This page compares 20 international schools in New York with lower published tuition, drawn from the 32 schools ExpatSchoolGuide lists in the city. The lowest published annual fee is $ 10,000 and the highest in this comparison set is $ 70,000, quoted in $.
"Affordable" here means lower published tuition relative to other schools in New York — not a judgement about quality, and not an objective list of the cheapest schools in the city. Fees vary by year group and rise through secondary school, and most schools charge registration, transport, uniform and examination costs on top of tuition.
| School | Curriculum | Ages | Lowest published fee | Highest published fee | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Japanese School of New York | Japanese | 6-15 | 10,000 | 16,000 | $ |
| Brooklyn Amity School | American | 3-18 | 15,000 | 70,000 | $ |
| The German International School New York | German, IB, Bilingual | 3-18 | 20,000 | 32,000 | $ |
| Nord Anglia International School New York | IB, Cambridge IGCSE, British | 3 to 5 years | 23,600 | 57,800 | $ |
| Grace Church School | American | 3-18 | 25,800 | 54,450 | $ |
| La Scuola d’Italia New York | IB | 3–18 | 28,665 | 37,485 | $ |
| Brooklyn Friends School | American | 2-18 | 31,630 | 65,575 | $ |
| The British International School of New York | British, IB | 3-18 | 35,000 | 48,000 | $ |
| Léman Manhattan Preparatory School | IB, American | 2-18 | 35,000 | 52,000 | $ |
| Poly Prep Country Day School | American | 3-18 | 35,500 | 65,400 | $ |
| International School of Brooklyn | IB | 3-14 | 37,100 | 46,300 | $ |
| French-American School of New York | IB | 3-18 | 37,950 | 46,825 | $ |
| Dwight School | IB | 2-18 | 40,000 | 55,000 | $ |
| Trevor Day School | American | 3-18 | 42,000 | 62,500 | $ |
| Saint Ann's School | American | 4-18 | 42,000 | 54,000 | $ |
| BASIS Independent Brooklyn | BASIS Curriculum; Advanced Placement (AP) | 3-18 | 44,720 | 44,720 | $ |
| Avenues The World School | American, IB, Bilingual | 2-18 | 45,000 | 58,000 | $ |
| Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School | American | 4-18 | 45,000 | 58,000 | $ |
| Ethical Culture Fieldston School | American | 4-18 | 45,000 | 56,000 | $ |
| United Nations International School | IB | 4-18 | 46,856 | 52,167 | $ |
The figures above are annual tuition as published by each school, quoted in $. Where a school publishes a range, the lower figure normally applies to the earliest year groups and the higher figure to the senior school. Application and registration fees, deposits, transport, uniform, meals, trips and external examination entries are commonly billed separately.
Across this comparison set the curricula on offer are American (10 schools), IB (10 schools), Bilingual (2 schools), British (2 schools), Japanese (1 school), German (1 school).
The age ranges above show the full span each school covers. A school with a lower starting fee may still cost more overall if fees step up sharply at secondary level, so check the published fee for the year group your child will enter and the years after it.
ExpatSchoolGuide does not rank schools by price alone. Among the 32 schools in New York that publish tuition, the lowest published annual fee is $ 10,000 at The Japanese School of New York. Published fees usually cover tuition only and vary by year group, so confirm current figures with the school.
Across the schools compared here, published annual tuition runs from $ 10,000 to $ 70,000 ($). Registration, transport, uniform and examination charges are normally additional and are not included in these figures.
The comparison table lists the 20 schools in New York with the lowest published annual tuition in the ExpatSchoolGuide dataset, alongside curriculum and age range. A further 0 schools in New York do not publish fees and are shown separately as "Not published".
Yes. Nord Anglia International School New York teaches a British curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among British-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at $ 23,600.
Yes. Brooklyn Amity School teaches an American curriculum and has the lowest published annual tuition among American-curriculum schools in this comparison, starting at $ 15,000.
The lower-fee schools compared here teach American, IB, Bilingual, British, Japanese, German. Curriculum information comes from each school's own published material. Accreditation and examination centre status should be confirmed directly with the school.
This page compares the international schools ExpatSchoolGuide already lists in New York, ordered by the lowest annual tuition each school publishes. It is not an editorial ranking, no school pays to be included or excluded, and fees a school does not publish are shown as "Not published" rather than estimated.