ST KEVIN CATHOLIC ACADEMY

Catholic and faith-seeking families in eastern Queens who want a warm, academically serious elementary education with a real sense of parish community and a high-school pipeline already in view.

• Regents Earth Science offered through a partnership with Holy Cross High School, giving elementary students an unusually early window into high-school-level coursework.
• Hosts the NYC DOE's 3K and Pre-K for All program on site, making faith-based pre-K accessible to families at no cost.
• Spanish language instruction begins in the elementary years, an uncommon offering for a school at this level and tuition tier.
• Tuition spans roughly $6,700 to $15,100, a range that signals real effort to keep the school within reach of working- and middle-class Queens families.
• Parents consistently describe a warm, tight-knit community where teachers know students well and parent involvement is high.

• No subway access within a 20-minute walk means this is realistically a car-or-bus commute school for most families outside the immediate neighborhood.
• An 18.2:1 student-teacher ratio is solid but not intimate — class sizes here are larger than what you'd find at many smaller progressive or independent schools.
• Religious formation is central to the school day; families who aren't seeking that should look elsewhere.
• Rolling admissions offer flexibility but mean seats can fill unpredictably, so interested families shouldn't wait.
• As an elementary-only school, families will face another transition decision for middle and high school.