NYC private school teachers make up to $17,000 less than parents pay in tuition — per pupil

Nypost · May 21, 2026 · 1062 words · By Rikki Schlott

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NYC private school teachers make up to $17,000 less than parents pay in tuition — per pupil See more of our coverage in your search results.

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NYC private school teachers make up to $17,000 less than parents pay in tuition — per pupil See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleSome teachers are making less than their students are paying in tuition at tony New York City private schools.

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A Post investigation revealed that, at some of the city’s best private K-12 schools, a full time teacher can make more than $17,000 less than their own students’ parents pay for them to attend Kindergarten.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 19 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Tuition [at Collegiate] is $68,900.”

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The evidence provided contains general information about tuition and the school's history, but does not specify the tuition amount for Collegiate School.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Collegiate School is an all-boys private school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. Founded by Dutch colonists in either 1628 or 1638, it is the nation's oldest private secondary schoo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_School_(New_York_Ci…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Collegiate School is a private, day, preparatory school for boys and girls located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. The student body of Collegiate comprises about 1,600 total students from Junior…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_School_(Richmond,_V…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Free education is education funded through government spending or charitable organizations rather than tuition funding. Primary school and other comprehensive or compulsory education is free in most c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_education

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Claim 2: “At Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, students pay $59,000.”

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The evidence confirms the existence and location of Riverdale Country School but does not provide the specific tuition amount of $59,000.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS), also known more simply as Fieldston or Ethical Culture, is a private pre-K through twelfth grade coeducational school in New York City with two campuses, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Culture_Fieldston_Scho…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of alumni of Riverdale Country School, a college preparatory day school in New York City, includes graduates and students who did not graduate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Riverdale_Country_Scho…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Riverdale Country School is a co-educational, independent, college-preparatory day school in New York City serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is located on two campuses covering more t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdale_Country_School

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Claim 3: “A spokesperson for the school [Fieldston] told The Post the median teachers earn is higer, at $137,000.”

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Claim 4: “while tuition [at Brearley] is $66,800.”

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Claim 5: “At the all girls Nightingale-Bamford School on the Upper East Side, a Kindergarten associate teacher could make as little as $54,000 and only as much as $60,000, according to a recent job posting.”

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While evidence confirms the school's existence and a general salary range for the school (Zippia: $50k to $97k), there is no specific evidence for the $54,000 to $60,000 range for Kindergarten associate teachers.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Nightingale-Bamford School is an independent all-female university-preparatory school founded in 1920 by Frances Nicolau Nightingale and Maya Stevens Bamford. Located on Manhattan's Upper East Sid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale-Bamford_School

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web search NEUTRAL — Associate Teachers are essential members of the classroom and grade-level team. In partnership with homeroom teachers, associates help design and deliver instruction, support students’ academic, socia…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nightingale-Bamford School salaries range between $50,000 a year in the bottom 10th percentile to $97,000 in the top 90th percentile.
https://www.zippia.com/nightingale-bamford-school-careers-90…

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Claim 6: “At Brearley, an all-girls Upper East Side school, a lower school associate teaching job was recently listed for $63,700”

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Claim 7: “Their Head of School [at Nightingale-Bamford School] also pulled in more than $1 million in salary and other compensation in the 2024 school year.”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of 'head' and information about sports equipment, with no mention of the school's administration salary.

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web search NEUTRAL — The human head is an anatomical unit that consists of the skull, hyoid bone and cervical vertebrae. The skull consists of the brain case which encloses the cranial cavity, and the facial skeleton, whi…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · The meaning of HEAD is the upper or anterior division of the animal body that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth. How to use head in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the innovative world of HEAD and experience premium equipment for tennis, ski, and padel, along with high-quality sportswear and accessories.
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Claim 8: “At Dalton, prospective 1st and 2nd grade associate teachers are being offered between $66,000 and $69,000.”

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No evidence was found after searching for Dalton school associate teacher salaries.

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Claim 9: “At Grace Church School, a Lower School and Early Childhood associate teacher can expect to make only $60,000 to $62,000”

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Claim 10: “Starting salary without teaching experience in public schools is $68,900 with a bachelors degree and $77,500 with a master’s degree.”

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No evidence was found after searching for NYC public school starting salaries.

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Claim 11: “they could be taught by a lower school associate teacher of Spanish, music, or art making only $52,000 to $60,000 a year [at Riverdale Country School].”

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One web search result mentions a 'Lower School Homebase Associate Teacher' at Riverdale Country School with a salary range of $50,000.00 - $62,000.00. This is close to the claim ($52k-$60k), but it is a single job listing and does not specifically mention Spanish, music, or art teachers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Horace Mann School (also known as Horace Mann or HM) is an American private, independent college-preparatory school in the Bronx, founded in 1887. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann_School

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marble Hill is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Although once part of Manhattan Island, a large modern shipping canal was dug to its south over a small earlier …
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Claim 12: “At Collegiate, a lower school substitute teacher could make no more than $50 an hour and as little as $25”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions, mortgage rates, and general Wikipedia entries for the school, but contains no information regarding substitute teacher pay rates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada for players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligib…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Philippines is governed as a unitary sta…
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Claim 13: “Fieldston’s top earner is their CEO, who made $949,000, in 2024, according to publicly available filings.”

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Claim 14: “Meanwhile, the head of school [at Riverdale Country School] was raking in $1 million, between $983,000 base pay and $192,000 in other payments in 2023, according to tax filings.”

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The provided evidence contains no tax filings or salary information for the head of school at Riverdale Country School.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chloé Françoise Malle (born November 8, 1985) is an American and French fashion journalist and editor of American Vogue. Previously, Malle was editor of Vogue.com, overseeing all digital content for t…
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Claim 15: “while tuition was $68,500 for the 2025-2026 school year [at Grace Church School].”

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Claim 16: “the head of school [at Dalton] makes more than $1 million, according to tax filings.”

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Claim 17: “Tuition at the Upper East Side school [Dalton] is $67,500”

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Claim 18: “Ethical Culture Fieldston... was recently ripped by Town and Country for advertising a role for associate teachers with a $60,200 salary, compared with a $68,200 tuition price tag.”

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Claim 19: “Tuition is $71,600 for the very Kindergarteners they teach [at Nightingale-Bamford School].”

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The evidence provided contains general information about tuition payments but does not list the specific tuition for Nightingale-Bamford School.

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web search NEUTRAL — Developed countries have adopted a dual scheme for education; while basic (i.e. high-school) education is supported by taxes rather than tuition, higher education usually requires tuition payments or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuition_payments

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web search NEUTRAL — Tuition Options executes a systematic and consistent outreach approach with each student to help keep them on track. Payments are accepted online, by phone or mail for your student payments. Students …
https://www.tuitionoptions.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Analyze and Compare 2025 average college tuition and expenses by States in United States.
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