The Browning School
For more than 135 years, The Browning School has been committed to providing boys in Kindergarten through Grade 12 the skills, the awareness, and the courage to navigate the complex developmental moments that will come to define them as men. Our faculty promote a love of learning and nurture the growth of each student through a vigorous academic program and exposure to a broad range of challenges and opportunities. In our uncommonly warm, inviting, and intimate school on East 62nd Street, Browning students become inquisitive and thoughtful scholars, as well as empathic and ethical leaders and citizens who reflect a diverse range of backgrounds, talents, and interests.
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By the numbers
Boys the World Needs
At the Browning School, we put the development of boys at the heart of everything we do. Since 1888, we have been committed to boys’ education and we remain unsurpassed in our commitment to using research-based methods to teach our students.
Our faculty are both teachers and scholars of boys, and inspire our young men to find themselves in intellectual accomplishment and moral integrity. Our commitment to understanding boys manifests itself in programming that emphasizes character education, service learning, critical thinking, and the practical application of knowledge.
From the early years of kindergarten through the senior years of high school, our school’s culture and practice speak to the deepest needs, desires, and abilities of boys seeking to lead lives of significance. Central to that is our focus on forming deep relationships with and between our students. We believe that when students are known and valued, real academic excellence will occur.
Certificates of Distinction
Our signature program gives Upper School students the opportunity to pursue their academic passions, allowing them greater agency over their learning through independent inquiry
Boys' Education Redefined
At Browning, we focus on cultivating boys into healthy men with purposeful lives, rejecting outdated stereotypes. We actively teach essential skills and dispositions alongside academic subjects, fostering self-discovery, enriching relationships, and success in productive lives.
Equitable Practices & Social Impact
Championing equity, diversity, and inclusion is a collective effort that enriches everyone. Collaborating inclusively, we invite all voices to contribute to creative solutions. Our emphasis on social impact empowers boys to make meaningful contributions to the world.
Lower School Program
The Lower School years are truly a remarkable and exciting time in a boy’s life. Play, joy, and a sense of belonging are essential elements to creating an elementary school experience in which boys are ready to grow and learn.
Middle School Program
During Middle School, boys experience learning with increased depth and relevance, turn passion into purpose, take ownership of their action, and develop life-long friendships.
Upper School Program
The Upper School at Browning offers high school students a transformative education, featuring exceptional academic programs alongside a diverse range of co-curricular and athletic activities to prepare them for college and life after Browning.
Real Talk
Let’s grow!
At Browning, we are proud to be at the forefront of redefining what makes boys' schools unique. We want to get to know YOU! Start your Browning experience today.