The standards set for NYC Private School students are often set as a part of the school’s criteria for measurement and graduation. In other words, simply passing all of their classes does not guarantee a student the right to graduate. Indeed, many NYC Private Schools have rigorous requirements that include extra coursework such as:
- Advanced Placement Programs
- Community Service
- Arts Participation
- Grade Point Average
The high standards set for graduation from many Private Schools ensures that, instead of creating the over-achiever as the exception, the concept of achieving high standards and giving 100% is considered the norm.
The National Center for Education Statistics stated that
“Private high schools typically have more demanding graduation requirements than do public high schools. Compared with public schools, private schools required more .”
In addition to the larger coursework and GPA expectations, the special requirements such as community service or Arts participation often set Private Schools apart from their public peers. Courses and programs that would be considered extracurricular “after school” projects in many public schools are considered mandatory prerequisites for graduation in Private School.
This doesn’t mean that a student is forced to be in a specific club, only that the participation in areas and programs that focus on a more holistic educational experience are expected.
These types of requirements actually allow a student to explore activities and programs that form the foundation for lifelong interests, careers and hobbies that otherwise may have never been explored.
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No discussion on public schools vs. private schools in NYC can take place with the talk turning to available academic programs between the two. Obviously there are schools that are the exception to every rule, both public and private, but as a benchmark discussion you can safely say that public schools are designed to target the median student at the median state level at the median federal level. Private schools tend to design their programs first around an ideology, then around the students that they accept who fit that ideology, and then customize that program to the individual.
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