Middle School Admissions

WHERE DO THEY GO?

Becoming a 6th grade "Grad" at PS1 is a meaningful rite of passage. It is a culminating moment in each student’s journey where everything comes together. In this final year, students step into leadership, fully embracing the eldest role on campus with a new sense of confidence and maturity. They’ve been preparing for this moment since their earliest days at PS1! Their physical, cognitive, and social growth is profound. PS1 alumni leave our school as self-aware, expressive, and inquisitive individuals who know themselves as learners and as people. They are prepared and proactive, collaborative and connected—ready to problem-solve, think creatively, and engage with the world around them. It's no surprise that they often go on to become leaders in their next schools, guided by a strong sense of self and a deep compassion for others.

One alumna said, “I am where I am today because PS1 gave me the tools to believe in myself, speak up for myself, speak out against injustice, embrace my individuality, look at problems from multiple angles and understand other perspectives.” The high placement ratio of our graduates into independent secondary schools and their success at the private or public school of their choice stems directly from the well-rounded and rich elementary education which PS1 provides. Below is a list of the wide range of middle schools our students have attended in recent years.

PS1's Class of 2025 was admitted to the following independent middle schools: Archer, Brentwood, Campbell Hall, Crossroads, Geffen, Harvard-Westlake, Marlborough, Milken, New Roads, Turning Point, Wildwood, & Windward.

Middle school matriculation for the last 10 years (Classes of 2016-2025):

32nd St USC Media Arts and Engineering Magnet School: 1
Archer School: 18
Arete Prep Academy: 1
Brentwood School: 16
Buckley School: 3
Campbell Hall: 2
Chadwick School: 1
Crossroads School: 24
Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS): 1
Geffen Academy: 10
Harvard-Westlake School: 13
Hesby Oaks Leadership Charter School: 1
John Adams Middle School: 9
Lincoln Middle School: 10
Lindero Canyon Middle School: 2
Malibu Middle School: 1
Manzanita School: 2
Mark Twain Middle School: 1
Marlborough School: 9
Milken Community School: 3
New Roads School: 16
New West Charter: 2
Park Century School: 1
Paul Revere Middle School: 10
Polytechnic School: 1
Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH): 2
St. Margaret's Episcopal School: 1
St. Matthew's Parish School: 1
St. Raphael Catholic School: 1
Turning Point School: 1
Westside Neighborhood School: 1
Westmark School: 1
Wildwood School: 20
The Willows School: 1
Windward School: 59
Moved to Another U.S. City: 4

The list below indicates colleges and universities that many of our alumni have attended in recent years:

American University, Bard College, Barnard College, Berklee College of Music, Boston University, Brown University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Carlton College, Chapman University, Colgate University, Columbia University, Colorado College, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, Duke University, Elon University, Emerson College, Eugene Lang College at The New School, Fordham University, George Washington University, Grambling State University, Indiana University, Ithaca College, Johns Hopkins, Lewis and Clark College, Loyola Marymount University, Middlebury College, New York University, Notre Dame, Oberlin College, Occidental College, Penn State University, Pitzer College, Rice University, Santa Clara University, Spelman College, Stanford University, Syracuse University, Tufts University, Tulane University, Tuskegee University, University of Arizona, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Delaware, University of Miami, University of Michigan, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, University of Puget Sound, University of Redlands, University of Southern California, University of St. Andrews, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, University of Vermont, Washington University in St. Louis, Whitman College, Willamette University, William & Mary, Williams College, Vassar, Yale