Cascadilla School
1 mi Grades 12 Under 10 K-12 students Nonsectarian Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
Private schools in Ithaca, NY
4 schools in Ithaca itself and 1 more within 12 miles.
Ithaca private schools at a glance
Ithaca has 4 private schools of its own, and 1 more is within 12 miles. They are Cascadilla School, Eac Montessori School, Ithaca Montessori School and Ithaca Waldorf School. In Ithaca itself: 4 nonsectarian; 3 teach elementary grades and 1 teaches high school; 2 are Montessori. Counting the 1 nearby, there are 5 in all: 1 other Christian and 4 nonsectarian; 4 teach elementary grades and 2 teach high school; 2 are Montessori. All of them are co-ed. 3 report membership in a school association, most often the American Montessori Society (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 51 students and 4.3 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
Private schools in Ithaca (4)
Schools that give Ithaca as their address come first, then the 1 more within 12 miles. Closest schools first in each group. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
No school in Ithaca matches all of those.
Grades PreK-8 191 students 7.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 51 students 4.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis Co-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (1)
Schools in other towns within 12 miles of downtown Ithaca.
No nearby school matches all of those.
Grades PreK-12 65 students 3.8 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
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How many private schools are there in Ithaca?
4 private schools give Ithaca as their address: Cascadilla School, Eac Montessori School, Ithaca Montessori School and Ithaca Waldorf School. Counting nearby towns, we list 5: 4 in Ithaca and 1 within 12 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 314 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Ithaca is Eac Montessori School with 191 students.
Does New York pay for private school?
No state program pays private school tuition. No New York program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction. School districts provide busing to nonpublic school students who ask for it by April 1 and live within the distance limits, and lend textbooks on request.