Academics
Browning has a selective admissions process with only a 30% acceptance rate of students. Browning does not admit students for 11th and 12th grades and very rarely for 10th grade.
There are approximately 30 boys per grade at Browning. A financial aid program ensures that the boys remain heterogeneous; as with many of its peer NYC schools, however, most of the boys have parents who can afford the high tuition. The school is private, functioning under a New York City non-profit statute enacted in the 1940s. Browning is controlled by a Board of Trustees, and the school is administered by a Headmaster.
Browning's Upper School (high school) curriculum consists of English, Math, Science, History, Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish or French), Classics (Latin), Music, Visual Art, Drama, Technology, and Physical Education.
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