The Calhoun School
PrivateNew York, NYPK-12
Key Facts
Last verified: 5/25/2026$60.5K/yr
Tuition
720
Students
7:1
Student-Teacher
PK-12
Grades
About
The Calhoun School is a coeducational PK-12 progressive independent day school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, founded in 1896 as the Jacobi School. The Lower School occupies a building on West 74th Street; the Middle and Upper School is on West 81st Street, in a building with a notable curved 'green' roof. Calhoun's curriculum emphasizes project-based learning, social justice, and the arts, with no class rank or letter grades in lower divisions. The all-inclusive tuition covers materials, lunch, field trips, and required overnight trips. Calhoun has been a leader in progressive K-12 pedagogy in NYC for over a century.
Admission
- Test Required
- No
- Interview
- Required
- Essay
- Required
- Recommendation Letters
- 2
- Deadline
- Fri Jan 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
- Rolling Admissions
- No
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Data Sources (2)
- Calhoun AdmissionsData from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/25/2026
- Deep enrich iter5Data from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/27/2026