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 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
2 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
3 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
4 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
5 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
6 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
7 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
8 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
9 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
10 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
11 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
12 Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The  104 851 72% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.3   Audition
13 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
14 Fordham High School for the Arts  86 802 63% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Bronx  Audition
15 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2.8   Audition
16 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School  109 722 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.4 14   Audition Y
17 Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts  76 678 43% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.7 13   Audition
18 Special Music School  33 0 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
19 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
20 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
21 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
22 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
23 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
24 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
25 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
26 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
27 Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences  92 947 64% 0% 0% Science & Math  9.9 Queens  Ed. Opt.
28 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
29 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
30 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
31 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
33 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
34 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
35 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
36 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
37 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
38 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
39 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
40 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
41 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
42 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
43 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
44 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
45 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
46 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
47 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
48 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
49 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
50 High School of Arts and Technology  117 849 40% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0.9   Ed. Opt.
51 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
52 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
53 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
54 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
55 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
56 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
57 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
58 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
59 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
60 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
61 High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice  117 832 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0.9   Ed. Opt.
62 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
63 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
64 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
65 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
66 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
67 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  5.2 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
68 Millennium Art Academy  86 809 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
69 Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School  127 798 48% 0% 0% Science & Math  12.8   Ed. Opt.
70 Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts  214 796 51% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.7   Ed. Opt.
71 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
72 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  7.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
73 University Neighborhood High School  105 792 66% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.7   Ed. Opt.
74 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  4.8   Ed. Opt.
75 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
76 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
77 Park Slope Collegiate  104 782 47% 0% 0%   6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
78 New Design High School  104 777 59% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  3.4   Ed. Opt.
79 Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre  90 775 39% 0% 0% Performing Arts  6.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
80 Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School  80 774 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  2.8   Ed. Opt.
81 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.0 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
82 Landmark High School  83 772 50% 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
83 Banana Kelly High School  86 769 25% 0% 0%   5.5 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
84 Heritage School, The  67 765 38% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
85 Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School  121 763 32% 0% 0% Engineering  4.7   Ed. Opt.
86 EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick  105 763 38% 0% 0%   5.4 32   Ed. Opt.
87 Unity Center for Urban Technologies  50 760 33% 0% 0%   1.3   Ed. Opt.
88 Health Opportunities High School  120 760 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2   Ed. Opt.
89 High School for Media and Communications  125 759 43% 0% 0% Communications  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
90 High School for Health Careers and Sciences  146 759 42% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
91 Academy of Hospitality and Tourism  90 759 38% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  8.0   Ed. Opt.
92 PROGRESS High School for Professional Careers  205 757 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
93 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
94 Automotive High School  175 748 26% 0% 0% Engineering  3.2   Ed. Opt.
95 Bronx Leadership Academy High School  120 747 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
96 The College Academy  90 744 42% 0% 0%   6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
97 Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (BCAM)  125 744 47% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  5.1   Ed. Opt.
98 Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology  86 728 22% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
99 El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice  46 724 38% 0% 0%   4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
100 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.9 Bronx  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.