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St. Ann's School

129 Pierrepont St Brooklyn, NY 11201

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • Top Ranked NY School
  • School Type: Alternative School
  • Grades: Prekindergarten-12
  • Enrollment: 1,101 students
  • Application Deadline: None / Rolling
  • Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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About the School

  • Saint Ann's School is not unusual in wanting to prepare children creatively and efficiently in the academic disciplines and the arts, and surely not unique in wanting students who demonstrate amply the necessary aptitude and motivation.
  • What is out of the ordinary, we think, is our habit of giving students freedom to achieve, to value learning more than propriety, to trust the unadorned pleasures of learning, unassisted by point scores, prizes, rankings, and punishments.
  • At Saint Ann's it is hard to distinguish curriculum from community.
  • A curriculum is traditionally thought of as a sequence of concepts and details, assumed to be related to each other, and thought to be learnable in a given period.
  • For us, however, the curriculum is pervasive: a vehicle for learning skills as well as facts; the medium of our friendship with children; a source of humor and poetry; a focus for activities across the disciplines and for formalisms from art to algebra.
  • It is also a way for our students to reach us.
  • As we share enthusiasm, it becomes our common ground, the center around which a group can be built, in the classroom and beyond it.

Quick Facts (2026-27)

  • Top Ranked NY School
  • School Type: Alternative School
  • Grades: Prekindergarten-12
  • Enrollment: 1,101 students
  • Application Deadline: None / Rolling
  • Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Rankings

St. Ann's School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for:

Category
Attribute
Student Body

School Facts

School Type
Religious Affiliation
Grades Offered
Grades Prekindergarten-12
Students By Grade
Year Founded
1965
School Calendar

Student Body

Total Students
1,101 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
% Students of Color
27%
State avg.: 39%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers
194 teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
6:1
National avg.:

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline
None / Rolling

Sports

Colors
White, Blue, Gold
School Mascot
Owl On Athenian Coin

Frequently Asked Questions

What schools are St. Ann's School often compared to?
St. Ann's School is often viewed alongside schools like Brooklyn Friends School by visitors of our site.
What is St. Ann's School's ranking?
St. Ann's School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in New York for: Largest student body.
When is the application deadline for St. Ann's School?
The application deadline for St. Ann's School is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).
In what neighborhood is St. Ann's School located?
St. Ann's School is located in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. There are 3 other private schools located in Brooklyn Heights.

School Reviews

  5.00 out of 5  (2 reviews)
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I have always loved this school. It has always made me feel safe, and it has fostered my love of learning. Its no-grades policy has made me seek out the classes that I enjoy and the subjects I want to expand my knowledge in as opposed to what I think I'd get an A in. It has an amazing arts program, great English, pretty good science, and I love my current math teacher. Its athletics program is not great, although I love soccer and have loved my time there. The school has always made me feel safe and I always feel comfortable asking the adults there for help. I adore this school and would recommend it to any parent or student.
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Saint Ann`s is the perfect place for a growing child to prosper and succeed as they become older
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The average private school tuition in Brooklyn, NY is $22,864 for elementary schools and $25,194 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
The average acceptance rate in Brooklyn, NY is 79% (read more about average acceptance rates across the country).

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