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 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
3 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
4 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
5 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
6 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
7 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
8 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
9 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
10 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
11 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
12 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
13 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
14 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
15 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
16 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
17 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
18 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
19 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
20 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
21 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
22 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
23 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
24 Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327  80 0 0% 23% Science & Math  6.2   Limited Unscreened Y
25 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
26 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
27 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
28 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
29 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
30 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  5.2 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
31 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
32 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
33 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
34 Clinton School Writers & Artists, M.S. 260  80 0 23% 17%   2.2   Screened
35 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
36 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
37 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
38 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
39 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
40 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
41 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
42 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
43 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
44 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
45 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
46 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
47 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
48 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
49 Energy Tech High School  92 0 0% 12% Engineering  2.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
50 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
51 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
52 East Side Community School  75 882 72% 0% 12%   2.5   Screened
53 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
54 Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders  68 816 71% 0% 12%   11.9   Limited Unscreened
55 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
56 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
57 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
58 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
59 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
60 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
61 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
62 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
63 Bronx High School for Medical Science  65 852 74% 0% 9% Health Professions  6.1   Screened
64 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
65 Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (TYWLS)  65 0 0% 9% Science & Math  6.7   Screened
66 Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning  65 837 73% 0% 9%   5.3   Screened
67 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
68 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
69 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
70 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
71 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   3.8 5   Screened
72 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
73 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
74 M.S. 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology  65 0 0% 8% Computer Science  4.4   Screened: Language Y
75 High School of Applied Communication  92 872 51% 0% 8%   2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
76 Urban Assembly Maker Academy  90 0 0% 7% Computer Science  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
77 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
78 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
79 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
80 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
81 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
82 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
83 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
84 Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE)  86 0 0% 6% Computer Science  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
85 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
86 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
87 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
88 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
89 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
90 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
91 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
92 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
93 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
94 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
95 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
96 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
97 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
98 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
99 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
100 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened

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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.