Best Independent (non-religious) Schools in Queens

12 schools match. Top 10 ranked by size, tuition fit, and freshness of our data.

Queens has 12 independent (non-religious) K-12 schools in our database, drawn from FLDOE, NCES, and direct outreach to school directors. Annual tuition ranges from $6.8K/yr to $32.5K/yr, with a median of $6.8K/yr across schools that publish a number.

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: Private, Charter, Catholic.

  1. 1

    Garden School

    Jackson Heights, Queens County · Grades PK-12

    Tuition
    $32.5K/yr
    Type
    private
    • ~300 students
  2. 2

    The Kew-Forest School

    Forest Hills, Queens County · Grades PK-12

    Tuition
    $31.5K/yr
    Type
    private
  3. 3

    Yeshiva Har Torah

    Little Neck, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $22K/yr
    Type
    private
  4. 4

    Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe

    Kew Gardens Hills, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $15K/yr
    Type
    private
  5. 5

    Most Precious Blood Catholic Academy

    Astoria, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $6.8K/yr
    Type
    private
  6. 6

    St. Sebastian Catholic Academy

    Woodside, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $6.8K/yr
    Type
    private
  7. 7

    Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy

    Whitestone, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $6.8K/yr
    Type
    private
  8. 8

    Resurrection-Ascension Catholic Academy

    Rego Park, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $6.8K/yr
    Type
    private
  9. 9

    St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy

    Flushing, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $6.8K/yr
    Type
    private
  10. 10

    St. Anastasia Catholic Academy

    Douglaston, Queens County · Grades

    Tuition
    $6.8K/yr
    Type
    private
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 Queens?
Across the 12 schools on this list, annual tuition ranges from $6.8K/yr to $32.5K/yr, with a median of $6.8K/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 in Queens?
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.
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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