NYC High Schools

This is the data referenced in my article, “How Race Plays a Major Role in NYC High School Admissions Game.”

“Miles” indicate the distance from the address you enter below. If “Dist” has a number, it means the school prioritizes the students who live in that school district. Seats is the number of students accepted. “College” is percentage of students graduated from high school and enrolled in college or other postsecondary program within 6 months. “ELA” and “Math” are the percentages of students in Level 4 of Common Core tests at 8th grade. “8th” = “Y” if more than 80% of offer went to continuing 8th graders. The schools are grayed out if they prioritize the districts or boroughs you are not in, or if they are too far to commute, or if “8th” is true.

  School Name Seats SAT College ELA Math Interest Miles Dist Priority Method 8th
1 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
2 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
3 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
4 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
5 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
6 Bronxdale High School  94 850 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
7 Rockaway Collegiate High School  92 802 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
8 Liberation Diploma Plus High School  0 780 0% 0%   13.0   Limited Unscreened
9 Independence High School  0 760 0% 0%   0.7   Limited Unscreened
10 W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School  0 758 0% 0%   6.7   Limited Unscreened
11 Bronx Envision Academy  86 749 0% 0%   6.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
12 High School of Language and Innovation  86 696 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Screened: Language
13 Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School  0 696 0% 0%   8.4   Limited Unscreened
14 The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management  90 0 0% 0% Law & Government  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
15 Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School  90 0 0% 0% Architecture  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
16 Clinton School Writers & Artists, M.S. 260  80 0 23% 17%   2.2   Screened
17 Manhattan Early College School for Advertising  93 0 0% 0% Communications  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
18 Urban Assembly Maker Academy  90 0 0% 7% Computer Science  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
19 Quest to Learn  83 0 0% 0%   2.1 2   Ed. Opt.
20 Murray Hill Academy  75 0 0% 0%   1.3 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
21 Union Square Academy for Health Sciences  90 0 0% 0% Health Professions  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
22 Harvest Collegiate High School  90 0 8% 0%   2.2 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
23 Academy for Software Engineering (AFSE)  90 0 0% 0% Computer Science  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
24 Humanities Preparatory Academy  29 0 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Screened
25 Special Music School  33 0 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
26 Esperanza Preparatory Academy  68 0 0% 0% Science & Math  2.6   Screened: Language
27 Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem  68 0   3.9   Limited Unscreened
28 The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce  68 0 0% 0% Business  3.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
29 Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies  68 0 0% 0% Computer Science  7.4 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
30 High School for Excellence and Innovation  50 0 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
31 M.S. 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology  65 0 0% 8% Computer Science  4.4   Screened: Language Y
32 HERO High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School)  86 0 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
33 Bronx Design and Construction Academy  130 0 0% 0% Engineering  4.7 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
34 Pelham Lab High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
35 Schuylerville Preparatory High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
36 Bronx River High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
37 Westchester Square Academy  108 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
38 School for Tourism and Hospitality  108 0 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  5.5 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
39 Bronx Compass High School  86 0 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
40 Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327  80 0 0% 23% Science & Math  6.2   Limited Unscreened Y
41 New Directions Secondary School  44 0 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
42 Claremont International HS  65 0 0% 0%   6.1   Screened: Language
43 Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (TYWLS)  65 0 0% 9% Science & Math  6.7   Screened
44 Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE)  86 0 0% 6% Computer Science  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
45 Bronx Collaborative High School  86 0 0% 0%   9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
46 World View High School  106 0 0% 0% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
47 Crotona International High School  65 0 0% 0%   7.9   Screened: Language
48 High School for Energy and Technology  86 0 0% 0% Engineering  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
49 Crotona Academy High School  0 0   4.9   Limited Unscreened
50 Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn (TYWLS)  68 0 0% 0% Science & Math  4.6   Screened
51 Brooklyn Frontiers High School  35 0 0% 0%   5.2   Limited Unscreened
52 Khalil Gibran International Academy  68 0 0% 0%   5.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
53 Nelson Mandela High School  90 0 0% 0%   6.4   Limited Unscreened
54 Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts (BILA)  90 0 0% 0%   7.5 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
55 Spring Creek Community School  68 0 0% 0%   9.1   Ed. Opt.
56 The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare  68 0 0% 0% Health Professions  7.4   Limited Unscreened
57 Origins High School  90 0 0% 0%   12.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
58 Professional Pathways High School  0 0 0% 0%   12.0   Limited Unscreened
59 Eagle Academy for Young Men II  68 0 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened Y
60 International High School for Health Sciences  69 0 0% 0% Health Professions  5.5 Queens  Screened: Language
61 Veritas Academy  110 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
62 Queens High School for Language Studies  92 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Screened: Language
63 Business Technology Early College High School (BTECH)  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  12.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
64 Epic High School - South  69 0 0% 0%   10.4 Queens  Limited Unscreened
65 Epic High School - North  69 0 0% 0%   9.1 Queens  Limited Unscreened
66 Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School  92 0 8% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
67 Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights  92 0 0% 0% Health Professions  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
68 Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
69 Eagle Academy for Young Men III  64 0 0% 0%   11.5   Limited Unscreened
70 Energy Tech High School  92 0 0% 12% Engineering  2.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
71 The Brooklyn School for Math and Research (BSMARt)  90 0 0% 0% Science & Math  5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
72 High School for Civil Rights  90 764 21% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
73 Coalition School for Social Change  100 712 22% 0% 0%   3.2 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
74 Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology  86 728 22% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
75 Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy, The  110 797 23% 0% 0%   6.2 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
76 The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance  90 777 23% 0% 0% Business  5.5   Limited Unscreened
77 August Martin High School  170 738 24% 0% 0% Engineering  11.9   Unscreened
78 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  4.8   Ed. Opt.
79 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
80 Banana Kelly High School  86 769 25% 0% 0%   5.5 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
81 Leadership Institute  65 0 26% 0% 0%   6.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
82 Pan American International High School  92 660 26% 0% 0%   5.6   Screened: Language
83 Boys and Girls High School  192 791 26% 0% 0% Engineering  6.4   Screened
84 Automotive High School  175 748 26% 0% 0% Engineering  3.2   Ed. Opt.
85 Orchard Collegiate Academy (Henry Street School)  68 816 26% 0% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
86 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.5   Ed. Opt.
87 Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability  92 738 28% 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
88 International Community High School  65 683 28% 0% 0%   4.3   Screened: Language
89 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.9 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
90 Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School  65 749 29% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
91 Arts & Media Preparatory Academy  80 753 29% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
92 FDNY – Captain Vernon A. Richards High School for Fire and Life Safety  90 734 29% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
93 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
94 Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School (Brooklyn School for Global Studies)  50 774 30% 0% 0% Film/Video  5.6   Screened
95 School for Excellence  86 762 30% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
96 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
97 Academy of Urban Planning  94 766 31% 0% 0%   5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
98 Lyons Community School  68 750 31% 0% 0%   4.1   Limited Unscreened
99 Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community Research  76 748 32% 0% 0%   5.5   Limited Unscreened
100 Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School  121 763 32% 0% 0% Engineering  4.7   Ed. Opt.

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Academic

The top 50 high schools in New York City accommodate 25% all students.

Race

  • Top 20 White Dominant: List  /  Map
  • Top 20 Asian Dominant: List  /  Map
  • Top 20 Black Dominant: List  /  Map
  • Top 20 Hispanic Dominant: List  /  Map

Notes

  • SAT data (2014-2015) came from here.
  • General info on schools came from here.