Success Academy Charter Schools has a location, serving grades K to 4, in the former Mother Cabrini High School building near Fort Tryon Park.
KIPP also has a location in the Mirabal Sisters Campus between Jumel Place and Edgecombe Avenue, serving grades K to 8.

The independent WHIN Community Charter School serves grades K to 3 and shares a building with Community Math and Science Prep on Edgecombe Avenue between 164th Street and 165th Street.
School in the Square is another Washington Heights charter school, serving grades 6 to 8 and located on the corner of 179th Street and Wadsworth Avenue.

Catholic schools under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York include:
Incarnation School (grades 3K-8)
St. Elizabeth School (grades 3K-8)
St. Rose of Lima School in Washington Heights closed in 2019.
Area parents did not expect the development as a new principal had been recently appointed.

Other private schools include:
Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (grades 3K, PK, and 1-12)
Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (grades 9-12)
Birch Family Services' Washington Heights Education Center (ages 3–8)
Medical Center Nursery School (ages 2–5)
Renaissance Village Montessori School (ages 1–6)
Gardens Daycare (pre-PK)
Bright Horizons at New York–Presbyterian Hospital (ages 1–5)
Success Academy Charter Schools has a location, serving grades K to 4, in the former Mother Cabrini High School building near Fort Tryon Park. KIPP also has a location in the Mirabal Sisters Campus between Jumel Place and Edgecombe Avenue, serving grades K to 8.
The independent WHIN Community Charter School serves grades K to 3 and shares a building with Community Math and Science Prep on Edgecombe Avenue between 164th Street and 165th Street. School in the Square is another Washington Heights charter school, serving grades 6 to 8 and located on the corner of 179th Street and Wadsworth Avenue.
Catholic schools under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York include:
Incarnation School (grades 3K-8)
St. Elizabeth School (grades 3K-8)
St. Rose of Lima School in Washington Heights closed in 2019. Area parents did not expect the development as a new principal had been recently appointed.
Other private schools include:
Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (grades 3K, PK, and 1-12)
Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (grades 9-12)
Birch Family Services' Washington Heights Education Center (ages 3–8)
Medical Center Nursery School (ages 2–5)
Renaissance Village Montessori School (ages 1–6)
Gardens Daycare (pre-PK)
Bright Horizons at New York–Presbyterian Hospital (ages 1–5)
Washington Heights, Manhattan