Updated posts 2026
Choosing the right school for your child with a learning difference is essential. Winston Preparatory School (Winston Prep) and its national network of private schools offer a highly individualized learning environment for students grades 4-12 with learning differences, including dyslexia, ADHD, and nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD). Finding the best school is important, but finding a school where your child truly feels understood as an individual learner can be challenging. At Winston Prep, emphasis is put on discovering who each student is, what their strengths and learning needs are and, based on their learning profile, designing an individualized curriculum that is grounded in continuous assessment and on-going evaluation by a team of expert faculty and staff.
The feedback from Winston Prep parents is often that, for the first time, their child is being understood. While their child is learning and excelling, parents are comforted by the fact that they have found a community where their child belongs and thrives.
Founded in 1981, Winston Prep has campuses in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. Winston Prep also offers an innovative fully online school called Winston Online that applies the same nationally recognized learning method as the campuses do. Winston Online is accessible anywhere in the US.
Parents weighing this decision are usually doing so because something in a conventional classroom has not worked. Mainstream schools are built around delivering the same material to thirty students at once, and accommodations layered onto that structure, such as extra time or a resource period, address the symptoms without changing the design. Specialized schools rebuild the structure itself. That is a significant change for a family to make, and it typically follows several years of trying the alternative first.
Winston Prep’s graduation statistics are stellar and they speak to the strength of the education method. Winston Prep’s high school graduation rate is 99.7% whereas about 18% of students with learning differences nationwide drop out of school. Over 80% of Winston Prep high school graduates enroll in a college or university program, while the average nationally is 33%.
What makes Winston Prep unique is its commitment to an in-depth understanding of each individual student. Winston Prep accomplishes this through Winston Prep’s Continuous Feedback process, designed to gain a deeper understanding of the students, facilitating constant assessment, remediation, and analysis of each student’s response to their individualized program — while building a strong community.
This process is accompanied by Winston Prep’s Focus Program, where students receive daily one-to-one instruction geared towards their individual needs. Winston Prep is the only educational institution for learning differences that provides a Focus Program in the nation. Each day, your child will spend 45 minutes with a Focus Teacher who will dedicate time to know your child as a learner, glean information about their talents and learning needs, interests, and progress. Focus Teachers consistently share news with parents about how their child is advancing.
If you want to learn more about Winston Prep, visit www.winstonprep.edu and contact an Admission Director for a specific campus.
