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 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
2 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
3 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
4 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
5 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
6 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
7 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
8 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
9 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
10 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
11 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
12 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
13 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
14 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
15 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
16 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
17 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
18 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
19 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
20 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
21 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
22 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
23 Clinton School Writers & Artists, M.S. 260  80 0 23% 17%   2.2   Screened
24 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
25 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
26 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
27 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
28 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
29 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
30 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
31 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
32 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
33 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
34 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
35 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
36 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
37 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
38 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
39 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
40 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
41 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
42 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
43 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
44 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
45 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
46 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
47 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
48 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
49 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
50 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
51 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
52 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  13.2   Limited Unscreened
53 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
54 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
55 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
56 Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School  87 900 76% 9% 0%   15.9 Staten Island  Limited Unscreened
57 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
58 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
59 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
60 The Cinema School  65 879 57% 9% 0% Film/Video  6.9   Screened
61 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
62 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
63 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
64 Harvest Collegiate High School  90 0 8% 0%   2.2 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
65 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
66 Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School  92 0 8% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
67 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
68 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
69 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
70 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
71 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
72 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
73 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
74 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
75 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
76 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
77 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
78 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
79 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
80 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
81 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
82 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
83 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
84 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
85 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
86 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
87 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
88 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
89 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
90 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
91 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
92 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
93 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
94 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
95 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
96 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
97 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
98 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
99 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
100 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   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.