Our high academic standards are complemented by a dynamic performing and fine arts curriculum and by a comprehensive physical education and athletic program based in our Physical Education Center at 200 East 87th Street. More recently, the school has added a science center at the First Program, as well as new facilities at the 89th Street building, that include The Abby and Mitch Leigh Fine Arts Center and the Norma and Gordon H. Smith Science Center for the use of both Middle and High School students. With approximately ninety to one hundred and ten students in each grade, many consider Dalton a large school. This size allows Dalton to support a breadth and a depth in programming that smaller schools cannot offer. Dalton is a coeducational school because we believe that a coed learning environment is best for most children.
Life is coeducational.
In the past decade a body of research has pointed to some gender differences in learning styles and approaches to schooling. This research provides valuable insights to help us better educate all children. We incorporate these findings into all our educational programs here at Dalton to create a highly sensitized coeducational setting. Not only does Dalton provide a balanced educational environment of males and females, but it also recognizes the enrichment that is provided by a community of various racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Over the past several years Dalton has begun to evolve into a K-12 community that clearly reflects the diversity to which the school is so committed.