Horace Mann School vs. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

Horace Mann is a co-educational college preparatory day school enrolling students in Nursery through Twelfth Grade.

Horace Mann seeks to educate and nurture its students and to help them fulfill their potential.

To attain this goal, the School provides a challenging and rigorous set of academic and extracurricular programs within a caring and supportive environment.

Students are encouraged to test and learn about themselves, to develop a concern for others and to grow intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally.

The School seeks to foster a capacity in each individual for clear and creative thought.

Established in 1764 and located in New York City, CGPS is the oldest nonsectarian independent school in the United States and a leader in student-centered learning, educating children in Pre-K through 12th grade.

CGPS nurtures each student's unique passions and talents inside and outside the classroom, unifying and inspiring members of its community in a rigorous but relaxed learning environment, preparing them for the finest colleges and instilling in them the confidence, ethical values and sense of purpose to embrace challenges, to achieve their dreams and to improve the world.