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Bank Street School for Children
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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
Bank Street School for Children is a coeducational nursery through 8th grade progressive independent school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, founded in 1916 by Lucy Sprague Mitchell. The school serves as the laboratory school of Bank Street College of Education and is one of the most influential progressive schools in the United States. The curriculum is built around hands-on, experiential learning, integrated social studies, and developmental-interaction pedagogy known as the Bank Street Approach. Students typically continue to a wide range of New York independent and public secondary schools after 8th grade. The school is a member of ISAAGNY and accredited by NYSAIS.
Admission
- Test Required
- No
- Interview
- Required
- Essay
- Required
- Recommendation Letters
- 2
- Deadline
- Fri Jan 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
- Rolling Admissions
- No
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Data Sources (3)
- Bank Street AdmissionsData from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/25/2026
- Deep enrich iter6Data from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/27/2026
- Collected: 6/3/2026