Special education schools in New York (146)

By city

The 40 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
The Windward School	White Plains	1-9	960	4	Nonsectarian
Stanley G Falk School	Buffalo	K-12	554	5.1	Nonsectarian
Mary McDowell Friends School	Brooklyn	K-12	431	3.1	Friends
The Churchill School & Center	New York	2-12	394	not reported	Nonsectarian
Windward School the - NYC	New York	2-8	340	8.5	Nonsectarian
Cooke School	New York	K-12	317	3.6	Nonsectarian
The Hagedorn Little Village School	Seaford	Ungraded	307	not reported	Nonsectarian
The Center for Discovery	Harris	Ungraded	276	5.6	Nonsectarian
The Child School - Legacy High School	Roosevelt Island	1-12	266	9.5	Nonsectarian
Westchester School for Special Children	Yonkers	PreK	259	8.9	Nonsectarian
Mary Cariola Center	Rochester	K-12	253	4.4	Nonsectarian
The Hallen School	New Rochelle	2-12	252	7.6	Nonsectarian
Shefa School	New York	1-8	215	2.9	Jewish
Martin de Porres	Elmont	Ungraded	213	10.1	Nonsectarian
Green Chimneys School	Brewster	2-12	209	5.1	Nonsectarian
Beyond Learning Center	Depew	PreK	202	5.5	Nonsectarian
Lexington School for the Deaf	East Elmhurst	PreK-12	198	5	Nonsectarian
Baker Hall School	Lackawanna	PreK-12	193	5.2	Nonsectarian
Mary McDowell Friends Upper School	Brooklyn	9-12	180	2.4	Friends
Upstate Cerebral Palsy	Utica	PreK	180	7.8	Nonsectarian
Brookville Center for Childrens Services Edu #10	Glen Head	PreK	174	4.6	Nonsectarian
The Gateway School	New York	K-8	156	3.2	Nonsectarian
Lowell High School	Flushing	9-12	153	7	Nonsectarian
Rebecca School	New York	Ungraded	153	6.4	Nonsectarian
Summit School	Jamaica	9-12	151	6.4	Nonsectarian
The Arc Erie County New York	Cheektowaga	Ungraded	147	6.1	Nonsectarian
Anderson Center for Autism	Staatsburg	Ungraded	144	5.5	Nonsectarian
Reece School	New York	1-9	139	3.7	Nonsectarian
Baker	Lackawanna	K-12	139	7	Nonsectarian
Neil Hellman School/Northern Rivers Family Service	Albany	3-12	138	4.6	Nonsectarian
The Children's Learning Center	Roosevelt	PreK	137	10.2	Nonsectarian
Stanley G. Falk School	Cheektowaga	7-12	136	5	Nonsectarian
Darchai Menachem	Brooklyn	K-12	135	7.2	Jewish, all-boys
Tiegerman High School	Richmond Hill	9-12	132	7.3	Nonsectarian
Aspire of Wny/Ctr for Learning	Cheektowaga	PreK	131	7.7	Nonsectarian
Jewish Center for Special Educ	Brooklyn	Ungraded	127	5.4	Jewish
Orchard School	Yonkers	1-9	127	5.1	Nonsectarian
Gateway-Longview Lynde School	Williamsville	K-12	123	3.8	Nonsectarian
Tiegerman Middle School	Glen Cove	7-9	123	7.4	Nonsectarian
Developmental Disabilities Institute Huntington	Huntington	Ungraded	123	8.2	Nonsectarian

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