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Learn about Manhattan Country School’s unique sliding scale tuition system, designed to promote diversity and equity. Explore how our approach makes an exceptional education accessible to families from all backgrounds.
Manhattan Country School is widely recognized for its unique sliding-scale tuition system that supports diversity and equity.
Sliding Scale Tuition “We wanted ours to be a truly integrated school, one that was racially and economically completely mixed. Upon inquiring, I discovered that in 1965 the most extensive scholarship among member schools of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) was 15% of budget.
Manhattan Country School has a distinctive sliding scale tuition system that was originally known as "Tuition Reform" and is now called the "Family Financial Commitment Plan." The system was designed to eliminate the distinction between "scholarship" and "full tuition" students by encouraging all families to pay for school using a sliding scale ...
At Manhattan Country School, a radical financial model enables families to pay on a sliding scale according to their means. This distinctive tuition model requires more than 30% of our annual operating expenses to be fund-raised.
Sliding Scale Tuition Applications are due by December 2. Supplementary materials such as: Confidential Reports (4-5s through 6-7s) Teacher Recommendations (7-8s and up) School Reports (6-7s and up) Student work samples (5th-8th grades) are due no later than January 9. Interviews need to be completed by January 24.
MCS is unique among NYC independent schools as we have a working farm, a sliding-scale tuition program and alumni who are skilled community builders.
