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Best Private Schools in Brooklyn under $20K

Independent rankings of Private schools in Brooklyn, built from director interviews and verified data — never from school payments.

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Brooklyn has 12 private K-12 schools in our database, drawn from FLDOE, NCES, and direct outreach to school directors. Annual tuition ranges from $6.5K/yr to $14.5K/yr, with a median of $10.8K/yr across schools that publish a number. Brooklyn has the highest concentration with 12 schools.

Private schools on this page set their own admissions criteria. Most ask for a school visit, prior records, and a family interview; competitive K and 6th-grade entry points often fill 6-9 months before the start of school. 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: ≈$0 with scholarship, Tuition-Free.

Showing 10 of 12 Brooklyn schools
How we rank

We rank by how well each school fits your family — academics, cost, distance, and values. Never by size, popularity, or payment (schools can’t pay for rank). The coarse admission-likelihood band is always free.

  1. 1
    Xaverian High School

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades 9-12·~1,100 students

    State-licensed

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$14.3K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~1,100
  2. 2
    Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades 9-12·~621 students

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$13.0K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~621
  3. 3
    St. Edmund Preparatory High School

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades 9-12·~510 students

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$14.5K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~510
  4. 4
    Fontbonne Hall Academy

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades 9-12·~380 students

    State-licensed

    CatholicAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$12.8K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~380
  5. 5
    Nazareth Regional High School

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades 9-12·~367 students

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$10.2K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~367
  6. 6
    Saint Saviour High School

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades 9-12·~270 students

    State-licensed

    CatholicAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$13.9K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~270
  7. 7
    Visitation Academy

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades N-8·~175 students

    State-licensed

    CatholicAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$11.5K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~175
  8. 8
    Saint Mark Catholic Academy

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades PK-8·~365 students

    State-licensed

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$6.5K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~365
  9. 9
    St. Athanasius Catholic Academy

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades ·~346 students

    NCES

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$6.5K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~346
  10. 10
    St. Bernadette Catholic Academy

    Brooklyn·Kings County·Grades ·~331 students

    CatholicCo-edAffordable
    Selective · estimate by type · data coming soon

    Selective private school — we don’t have a verified acceptance rate yet. Similar schools admit a solid share of applicants. A general signal by school type, not a personalized estimate.

    Tuition$6.5K/yr
    TypeCatholic
    Students~331
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 schools in Brooklyn?
Across the 12 schools on this list, annual tuition ranges from $6.5K/yr to $14.5K/yr, with a median of $10.8K/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 to private schools in Brooklyn?
Selective private schools review transcripts, teacher recommendations, an admissions test (ISEE or SSAT for grades 5-12), and an in-person visit. Acceptance rates vary widely — some schools accept nearly every qualified applicant, while top-tier programs admit fewer than 25%. Apply 9-12 months ahead of the start date.
What's the smallest and largest school on this list?
Salem Lutheran School is the smallest with 102 students; Xaverian High School is the largest at 1100. 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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Data last updated June 6, 2026. Rankings reflect director interviews and public DOE/NCES data. How we verify and rank.