Upper West Side, Manhattan Upper West Side Preschools & Schools The Upper West Side is one of Manhattan's most family-dense neighborhoods, tucked between Central Park and Riverside Park and built for life with young children. Its school landscape leans progressive and play-based, with a deep bench of long-established nursery schools, synagogue- and church-affiliated preschools, and some of the city's strongest zoned public elementary schools.
Below are the Upper West Side schools in The Foyer's database — from daycares and twos programs through nursery school and K–12 — with programs, tuition, and admissions details on each profile. Compare them side by side, or explore the neighborhood on the map.
46 schools in Upper West Side · 35 nursery / preschool & K–12 · 11 daycares
BASIS Independent Manhattan Lower School Private Enters at 3s Enters at K
Calhoun School Private Enters at 3s Enters at K Montessori
Central Park Montessori School Private Enters as Infant Montessori
Collegiate School Private Single sex
Enters at K
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School Private Enters at Pre-K Enters at K
Dwight School Private Enters as Infant Enters at K International Baccalaureate
Early Childhood Center at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Private Jewish-affiliated
Enters as Infant Reggio Emilia
Ethical Culture Fieldston School (Ethical Culture Campus) Private Enters at Pre-K Enters at K
Guidepost Montessori at Columbus Square Private Enters as Infant Montessori
JCC Manhattan - Turning 2s (Pre-Nursery) Private Jewish-affiliated
Enters as Toddler
La Escuelita Private Enters at 2s
Montclare Children's School Private Enters as Toddler
Morningside Montessori School Private Enters as Toddler Montessori
P.S. 199 Jessie Isador Straus Public / NYC DOE Enters at K
P.S. 333 Manhattan School for Children Public / NYC DOE Enters at K International Baccalaureate
P.S. 452 Public / NYC DOE Enters at 3s Enters at K
P.S. 87 William Sherman Public / NYC DOE Enters at K
P.S. 9 Sarah Anderson Public / NYC DOE Enters at Pre-K Enters at K
Park Children's Day School Private Enters at 2s
Park West Montessori School Private Enters as Infant Montessori
Riverside Montessori School Private Enters as Infant Montessori
Rodeph Sholom School Private Jewish-affiliated
Enters at 2s Enters at K
Saul & Carole Zabar Nursery School (JCC Manhattan) Private Jewish-affiliated
Enters at 2s Reggio Emilia
Special Music School Public / NYC DOE Enters at K
Stephen Gaynor School Private Enters at Pre-K Enters at K
Success Academy Upper West Public / NYC DOE Enters at K
The Abraham Joshua Heschel School Private Jewish-affiliated
Enters at 2s Enters at K
The Anderson School Public / NYC DOE Enters at K
The Brownstone School Private Enters at 2s
The Geneva School of Manhattan Private Christian-affiliated
Enters at 3s Enters at K
The Smith School Private Enters at K
The Studio School Private Enters as Infant Enters at K
Trinity School Private Enters at K
West Side Montessori School - Infant-Toddler & Twos Center Private Enters as Infant Montessori
West Side Montessori School - Multi-Age Program Private Mixed ages Montessori
Bright Horizons at West 63rd Daycare Enters as Infant
Bright Horizons at West 72nd Daycare Enters as Infant
Bright Horizons at West 89th Daycare Enters as Infant
Bright Horizons at West 96th Street Daycare Enters as Infant
Columbus Avenue KinderCare Daycare Enters as Infant
Goddard Riverside Early Childhood Center at Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center Daycare Enters at 2s
Goddard Riverside Early Childhood Center at West 91st Street Daycare Enters at 2s
NY Kids Club at 601 Amsterdam Ave Daycare Enters at 2s
NY Preschool & Kids Club at 168 Amsterdam Avenue Daycare Mixed ages
The Goddard School at 2495 Broadway Daycare Enters as Infant
Vivvi Upper West Side Daycare Enters as Infant