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 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
2 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
3 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
4 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
5 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
6 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
7 Harry S Truman High School  572 801 42% 2% 0% Law & Government  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
8 Long Island City High School  562 853 48% 3% 2% Culinary Arts  2.2   Screened
9 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
10 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
11 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
12 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
13 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
14 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
15 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
16 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
17 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
18 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
19 Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School  376 774 39% 0% 0% Computer Science  7.9   Limited Unscreened
20 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
21 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
22 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
23 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
24 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
25 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
26 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
27 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
28 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
29 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
30 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
31 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
32 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
33 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
34 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
35 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
36 Sunset Park High School  270 778 58% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
37 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
38 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
39 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
40 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
41 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
42 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
43 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.5   Ed. Opt.
44 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
45 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
46 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
47 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
48 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
49 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
50 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
51 George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School  214 816 47% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.8   Screened
52 Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts  214 796 51% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.7   Ed. Opt.
53 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
54 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
55 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
56 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
57 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
58 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.0 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
59 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
60 PROGRESS High School for Professional Careers  205 757 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
61 Martin Van Buren High School  201 793 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  12.5 Queens  Screened
62 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
63 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
64 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
65 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
66 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
67 Boys and Girls High School  192 791 26% 0% 0% Engineering  6.4   Screened
68 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
69 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
70 Automotive High School  175 748 26% 0% 0% Engineering  3.2   Ed. Opt.
71 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
72 August Martin High School  170 738 24% 0% 0% Engineering  11.9   Unscreened
73 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
74 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
75 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
76 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
77 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
78 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
79 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
80 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2.8   Audition
81 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
82 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
83 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
84 High School for Health Careers and Sciences  146 759 42% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
85 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
86 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
87 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
88 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
89 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
90 High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety  136 841 47% 0% 0% Law & Government  11.4 Queens  Screened
91 Humanities & Arts Magnet High School  136 793 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
92 It Takes a Village Academy  136 738 79% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.6   Limited Unscreened
93 Urban Assembly New York Harbor School  135 899 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7   Limited Unscreened
94 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
95 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
96 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
97 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
98 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
99 Bronx Design and Construction Academy  130 0 0% 0% Engineering  4.7 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
100 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y

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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.