Ethel Walker
*Fieldston
George Washington Academy
Grace Church
Heschel
Horace Mann
Information Technology High School
Little Red/Elisabeth Irwin
Maria Regina High School
Nightingale-Bamford
*Packer Collegiate
*Poly Prep
Riverdale
Sacred Heart
The Gunnery
*Trevor Day
Trinity
UNIS
Class of 2015 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Choate Rosemary Hall
*Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Emma Willard School
*Fieldston School
*Grace Church School
*Horace Mann School
Millbrook School
*Packer Collegiate Institute
Poly Prep Country Day School
Professional Children’s School
*Riverdale Country School
Saint Ann’s School
The Bronx High School of Science
The Hewitt School
The Hotchkiss School
The Spence School
The Taft School
The World School, Avenues
*Trevor Day School
*Westminster School
Class of 2014 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Avenues
*Columbia Prep
Convent of the Sacred Heart
*Elisabeth Irwin High School
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Grace Church School
Horace Mann School
Poly Prep Country Day School
Regis High School
Saint Ann’s School
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
*The Dalton School
The Hewitt School
The Lawrenceville School
The Packer Collegiate Institute
The Riverdale Country School
The Spence School
*Trevor Day School
*Trinity School
Class of 2013 High School Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Bayside High School
Brooklyn College Academy
*Columbia Prep
Edgemont High School
*Ethical Culture Fieldston School
*Horace Mann School
St. Andrew’s School
The Berkeley Carroll School
The Bronx High School of Science
*The Browning School
The Dalton School
The Hewitt School
*The Packer Collegiate Institute
*The Riverdale Country School
The Rudolf Steiner School
The Spence School
Trevor Day School
*Trinity School
College Destinations
Class of 2017 College Destinations
*Indicates two or more Town alumni/ae enrolled.
Bates College
Boston College
*Boston University
*Brown University
Case Western Reserve
Claremont of McKenna College
*Cornell University
Dartmouth College
*Elms College
*Emory University
George Washington University
Hamilton College
Lehigh University
Loyola - New Orleans
N.Y.U. Tisch School
Northeastern University
Purdue
Skidmore College
Stanford
Syracuse
Tulane University
University of Chicago
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Williams College
Class of 2016 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Brown University
Bucknell University
Carlton College
Concordia College
*Cornell University
*Duke University
Elon University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Kenyon College
McGill University
Morgan State University
*Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Skidmore College
Tufts University
University of British Columbia
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of Wisconsin
Villanova
*Wake Forest University
Yale University
Class of 2015 College Destinations
*Indicates two or more Town graduates enrolled.
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Colgate University
*Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Georgetown
Haverford College
Kenyon College
*New York University
Northwestern University
Pomona College
Rhode Island School of Design
Sarah Lawrence College
St. Andrew's - Scottland
Stanford University
Tufts University
*Tulane University
University of Chicago
University of Denver
*University of Michigan
University of Vermont
Washington University in St. Louis
*Wesleyan University
Class of 2014 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more Town graduates attended
Amherst College
Art Institute of Chicago
Bard College
Bates
Brown University
Chapman University
*Cornell University
*Emory University
Georgetown University
New York University
*Northwestern University
Occidental College
Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts Acting
*Tufts University
*Tulane University
University of Arizona
University of Chicago
University of Colorado
*University of Pennsylvania
University of San Diego
Washington University in St. Louis
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University
Class of 2013 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
*Cornell University
*Dickinson College
*Emory University
Georgetown University
Gettysburg College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Lehigh University
McGill University
Muhlenberg College
*Northwestern University
Quinnipiac College
Southern Methodist University
Tufts University
*Union College
University of Milan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Class of 2012 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
American University of Paris
Bard College
Brown University
Cornell University
Fordham University
Franklin and Marshall College
George Washington University
*Georgetown University
Harvard University
Howard University
Loyola Marymount University
Macalester College
New York University
Northwestern University
*Occidental College
Pennsylvania State University
Skidmore College
St. John's College, New Mexico
Syracuse University
Tufts University
University of Chicago
*University of Pennsylvania
*University of Southern California
University of Toronto
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin
*Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Washington University in St. Louis
Class of 2011 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Boston University
Brandeis University
Colgate University
Columbia University
*Cornell University
Delaware University
*Duke University
*Emory University
Kenyon College
Loyola Marymount
New York University
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Syracuse University
The New School
Trinity University
*Tufts University
Tulane University
University of California, Berkeley
*University of Chicago
Washington University
Wesleyan University
Williams College
*Yale University
Class of 2010 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Amherst College
Brooklyn College
*Bucknell University
Carlton College
Carnegie Mellon University
*Colgate University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Emory University
Franklin & Marshall College
*Hamilton College
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Ithaca College
Juniata College
*New York University
*Pomona College
Southern Methodist University
Tufts University
University at Albany, SUNY
University of Maine
University of Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt University
Washington University
Class of 2009 College Destinations
*Indicates that two or more graduates attended
Boston College
Boston University
Clemson University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dickinson College
Emory University
Evergreen State College
Grennell College
Harvard University
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
*Kenyon College
New York University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Stanford University
*Syracuse University
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of Denver
*University of Michigan
*University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
University of St. Andrews
University of Texas Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Villanova University
Washington University