Upper East Side, Manhattan · Fall 2027 entry
The Dalton School: which admissions test?
ISEE or SSAT
ISEE or SSAT (grades 5-11) · Apply by Friday, November 13, 2026
Test by entering grade
| Grade 5 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 6 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 7 | ISEE or SSAT |
| Grade 8 | ISEE or SSAT |
| 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.
Kindergarten and Grade 9 are the main entry points.
“All student applicants are required to submit recent admissions testing results from either the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Examination) or the SSAT (Secondary Schools Admissions Test).”
3 weeks to The Dalton School’s application deadline (Friday, November 13, 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 The Dalton 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
Friday, November 13, 2026 Noon. Year not printed next to the date on the school’s page; the page covers fall 2027 entry.
The school
- Grades
- K-12
- Entry grades named
- K, 9
- Address
- 108 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128 (Grades 4-12); 53 East 91st Street (Grades K-3)
- 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 for The Dalton School
- 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.