Top 5 Best New York Private High Schools with Special Program Emphasis (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 20 private high schools with special program emphasis serving 9,837 students in New York.

The top ranked with special program emphasis private high schools in New York include Saint Therese Classical Academy and Chesterton Academy, THINK Global School and The Waldorf School Of Garden City.

The average acceptance rate is 67%, which is lower than the New York private high school average acceptance rate of 74%.

45% of private high schools with special program emphasis in New York are religiously affiliated (most commonly Jewish and Catholic).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.