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Best New York Private Schools Offering Diving Sport (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 9 private schools offering diving as an interscholastic sport serving 8,857 students in New York.
The top ranked offering diving sport private schools in New York include Emma Willard School, Xavier High School, and Albany Academies.
The average acceptance rate is 64%, which is lower than the New York private school average acceptance rate of 74%.
78% of private schools offering diving sport in New York are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic).

Top Private Schools Offering Diving Sport in New York (2025-26)

School
Location
Quick Facts
Albany Academies
135-140 Academy Road
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 429-2300
Gr: PK-12 | 680 students Avg. class size: 16 students Sports: 18 Tuition listed
Emma Willard School
Emma Willard School Photo
All-girls
285 Pawling Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 833-1301
Gr: 9-12 | 355 students Avg. class size: 12 students Sports: 17 | Extracurrculars: 17 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Fordham Preparatory School
Fordham Preparatory School Photo - Fordham Prep's mission is to form leaders in Faith, Scholarship, and Service through a college preparatory education in the Catholic Jesuit tradition.
All-boys (Catholic)
(1)
441 E. Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 367-7500
Gr: 9-12 | 946 students Avg. class size: 21 students Sports: 20 | Extracurrculars: 47 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Our Lady Of Mercy School For Young Women
Our Lady Of Mercy School For Young Women Photo - Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women is the only college preparatory, faith-based private school, exclusively for young women in the Rochester region. We build life-changing competence, confidence, and compassion that prepares and inspires young women to achieve the highest level of success in college, in career, and in the community.
All-girls (Catholic)
1437 Blossom Road
Rochester, NY 14610
(585) 288-7120
Gr: 6-12 | 680 students Avg. class size: 18 students Sports: 17 | Extracurrculars: 1 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
St. Francis Prep
St. Francis Prep Photo
(Catholic)
(1)
6100 Francis Lewis Blvd
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
(718) 423-8810
Gr: 9-12 | 2,420 students Avg. class size: 31 students Sports: 22 | Extracurrculars: 79 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
St. John The Baptist Diocesan High School
St. John The Baptist Diocesan High School Photo - SJB student produced Stained Glass in front lobby
(Catholic)
(3)
1170 Montauk Highway
West Islip, NY 11795
(631) 587-8000
Gr: 9-12 | 1,200 student Avg. class size: 28 students Sports: 28 | Extracurrculars: 2 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
St. Joseph By The Sea High School
St. Joseph By The Sea High School Photo - College Pride Day
(Catholic)
(2)
5150 Hylan Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10312
(718) 984-6500
Gr: 9-12 | 1,412 student Avg. class size: 35 students Sports: 24 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Xavier High School
Xavier High School Photo - A preview of Xavier's personalized college counseling program.
All-boys (Catholic)
(1)
30 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 924-7900
Gr: 9-12 | 944 students Avg. class size: 23 students Sports: 20 | Extracurrculars: 66 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Notre Dame High School
(Catholic)
73 Union St
Batavia, NY 14020
(585) 343-2783
Gr: 9-12 | 220 students Avg. class size: 15 students Sports: 15 Tuition & acceptance rate listed

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