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Bay Ridge Preparatory School
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades PK-12·~550 students
Co-ed
Tuition$38.5K/yr
TypePrivate
Students~550
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Best Pre-K Schools in Brooklyn
Independent rankings of Pre-K schools in Brooklyn, built from director interviews and verified data — never from school payments.
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Looking for the best pre-k schools in Brooklyn? We track 38 K-12 options that serve pre-k grades. Annual tuition ranges from $6.5K/yr to $78.5K/yr, with a median of $41.1K/yr across schools that publish a number. Brooklyn has the highest concentration with 38 schools.
Admissions processes vary by school. AdmitCompass surfaces the deadlines, test requirements, and tuition for each campus on its detail page, so families can build a balanced reach / target / safety list. Every school is re-verified through direct outreach to admissions teams; data is refreshed on a 180-day cadence and timestamped on each profile.
See also: Pre-K, Elementary, High.
Showing 10 of 38 Brooklyn schools
- 2Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades PK-12·~200 students
Co-edTuition$27.2K/yrTypePrivateStudents~200 - 3Visitation Academy
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades N-8·~175 students
CatholicAffordableTuition$11.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~175 - 4Hannah Senesh Community Day School
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades K-8·~240 students
JewishCo-edTuition$35.9K/yrTypeJewishStudents~240 - 5Brooklyn Waldorf School
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades N-8·~230 students
Co-edTuition$36.5K/yrTypePrivateStudents~230 - 6Congregation Beth Elohim Yachad Early Childhood Center
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades N-K·~220 students
JewishCo-edTuition$32.5K/yrTypeJewishStudents~220 - 7Brooklyn Free School
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades K-12·~70 students
Co-edTuition$22.5K/yrTypePrivateStudents~70 - 8Saint Mark Catholic Academy
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades PK-8·~365 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$6.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~365 - 9Saint Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Academy
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades PK-8·~240 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$7.8K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~240 - 10PS 321 William Penn
Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades PK-5·~1,250 students
Co-edTuitionFreeTypePublicStudents~1,250
How we rank these schools
Built relationships, not scrapers. AdmitCompass ranks schools using a composite score that blends four signals: enrollment size (a proxy for stability and program breadth), tuition reasonableness within the local market, freshness of our most recent verification, and a small bonus for schools with full admissions detail published on their profile.
Public data comes from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and each school's own admissions pages. The information that actually matters to most families — acceptance rates, deadlines, what a director cares about — comes from direct interviews with school directors and admissions coaches across our active markets.
We do not publish scoring weights or per-axis thresholds. That keeps the moat intact: the rankings reflect actual conversations with people inside schools, not a formula anyone with a crawler could clone. Every profile is re-verified on a 180-day cadence, and the "last updated" date is timestamped on every school page.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the average tuition for pre-k schools in Brooklyn?
Across the 38 schools on this list, annual tuition ranges from $6.5K/yr to $78.5K/yr, with a median of $41.1K/yr. Many schools offer financial aid, sibling discounts, or accept Florida Step Up / FES scholarships — check each school's detail page for current aid policy.
How competitive is admission in Brooklyn?
Admissions selectivity ranges from open-enrollment (most charters and parish schools) to highly selective (top independent K-12 programs). Each school's profile page lists deadlines, test requirements, and any published acceptance rate.
What's the smallest and largest school on this list?
Brooklyn Free School is the smallest with 70 students; PS 321 William Penn is the largest at 1250. Smaller schools tend to offer more direct teacher contact and tighter community; larger schools usually have more elective and extracurricular breadth.
Is this list updated?
Yes. We re-verify school data on a 180-day cadence through direct contact with admissions teams, plus cross-checks against FLDOE, NCES, and published school sources. Each school profile shows the date of its most recent verification.
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