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TITUS SCHOOL

90 JOHN STREET

At a Glance

A tiny individualized PK-5 program that asks "How are you smart?" instead of "How smart are you?"

Best suited for

Families with a PK-5 child who learn or process information differently and would thrive in a small, therapy-supported environment where the school day itself is built around their individual profile.

What stands out

  • Total enrollment of just 85 students means teachers know every child — and every parent — by name.
  • A 5.7:1 student-teacher ratio allows curriculum to be genuinely customized rather than just theoretically individualized.
  • Speech, occupational, physical, and art therapy are embedded in the school day, so students don't lose academic time to outside appointments.
  • The philosophy explicitly rejects ranking children by a single measure of smartness, instead designing instruction around each learner's profile of strengths.
  • Rolling admissions mean families can apply mid-year rather than racing a single January deadline.

Things to consider

  • The very small size is a feature and a limitation — fewer peers, fewer social circles, fewer "sections" of any grade.
  • This is not a fit for families wanting a traditional, grade-paced classroom model; the entire school is built around individualized pacing and therapy-informed practice.
  • Public parent review data is thin — the rating is 5.5/10 with no detailed family write-ups to dig through, so families should visit and ask hard questions themselves.
  • As a combined PK-5 program, children stay in one building through elementary; there is no on-ramp to middle school here, so families will face another transition.
  • Program philosophy leans clinical (ABA-based) — some families love this structure, others prefer less-directed instructional models.

Identity

Other

Titus is a nonsectarian, coed private school serving pre-K through 5th grade in a single combined program. Its philosophy centers on individualized instruction grounded in Applied Behavior Analysis, Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, and other research-based methods. The school was built around the idea that children learn differently and should be taught accordingly, with therapy and academic work integrated into one school day.

Community

Moderate

With only 85 students total, the Titus community is more like a tight cohort than a school in the traditional sense. Demographically it skews white (about two-thirds of students), with Asian, multiracial, Hispanic, and Black families rounding out the rest. The diversity index sits in the moderate range — more varied than homogeneous, but not the most diverse private option in the city.

Neighborhood

Financial District-Battery Park City

The school sits in the Financial District, an area where median household income is well into six figures and a high share of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The surrounding blocks are dense with office towers during weekdays and residential towers after hours. It's a part of Lower Manhattan that has grown younger and more family-oriented over the past decade as new housing has come online.

Families coming by subway have several easy options: Fulton St on the 2/3 lines is about a 3-minute walk, and Fulton St on the A/C and J/Z lines are each about a 4-minute walk.

Notable Programs

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)Speech and Language TherapyOccupational TherapyPhysical TherapyArt Therapy

What Parents Are Saying

Rated 5.5/10; no detailed parent reviews available in search results

Synthesized from public parent reviews · Apr 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is TITUS SCHOOL a good school?
Published quality ratings aren't available for TITUS SCHOOL yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades Pre-K to 5 in Financial District-Battery Park City.
What grades does TITUS SCHOOL serve?
TITUS SCHOOL serves grades Pre-K to 5.
How do students get into TITUS SCHOOL?
TITUS SCHOOL runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
Is TITUS SCHOOL public, charter, or private?
TITUS SCHOOL is a private school.
What neighborhood is TITUS SCHOOL in?
TITUS SCHOOL is in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan.