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 Asian Black Hispanic White
1 Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem  68 0   0% 0% 0% 0%
2 Crotona Academy High School  0 0   0% 0% 0% 0%
3 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  0% 19% 49% 18%
4 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   0% 11% 58% 24%
5 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   0% 5% 92% 2%
6 East New York Family Academy  63 915 55% 0% 0%   0% 63% 34% 0%
7 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  0% 72% 21% 0%
8 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   0% 4% 94% 0%
9 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 34% 64% 0%
10 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 35% 61% 2%
11 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  0% 31% 44% 19%
12 In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368)  109 845 71% 0% 0% Computer Science  0% 11% 81% 5%
13 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 82% 9% 0%
14 Bronx High School for the Visual Arts  86 836 38% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 28% 60% 9%
15 Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists  65 829 49% 0% 0%   0% 21% 77% 0%
16 East Bronx Academy for the Future  65 824 44% 0% 0%   0% 25% 73% 0%
17 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 26% 70% 0%
18 Mott Hall Bronx High School  69 816 50% 0% 0%   0% 20% 76% 0%
19 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  0% 25% 71% 0%
20 Greenpoint Art and Technical High School (Frances Perkins Academy)  93 812 41% 0% 0% Computer Science  0% 62% 30% 0%
21 Academy for Health Careers  90 811 48% 0% 0% Health Professions  0% 83% 10% 0%
22 The School for Human Rights  68 809 46% 0% 0%   0% 88% 10% 0%
23 Eagle Academy for Young Men  52 808 59% 0% 0%   0% 60% 36% 0%
24 Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports  100 807 56% 0% 0% Business  0% 29% 69% 2%
25 Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School  90 807 37% 0% 0%   0% 88% 10% 0%
26 Bronx High School for Law and Community Service  86 803 55% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 24% 71% 2%
27 Fordham High School for the Arts  86 802 63% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 34% 61% 2%
28 Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology  86 801 64% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 29% 60% 6%
29 High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media  68 800 53% 0% 0% Business  0% 86% 10% 2%
30 The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters  65 798 51% 0% 0%   0% 27% 70% 2%
31 Brooklyn Generation School  68 798 37% 0% 0%   0% 86% 9% 0%
32 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   0% 75% 22% 0%
33 Bronx Collegiate Academy  76 796 37% 0% 0%   0% 25% 73% 0%
34 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 16% 81% 2%
35 Academy for Young Writers  77 795 47% 0% 0%   0% 74% 22% 0%
36 Victory Collegiate High School  68 794 49% 0% 0%   0% 88% 6% 0%
37 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  0% 80% 18% 0%
38 Boys and Girls High School  192 791 26% 0% 0% Engineering  0% 88% 7% 0%
39 Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation  65 790 49% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 27% 70% 0%
40 Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School  68 789 43% 0% 0%   0% 86% 11% 0%
41 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 28% 69% 1%
42 West Bronx Academy for the Future  65 787 49% 0% 0%   0% 18% 76% 3%
43 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 42% 54% 0%
44 Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: A College Board School  68 783 52% 0% 0%   0% 82% 13% 0%
45 Green School: An Academy for Environmental Careers  97 782 35% 0% 0%   0% 30% 68% 0%
46 Liberation Diploma Plus High School  0 780 0% 0%   0% 54% 30% 15%
47 Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts  90 778 61% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 53% 43% 0%
48 International School for Liberal Arts  65 777 46% 0% 0%   0% 0% 99% 0%
49 Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences  90 777 43% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0% 87% 10% 0%
50 Community Health Academy of the Heights  68 776 47% 0% 0%   0% 7% 90% 2%
51 Metropolitan High School, The  65 775 38% 0% 0%   0% 19% 77% 0%
52 Bronx Latin  65 775 73% 0% 0%   0% 20% 78% 0%
53 Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre  90 775 39% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 81% 16% 2%
54 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 83% 13% 2%
55 Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School (Brooklyn School for Global Studies)  50 774 30% 0% 0% Film/Video  0% 55% 36% 5%
56 Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School  86 773 44% 0% 0%   0% 45% 51% 2%
57 Gotham Professional Arts Academy  68 773 52% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 82% 15% 0%
58 Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School  90 772 50% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 82% 13% 0%
59 Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School  68 772 56% 0% 0%   0% 91% 7% 0%
60 School for Democracy and Leadership  68 771 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 90% 6% 0%
61 DreamYard Preparatory School  86 770 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 37% 60% 0%
62 Manhattan Bridges High School  113 769 68% 0% 0% Computer Science  0% 0% 99% 0%
63 Banana Kelly High School  86 769 25% 0% 0%   0% 35% 62% 0%
64 Bronx Theatre High School  87 766 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 32% 65% 2%
65 Academy of Urban Planning  94 766 31% 0% 0%   0% 22% 75% 0%
66 Heritage School, The  67 765 38% 0% 0%   0% 31% 64% 2%
67 The Maxine Greene High School for Imaginative Inquiry  100 764 47% 0% 0%   0% 38% 59% 0%
68 The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers  90 764 40% 0% 0% Environmental Science  0% 28% 66% 3%
69 High School for Violin and Dance  86 764 33% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 34% 64% 0%
70 High School for Civil Rights  90 764 21% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 76% 22% 0%
71 Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School  121 763 32% 0% 0% Engineering  0% 24% 73% 0%
72 The High School for Global Citizenship  83 763 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 81% 13% 3%
73 EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick  105 763 38% 0% 0%   0% 8% 90% 0%
74 Community School for Social Justice  65 762 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 28% 70% 0%
75 School for Excellence  86 762 30% 0% 0%   0% 24% 72% 0%
76 Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence  83 761 46% 0% 0%   0% 18% 80% 0%
77 W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School  0 758 0% 0%   0% 88% 9% 0%
78 Urban Action Academy  90 758 39% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 81% 11% 5%
79 Validus Preparatory Academy: An Expeditionary Learning School  65 757 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  0% 28% 70% 0%
80 Arts & Media Preparatory Academy  80 753 29% 0% 0%   0% 81% 14% 0%
81 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   0% 56% 41% 0%
82 Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School  65 750 37% 0% 0%   0% 26% 73% 0%
83 Lyons Community School  68 750 31% 0% 0%   0% 37% 59% 2%
84 Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School  65 749 29% 0% 0%   0% 42% 55% 0%
85 Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community Research  76 748 32% 0% 0%   0% 44% 51% 0%
86 High School for Contemporary Arts  86 748 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 39% 58% 0%
87 Life Academy High School for Film and Music  68 748 65% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 49% 29% 13%
88 Bronx Leadership Academy High School  120 747 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 31% 66% 0%
89 The College Academy  90 744 42% 0% 0%   0% 11% 87% 1%
90 Urban Assembly High School of Music and Art  90 744 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  0% 77% 20% 0%
91 Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (BCAM)  125 744 47% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  0% 79% 18% 0%
92 Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics  90 738 50% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 0% 100% 0%
93 It Takes a Village Academy  136 738 79% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 89% 6% 0%
94 FDNY – Captain Vernon A. Richards High School for Fire and Life Safety  90 734 29% 0% 0%   0% 71% 26% 0%
95 Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology  86 728 22% 0% 0%   0% 28% 68% 2%
96 El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice  46 724 38% 0% 0%   0% 9% 86% 0%
97 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School  109 722 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 13% 81% 3%
98 Bushwick School for Social Justice  96 722 45% 0% 0%   0% 21% 76% 2%
99 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 16% 79% 0%
100 Academy for Social Action  68 706 32% 0% 0%   0% 46% 46% 5%

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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.