Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

Does anyone know about Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School? Any information about the school is welcome, especially its college placement and general culture, pros and cons of the school.

I know families there and most love it and one family really didn’t fit in and left. It seems like an academically demanding place that isn’t cutthroat competitive. It has a reputation for flashiness in the younger grades (amongst the parents), but that is probably less relevant in high school. The trumps sent Baron there I think. Don’t place too much importance in the college placement lists.

Five-Year College Matriculation List (2016-2020)

24+ Students
Cornell University
New York University
Syracuse University
Tulane University
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Washington University in St Louis

12+ Students
Brown University
Duke University
Emory University
Northwestern University
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Miami
University of Southern California
University of Wisconsin-Madison

7+ Students
American University
Columbia University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Harvard College
Skidmore College
Stanford University
Wesleyan University

5+ Students
Boston College
Boston University
Bucknell University
Colby College
Colgate University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University Lehigh University
Oberlin College
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest University
Yale University

3+ Students
Bard College
Brandeis University
Colorado College
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Elon University
Ithaca College
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Swarthmore College
The University of Arizona University of Maryland-College Park University of Rochester
University of St Andrews-Scotland University of Virginia-Main Campus

2 Students
Babson College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Chapman University
Franklin and Marshall College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
McGill University
Muhlenberg College
Pennsylvania State University
Sarah Lawrence College
The American University of Paris The New School - All Divisions University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles Villanova University
Wellesley College

1 Student
Barnard College
Bentley University
Binghamton University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Claremont McKenna College
College of Charleston
College of the Atlantic
Culinary Institute of America
Dickinson College
Drexel University
Duke Kunshan University
Fairfield University
Fordham University
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Howard University
Kent State University at Kent
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Loyola University New Orleans
Macalester College
Mount Holyoke College
Pace University-New York
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Quinnipiac University
Reed College
Rice University
School of Visual Arts
Smith College
Southern Methodist University
SUNY at Purchase College
The Naropa University
The Ohio State University
The University of Texas, Austin
Trinity College
Union College - Schenectady
University College Maastricht
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
University of Richmond
University of San Diego
Vassar College
Williams College

@parentofnicekid, thank you so much for your insight on CGPS, we really appreciate it !

Not a great community at all. No one speaks highly of it except the kids who don’t know any better because they’ve been there since PreK.

A terrible community. Heads of Schools are wonderful and new over the last few years, but to right the ship MUCH needs to be done. It is NOT a top tier school and the parent community reflects this. Their priority is not a good education, but a certain status. This is not a great school in terms of academics or community. I could go on and on but I will not in order to protect my identity. There are, quite literally, countless private schools in NYC that will serve a bright child very well, but CGPS is not one of them by a long shot.