Admission
Admission to the Dalton School for kindergarten to third grade is based on school records, ERB testing, and interview. For grades 4–12 admission is based on school records, writing samples, an interview, and standardized testing (Dalton accepts the ISEE test as well as the SSAT test). Candidates receive notification of acceptance, rejection, or wait list in February. Dalton is well known for its diversity (see below).
In recent years, the parental anxiety created by the highly competitive admission process has been the subject of repeated press coverage. According to Peterson's, the school year acceptance rate into Dalton for grades K-12 is 14%.
Students of color in the First Program currently make up 38% of the Dalton First Program. In the 2008-2009 school year, the kindergarten was composed of 44% children of color. A financial aid budget of $6.5 million supports an outreach program for socio-economic diversity at the school.
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