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St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades 9-12·~1,100 students
CatholicCo-edAffordable
Tuition$11.5K/yr
TypeCatholic
Students~1,100
STATEN ISLAND
Best Pre-K Schools in Staten Island under $20K
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Looking for the best pre-k schools in Staten Island? We track 11 K-12 options that serve pre-k grades. Annual tuition ranges from $6.2K/yr to $17.5K/yr, with a median of $11K/yr across schools that publish a number. Staten Island has the highest concentration with 11 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: Scholarship-friendly, Tuition-Free.
Showing 10 of 11 Staten Island schools
- 2Monsignor Farrell High School
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades 9-12·~900 students
CatholicAffordableTuition$12.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~900 - 3St. Joseph Hill Academy
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-12·~650 students
CatholicAffordableTuition$12K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~650 - 4Moore Catholic High School
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades 9-12·~400 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$11K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~400 - 5Notre Dame Academy
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-12·~400 students
CatholicAffordableTuition$12.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~400 - 6Hebrew Academy of Staten Island
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-8·~250 students
JewishCo-edAffordableTuition$17.5K/yrTypeJewishStudents~250 - 7St. Clare Catholic Academy
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-8·~500 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$6.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~500 - 8Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Academy
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-8·~400 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$6.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~400 - 9St. Charles School
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-8·~300 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$6.5K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~300 - 10Holy Rosary School
Staten Island·Richmond County·Grades PK-8·~250 students
CatholicCo-edAffordableTuition$6.8K/yrTypeCatholicStudents~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 Staten Island?
Across the 11 schools on this list, annual tuition ranges from $6.2K/yr to $17.5K/yr, with a median of $11K/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 Staten Island?
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?
St. Adalbert Catholic Academy is the smallest with 200 students; St. Joseph by-the-Sea 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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