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TUITION & FINANCIAL AID
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TuitionFinancial Aid Program
TUITION
שכר לימוד
JCDS provides financial aid to cover a portion of JCDS tuition when needed. We recognize and appreciate that choosing to send a child to private or day school reflects an enormous commitment for every family in our community. During a child's formative K-8 years, this investment generates core lifetime results, offering a nurturing and challenging environment in which your child can thrive now while laying the foundation for a meaningful and successful future.
A JCDS education can be affordable and we are deeply committed to ensuring the accessibility of JCDS to a broad range of families. JCDS offers three Financial Aid programs, making grants according to eligibility and need. We are committed to spreading our annual aid allocation among as many families as possible. Each year, we must secure the dollars to cover the actual costs of Financial Aid through donations and grants.
| Grade(s) | Tuition (2025-2026) |
| Kindergarten | $37,500 |
| Grades 1-4 | $40,200 |
| Grades 5-8 | $42,600 |
FINANCIAL AID
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Your Financial Aid Program Options
A JCDS education can be affordable and we are deeply committed to ensuring the accessibility of JCDS to a broad range of families. JCDS offers three Financial Aid programs, making grants according to eligibility and need.
JCDS provides Financial Aid funds to cover a portion of JCDS tuition to more than half its students – more than any other local day school, with an aid budget equal to or higher than most local day schools and comparable independent schools. We recognize and appreciate that choosing to send a child to private or day school reflects an enormous commitment for every family in our community. During a child's formative K-8 years, this investment generates core lifetime results, offering a nurturing and challenging environment in which your child can thrive now while laying the foundation for a meaningful and successful future.
Please click the dropdown options below for application materials and information for the three Financial Aid programs.
JUMP START to JCDS >>>
For the first 10 new families to apply for their child entering Kindergarten through 2nd Grade, we are pleased to offer a grant of $10,000 off tuition* for up to three years. This grant is available through 2nd grade and applies to the first child in a family to attend JCDS.
*Not to be combined with other Financial Aid programs. Available to one child per family.
Click here for the Jump Start Application
Access JCDS >>>*Not to be combined with other Financial Aid programs. Available to one child per family.
Click here for the Jump Start Application
JCDS provides this program with minimal paperwork and documentation. Families who submit the short form may be eligible to receive a $5,000 per student tuition assistance grant.
Application deadline for the 2025-2026 school year is February 28, 2025
Click here for the Access JCDS Application.
Flexible Tuition amounts are determined by the Financial Aid Committee using FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment. FACTS works with schools by assisting them to create a custom application and collect financial data so schools can make accurate award decisions based on financial need. This program is for all families for whom a JCDS education is not possible without more significant financial support.
Application deadline for the 2025-2026 school year is January 31, 2025.
W-2 upload is due February 5, 2025.
Documents deadline for the 2025-2026 school year is February 21, 2025.
Click here for the Flexible Tuition Application.
Criteria for Determining Financial Aid Qualification
Our Financial Aid Committee works within parameters established by the JCDS Board of Trustees and follows best practices defined by FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment, which processes our Financial Aid applications. JCDS grants are determined based on each family's unique circumstances, with many variables considered. These include but are not limited to employment and other sources of income, savings, investments, home equity over $500,000, and the number of children at JCDS and other tuition-charging schools. The methodology also makes an adjustment for single-parent and dual-income households, which acknowledges their extra costs. Families who do not submit full financial information for review by the Financial Aid Committee, or whose financial profiles do not qualify them for tuition adjustments, pay full tuition.
If you have any questions about these options, contact Edward J. Black, Director of Finance, liaison to the Financial Aid Committee, at 857-228-2989, or via e-mail atEdB@jcdsboston.org.
Confidentiality
The process is highly confidential and respectful. None of the Committee's members are current or past JCDS parents. Neither the Head of School, the Admissions Director, nor any other members of the Board of Trustees, including its President, have access to any family's financial particulars.
The only JCDS staff person with any knowledge of families' private data is Edward J. Black, our Director of Finance. Every family is welcome to contact Ed for a confidential conversation about their circumstances. You can reach him at EdB@jcdsboston.org or by calling 857-228-2989.
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