Upper East Side Preschools & Schools

The Upper East Side is home to many of New York's oldest and most established independent schools, alongside a wide range of nursery schools, religiously affiliated preschools, and single-sex options. The neighborhood's programs tend to skew more traditional and academically structured than those downtown, set against the backdrop of Museum Mile and Carnegie Hill.

Here are the Upper East Side schools we track, from daycare through K–12. Each profile has program details, tuition, and admissions timelines; use compare to weigh a shortlist, or open the map to see them by location.

58 schools in Upper East Side · 53 nursery / preschool & K–12 · 5 daycares