Upper West Side, Manhattan · Fall 2027 entry
The Calhoun School: which admissions test?
Test required, ISEE recommended
Test required, ISEE recommended (grades 5-11)
Test by entering grade
| Grade 5 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
| Grade 6 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
| Grade 7 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
| Grade 8 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
| Grade 9 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
| Grade 10 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
| Grade 11 | Test required, ISEE recommended |
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.
Calhoun requires recent standardized testing for grades 5-12 and recommends the ISEE; its page does not say whether the SSAT is accepted.
“For all applicants to the Middle and Upper Schools (grades 5th-12th), Calhoun requires recent standardized testing and recommends the ISEE assessment”
ISEE 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 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.
No application deadline published for fall 2027 entry on the pages we read. Leave your details just below.
Take the next step
Applying to The Calhoun School?
Tell us your child's grade and where they are on the ISEE today. We start with a diagnostic, then a prep plan to test day.
Application deadline
Not published for fall 2027 entry on the pages we read.
The school
- Grades
- Young 3s-12
- Entry grades named
- Not published
- Address
- 433 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024 (Grades 5-12); 325 West 85th Street (Lower School)
- 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
- Check your whole list — tick every school you apply to and see which test covers them.