High School Placement
Manhattan Country School students attend a wide range of high schools, including independent day and boarding and the specialized public schools, such as Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School and LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
Beginning in 7th grade, a comprehensive counseling program helps prepare students for a transition to high school, which begins with a parent conference with our Placement Director. Students are assisted throughout the selection and application process. Eighth graders attend a weekly class, where they practice writing essays and interview representatives from visiting high schools.
Our students often gain admission to their first choice selections. In recent years, MCS students have chosen to attend the following high schools:
Bard High School Early College
The Beacon School
The Berkeley Carroll School
Brooklyn Friends School
The Bronx High School of Science
The Calhoun School
Collegiate School
The Dalton School
The Dwight School
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Elisabeth Irwin High School
Fieldston School
Fordham Preparatory School
Friends Seminary
The George School
The Hackley School
The H.S. of Math, Science & Engineering at City College
High School of Art and Design
Horace Mann School
The Lawrenceville School
LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Loyola School
Marymount School
Millennium High School
Nightingale-Bamford School
Northfield Mount Hermon School
The Packer Collegiate Institute
Phillips Academy, Andover
Professional Children’s School
The Putney School
Riverdale Country School
Rudolf Steiner School
Stuyvesant High School
Talent Unlimited High School
Trevor Day School
Trinity School
The Westminster School
Westtown School
Xavier High School
York Preparatory School