St. Michaels Elementary School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-5 61 students 10 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Private schools in Penn Yan, NY
8 schools in Penn Yan itself and 5 more within 12 miles.
Penn Yan private schools at a glance
Penn Yan has 8 private schools of its own, and 5 more are within 12 miles. In Penn Yan itself: 1 Catholic and 7 other Christian; 8 teach elementary grades and 1 teaches high school. Counting the 5 nearby, there are 13 in all: 1 Catholic and 12 other Christian; 13 teach elementary grades and 1 teaches high school. 1 is all-girls; the rest are co-ed. 2 report membership in a school association, most often the National Catholic Educational Association (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 28 students and 12.5 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
1 Catholic
12.5 students per teacher, typical
Private schools in Penn Yan (8)
Schools that give Penn Yan as their address come first, then the 5 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 Penn Yan matches all of those.
Emmanuel Baptist Academy
under 1 mi Grades K-12 41 students 6.8 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed
Grades 1-8 27 students 13.5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-8 28 students 14 students per teacher Mennonite All-girls
Grades 1-8 33 students 16.5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-8 23 students 11.5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Valley View School
5 mi Grades 1-8 28 students 14 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-8 28 students 17.5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (5)
Schools in other towns within 12 miles of downtown Penn Yan.
No nearby school matches all of those.
Grades PreK-8 32 students 16 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-8 28 students 10.8 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-8 16 students 8.4 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-8 18 students 9.5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
Grades 1-7 20 students 12.5 students per teacher Mennonite Co-ed
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How many private schools are there in Penn Yan?
8 private schools give Penn Yan as their address. Counting nearby towns, we list 13: 8 in Penn Yan and 5 within 12 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 383 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Penn Yan is St. Michaels Elementary School with 61 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.