• Independent, coeducational school

• Pre-K through Twelfth Grade

• Located in Greenwich Village and SoHo, New York City

• Director: Philip Kassen

• 609 students

• 35 percent students of color

• Student/faculty ratio: 7.6 to 1

• Average class size for Lower and Middle School: 20

• Average class size for High School: 15

• Size of graduating class: 44

• College acceptances include Ivy Leagues (Brown University, Harvard University, Yale University), liberal arts colleges (Smith College, Middlebury College, Skidmore College), art schools (Savannah College of Art & Design, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and more

• 100 teachers; 52 staff

• 78 percent of teachers with master's degrees or higher

• 35 trustees

• Network of over 1,900 alumni

Fours – Kindergarten: $32,690

First – Fourth Grades: $33,443

Fifth – Eighth Grades: $34,067

Ninth – Twelfth Grades: $34,493

• LREI consistently provides among the largest amounts of financial aid, as a percentage of gross tuition, when compared to other independent schools in New York City

• $3.3 million awarded to approximately 24 percent of students

1921 — Founded by Elisabeth Irwin
1941 — Program expands to include High School at 40 Charlton Street

2004 — Philip Kassen becomes LREI’s director

2010 — High School expands to include a renovated townhouse