West Chelsea, Manhattan · Fall 2027 entry
Avenues The World School: which admissions test?
Depends on the grade
Grades 5-8: Test-optional · Grades 9-11: ISEE or SSAT · Apply by Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Test by entering grade
| Grade 5 | Test-optional |
| Grade 6 | Test-optional |
| Grade 7 | Test-optional |
| Grade 8 | Test-optional |
| Grade 9 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 10 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 11 | ISEE or SSAT |
A grade missing from the table has no rule on the school’s page, often because the school does not admit new students into it.
Grades 1-8 may submit an ISEE or SSAT score but are not required to; grades 9-12 must submit one.
“Prospective Lower Division (grades 1–5) and middle grades (grades 6–8) students can choose to sit an ISEE or SSAT assessment. This isn’t mandatory, however.”
6 weeks to Avenues The World School’s application deadline (Tuesday, December 1, 2026)
ISEE or SSAT prep: a diagnostic this week, then a prep plan to test day. The diagnostic ($150, one-time, 1.5 hours) shows where your child stands on the ISEE or SSAT and which sections cost the most points. You leave with a written plan: the sessions it calls for, dated up to your child’s test day. Sessions are $125 each, paid one at a time, no package.
Deadline read on the school’s own admissions site. Leave your details just below.
Take the next step
Applying to Avenues The World School?
Tell us your child's grade and where they are on the ISEE or SSAT today. We start with a diagnostic, then a prep plan to test day.
Application deadline
Tuesday, December 1, 2026 Regular Notification round.
“The deadline to submit your application in our Regular Notification round is December 1.” — avenues.org
The school
- Grades
- Nursery-12
- Entry grades named
- Nursery, PK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Address
- 259 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10001
- Line read on
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Next step
- How to register for the ISEE — seasons and the 21-day standard registration window.
- Score an official ISEE practice test: ERB’s free guides each contain a full practice test, Lower, Middle and Upper Level. Type the answers and get the raw score per section and the scaled-score range from ERB’s own table.
- ISEE prep in NYC
- SSAT test dates for 2026–27: the six Standard Saturdays, October to March, the day each regular price ends, and the latest one whose score usually reaches the school before its deadline.
- SSAT prep in NYC
- Check your whole list — tick every school you apply to and see which test covers them.