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 Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School  68 772 56% 0% 0%   0% 91% 7% 0%
2 School for Democracy and Leadership  68 771 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 90% 6% 0%
3 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  1% 90% 6% 1%
4 It Takes a Village Academy  136 738 79% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 89% 6% 0%
5 Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts (BILA)  90 0 0% 0%   0% 89% 6% 0%
6 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   3% 88% 7% 0%
7 Victory Collegiate High School  68 794 49% 0% 0%   0% 88% 6% 0%
8 Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School  90 807 37% 0% 0%   0% 88% 10% 0%
9 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  3% 88% 5% 1%
10 Eagle Academy for Young Men II  68 0 0% 0%   0% 88% 10% 0%
11 The School for Human Rights  68 809 46% 0% 0%   0% 88% 10% 0%
12 Boys and Girls High School  192 791 26% 0% 0% Engineering  0% 88% 7% 0%
13 W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School  0 758 0% 0%   0% 88% 9% 0%
14 Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences  90 777 43% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0% 87% 10% 0%
15 Nelson Mandela High School  90 0 0% 0%   0% 87% 9% 0%
16 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  4% 87% 5% 0%
17 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  3% 87% 10% 0%
18 Brooklyn Generation School  68 798 37% 0% 0%   0% 86% 9% 0%
19 Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School  68 789 43% 0% 0%   0% 86% 11% 0%
20 High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media  68 800 53% 0% 0% Business  0% 86% 10% 2%
21 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4% 85% 9% 1%
22 Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School  68 0 38% 0% 0%   0% 84% 16% 0%
23 Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School  0 696 0% 0%   0% 84% 13% 0%
24 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  5% 84% 7% 2%
25 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  3% 83% 7% 2%
26 Excelsior Preparatory High School  92 791 54% 0% 0%   4% 83% 7% 2%
27 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 83% 13% 2%
28 Academy for Conservation and the Environment  68 778 37% 0% 0% Environmental Science  4% 83% 10% 0%
29 Academy for Health Careers  90 811 48% 0% 0% Health Professions  0% 83% 10% 0%
30 Eagle Academy for Young Men III  64 0 0% 0%   0% 83% 5% 0%
31 Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: A College Board School  68 783 52% 0% 0%   0% 82% 13% 0%
32 High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus  90 742 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  2% 82% 11% 4%
33 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 82% 9% 0%
34 Gotham Professional Arts Academy  68 773 52% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 82% 15% 0%
35 Humanities & Arts Magnet High School  136 793 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts  5% 82% 11% 0%
36 Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School  90 772 50% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 82% 13% 0%
37 High School for Medical Professions  90 831 65% 0% 0% Health Professions  4% 81% 13% 0%
38 Arts & Media Preparatory Academy  80 753 29% 0% 0%   0% 81% 14% 0%
39 Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre  90 775 39% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 81% 16% 2%
40 Academy of Hospitality and Tourism  90 759 38% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  4% 81% 11% 0%
41 Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment  90 830 57% 0% 0% Science & Math  4% 81% 11% 2%
42 Urban Action Academy  90 758 39% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 81% 11% 5%
43 The High School for Global Citizenship  83 763 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 81% 13% 3%
44 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  0% 80% 18% 0%
45 High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus  90 759 58% 0% 0%   4% 80% 10% 3%
46 Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (BCAM)  125 744 47% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  0% 79% 18% 0%
47 Brooklyn Frontiers High School  35 0 0% 0%   0% 78% 20% 0%
48 Urban Assembly High School of Music and Art  90 744 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  0% 77% 20% 0%
49 George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences  92 867 61% 0% 0% Animal Science  9% 77% 11% 0%
50 Cambria Heights Academy  69 842 51% 0% 0%   6% 76% 10% 0%
51 High School for Civil Rights  90 764 21% 0% 0% Law & Government  0% 76% 22% 0%
52 The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance  90 777 23% 0% 0% Business  6% 75% 16% 0%
53 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   0% 75% 22% 0%
54 Performing Arts and Technology High School  105 768 32% 0% 0% Performing Arts  1% 75% 22% 0%
55 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  5% 75% 17% 1%
56 August Martin High School  170 738 24% 0% 0% Engineering  9% 74% 13% 0%
57 World Academy for Total Community Health High School (WATCH)  90 769 35% 0% 0% Science & Math  4% 74% 19% 0%
58 Academy for Young Writers  77 795 47% 0% 0%   0% 74% 22% 0%
59 Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights  92 0 0% 0% Health Professions  8% 73% 10% 2%
60 George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School  214 816 47% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  2% 73% 21% 3%
61 Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts  76 678 43% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0% 72% 23% 0%
62 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  6% 72% 18% 0%
63 Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts  214 796 51% 0% 0% Science & Math  6% 72% 17% 2%
64 Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women  68 812 89% 0% 0% Science & Math  4% 72% 13% 8%
65 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  0% 72% 21% 0%
66 Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School  127 798 48% 0% 0% Science & Math  9% 71% 12% 2%
67 FDNY – Captain Vernon A. Richards High School for Fire and Life Safety  90 734 29% 0% 0%   0% 71% 26% 0%
68 Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology  126 796 52% 0% 0% Law & Government  2% 71% 24% 1%
69 Spring Creek Community School  68 0 0% 0%   0% 70% 24% 0%
70 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   2% 70% 23% 2%
71 Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  14% 69% 12% 0%
72 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  3% 69% 22% 2%
73 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  1% 68% 28% 0%
74 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   7% 68% 11% 5%
75 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  4% 68% 18% 8%
76 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  3% 67% 23% 3%
77 Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School  80 774 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  2% 67% 28% 0%
78 High School of Sports Management  90 741 61% 0% 0%   4% 67% 19% 7%
79 High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety  136 841 47% 0% 0% Law & Government  11% 65% 19% 2%
80 Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn (TYWLS)  68 0 0% 0% Science & Math  0% 65% 24% 0%
81 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   3% 64% 26% 4%
82 The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy  86 800 45% 0% 0%   4% 64% 26% 5%
83 East New York Family Academy  63 915 55% 0% 0%   0% 63% 34% 0%
84 Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School  376 774 39% 0% 0% Computer Science  6% 62% 29% 1%
85 Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: A College Board School  65 800 38% 0% 0% Business  3% 62% 31% 2%
86 Greenpoint Art and Technical High School (Frances Perkins Academy)  93 812 41% 0% 0% Computer Science  0% 62% 30% 0%
87 Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School  92 828 32% 0% 0%   2% 61% 36% 0%
88 Eagle Academy for Young Men  52 808 59% 0% 0%   0% 60% 36% 0%
89 The School for Classics: An Academy of Thinkers, Writers and Performers  90 778 37% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8% 58% 29% 0%
90 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   0% 56% 41% 0%
91 Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School (Brooklyn School for Global Studies)  50 774 30% 0% 0% Film/Video  0% 55% 36% 5%
92 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   32% 55% 8% 2%
93 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  3% 55% 35% 3%
94 Liberation Diploma Plus High School  0 780 0% 0%   0% 54% 30% 15%
95 Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts  90 778 61% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0% 53% 43% 0%
96 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   26% 53% 15% 4%
97 Automotive High School  175 748 26% 0% 0% Engineering  3% 52% 41% 2%
98 Brooklyn Preparatory High School  97 797 47% 0% 0%   2% 52% 43% 1%
99 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2% 52% 44% 0%
100 Rockaway Collegiate High School  92 802 0% 0%   5% 51% 35% 3%

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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.