Cheder Beer Yeshaya
under 1 mi Grades K-8 119 students 6.2 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
Private schools in Suffern, NY
5 schools in Suffern itself and 37 more within 6 miles.
Suffern private schools at a glance
Suffern has 5 private schools of its own, and 37 more are within 6 miles. In Suffern itself: 5 of other faiths; 1 teaches elementary grades and 4 teach high school. Of the 37 nearby: 3 nonsectarian and 34 of other faiths. 11 are all-girls and 26 are all-boys; the rest are co-ed. The typical school has about 120 students and 12.1 per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
12.1 students per teacher, typical
1 in a school association
65% of graduates to a 4-year college, typical high school
Private schools in Suffern (5)
Schools that give Suffern as their address come first, then the 37 more within 6 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 Suffern matches all of those.
Yeshiva Shefa Chaim
1 mi Grades 9-11 57 students 18.4 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
Grades 9-12 50 students 6 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 66% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 60 students 8 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 25% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 23 students 7.4 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
Nearby, within 6 miles (37)
Schools in other towns within 6 miles of downtown Suffern.
No nearby school matches all of those.
Grades 3-12 85 students 8.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 172 students 7.4 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 0% to 4-year college
Yeshiva Kinyan Torah
3 mi Grades 9-11 144 students 11.2 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
Grades 9-12 140 students 21.5 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 65% to 4-year college
Grades Ungraded 106 students 7.6 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
Grades 9-12 120 students 6.2 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 89% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 192 students 21.3 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 100% to 4-year college
Grades K-12 209 students 12.3 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 71% to 4-year college
Mesifta Beth Shraga
4 mi Grades 9-12 94 students 20.9 students per teacher Jewish Special program emphasis All-boys 100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 2,602 students 13.1 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 40% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 2,123 students 19.7 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 80% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 99 students 13.2 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12 1,183 students 26.3 students per teacher Jewish All-girls 0% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12 45 students 3.7 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 0% to 4-year college
Yeshiva Ner Torah
4 mi Grades 9-12 15 students 3 students per teacher Jewish All-boys 20% to 4-year college
Grades 1-8 320 students 14.3 students per teacher Jewish All-girls
Mesivta Ziev Hatorah
4 mi Grades 8-10 20 students Jewish Special education All-boys
Grades PreK-8 623 students 9.6 students per teacher Jewish All-girls
Yeshiva Ohr Torah
4 mi Grades 8-10 100 students 12.8 students per teacher Jewish All-boys
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- Jewish schools in and around Suffern (39)
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How many private schools are there in Suffern?
5 private schools give Suffern as their address: Cheder Beer Yeshaya, Yeshiva Shefa Chaim, Yeshiva Tiferes Shmuel, Shaarei Torah of Rockland and Tiferet Torah - Sephardic Heritage Center. Counting nearby towns, we list 42: 5 in Suffern and 37 within 6 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 13,489 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Suffern is Cheder Beer Yeshaya with 119 students. The largest within 6 miles is Talmud Torah Meorhachaim Viznitz with 2,602 students.
Does New York pay for private school?
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.