Yeshiva Of Central Queens (Top Ranked Private School for 2026-27)

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Top Ranked NY School
Grades: Prekindergarten-8
Enrollment: 734 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

School Rankings

Yeshiva Of Central Queens ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for:

School Facts

Religious Affiliation

Jewish

Grades Offered

Grades Prekindergarten-8

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Yeshiva Of Central Queens
Pre-K	29
Kind	103
1	101
2	101
3	103
4	97
5	3
6	99
7	96
8	2

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ADD/ADHD Support

Yes

Learning Difference Programs

Yes

Year Founded

1991

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Student Body

Total Students

734 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

State avg.: 39%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

137 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

5:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

School Notes

Yeshiva Education for Special Students was founded in September of 1992.
It is the only full-service, professional, special education yeshiva elementary school in Queens, serving girls and boys, grades K-8, with learning disabilities, ADD and language processing disorders.
In addition to full curricula in both general and Judaic studies, YESS! is unique in offering individualized integration and mainstreaming at the award-winning Yeshiva of Central Queens.
YESS! is located on the premises of YCQ and our students are embraced by YCQ students, administrators, and faculty members.
In the recent past, YESS! students have starred on the YCQ basketball team, sparkled in the YCQ choir, and lained and davened for the YCQ minyan.
It is the philosophy of YESS! that all Jewish children, regardless of their cognitive or physical challenges, have a place in the mainstream of the Jewish community.
YESS! is committed to maintaining a nurturing, creative, child-centered school environment, to implementing the latest and finest methods of individualized special education for general and Judaic studies, and to maximizing mainstreaming and integration for each child.

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The average private school tuition in Queens County, NY is $9,815 for elementary schools and $14,459 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).

The average acceptance rate in Queens County, NY is 83% (read more about average acceptance rates across the country).