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The Abraham Joshua Heschel School
Estimated acceptance rate: 25%
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Key Facts
Last verified: 5/25/2026Location
New York, New York County, NY. Approximate area — the exact campus location isn’t verified yet.
About
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School is a coeducational N-12 pluralistic Jewish independent day school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, founded in 1983 and named for the theologian and civil rights leader Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. The school operates a dual curriculum integrating general studies and Judaic studies, with Hebrew language instruction beginning in nursery. Pluralistic in orientation, Heschel welcomes Jewish families across the denominational spectrum. The school has a Lower School, Middle School, and a High School located on the West Side, with a college-preparatory curriculum that includes a senior-year Israel trip and capstone projects.
Admission
- Test Required
- No
- Interview
- Required
- Essay
- Required
- Recommendation Letters
- 2
- Deadline
- Thu Jan 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
- Rolling Admissions
- No
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Data Sources (3)
- Heschel AdmissionsData from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/25/2026
- Deep enrich iter5Data from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/27/2026
- Collected: 6/3/2026