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 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
2 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
3 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
4 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
5 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
6 Bronxdale High School  94 850 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
7 Rockaway Collegiate High School  92 802 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
8 Liberation Diploma Plus High School  0 780 0% 0%   13.0   Limited Unscreened
9 Independence High School  0 760 0% 0%   0.7   Limited Unscreened
10 W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School  0 758 0% 0%   6.7   Limited Unscreened
11 Bronx Envision Academy  86 749 0% 0%   6.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
12 High School of Language and Innovation  86 696 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Screened: Language
13 Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School  0 696 0% 0%   8.4   Limited Unscreened
14 The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management  90 0 0% 0% Law & Government  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
15 Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School  90 0 0% 0% Architecture  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
16 Clinton School Writers & Artists, M.S. 260  80 0 23% 17%   2.2   Screened
17 Manhattan Early College School for Advertising  93 0 0% 0% Communications  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
18 Urban Assembly Maker Academy  90 0 0% 7% Computer Science  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
19 Quest to Learn  83 0 0% 0%   2.1 2   Ed. Opt.
20 Murray Hill Academy  75 0 0% 0%   1.3 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
21 Union Square Academy for Health Sciences  90 0 0% 0% Health Professions  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
22 Harvest Collegiate High School  90 0 8% 0%   2.2 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
23 Academy for Software Engineering (AFSE)  90 0 0% 0% Computer Science  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
24 Humanities Preparatory Academy  29 0 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Screened
25 Special Music School  33 0 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
26 Esperanza Preparatory Academy  68 0 0% 0% Science & Math  2.6   Screened: Language
27 Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem  68 0   3.9   Limited Unscreened
28 The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce  68 0 0% 0% Business  3.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
29 Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies  68 0 0% 0% Computer Science  7.4 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
30 High School for Excellence and Innovation  50 0 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
31 M.S. 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology  65 0 0% 8% Computer Science  4.4   Screened: Language Y
32 HERO High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School)  86 0 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
33 Bronx Design and Construction Academy  130 0 0% 0% Engineering  4.7 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
34 Pelham Lab High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
35 Schuylerville Preparatory High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
36 Bronx River High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
37 Westchester Square Academy  108 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
38 School for Tourism and Hospitality  108 0 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  5.5 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
39 Bronx Compass High School  86 0 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
40 Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327  80 0 0% 23% Science & Math  6.2   Limited Unscreened Y
41 New Directions Secondary School  44 0 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
42 Claremont International HS  65 0 0% 0%   6.1   Screened: Language
43 Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (TYWLS)  65 0 0% 9% Science & Math  6.7   Screened
44 Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE)  86 0 0% 6% Computer Science  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
45 Bronx Collaborative High School  86 0 0% 0%   9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
46 World View High School  106 0 0% 0% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
47 Crotona International High School  65 0 0% 0%   7.9   Screened: Language
48 High School for Energy and Technology  86 0 0% 0% Engineering  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
49 Crotona Academy High School  0 0   4.9   Limited Unscreened
50 Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn (TYWLS)  68 0 0% 0% Science & Math  4.6   Screened
51 Brooklyn Frontiers High School  35 0 0% 0%   5.2   Limited Unscreened
52 Khalil Gibran International Academy  68 0 0% 0%   5.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
53 Nelson Mandela High School  90 0 0% 0%   6.4   Limited Unscreened
54 Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts (BILA)  90 0 0% 0%   7.5 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
55 Spring Creek Community School  68 0 0% 0%   9.1   Ed. Opt.
56 The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare  68 0 0% 0% Health Professions  7.4   Limited Unscreened
57 Origins High School  90 0 0% 0%   12.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
58 Professional Pathways High School  0 0 0% 0%   12.0   Limited Unscreened
59 Eagle Academy for Young Men II  68 0 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened Y
60 International High School for Health Sciences  69 0 0% 0% Health Professions  5.5 Queens  Screened: Language
61 Veritas Academy  110 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
62 Queens High School for Language Studies  92 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Screened: Language
63 Business Technology Early College High School (BTECH)  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  12.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
64 Epic High School - South  69 0 0% 0%   10.4 Queens  Limited Unscreened
65 Epic High School - North  69 0 0% 0%   9.1 Queens  Limited Unscreened
66 Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School  92 0 8% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
67 Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights  92 0 0% 0% Health Professions  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
68 Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
69 Eagle Academy for Young Men III  64 0 0% 0%   11.5   Limited Unscreened
70 Energy Tech High School  92 0 0% 12% Engineering  2.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
71 The Brooklyn School for Math and Research (BSMARt)  90 0 0% 0% Science & Math  5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
72 High School for Civil Rights  90 764 21% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
73 Coalition School for Social Change  100 712 22% 0% 0%   3.2 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
74 Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology  86 728 22% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
75 Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy, The  110 797 23% 0% 0%   6.2 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
76 The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance  90 777 23% 0% 0% Business  5.5   Limited Unscreened
77 August Martin High School  170 738 24% 0% 0% Engineering  11.9   Unscreened
78 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  4.8   Ed. Opt.
79 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
80 Banana Kelly High School  86 769 25% 0% 0%   5.5 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
81 Leadership Institute  65 0 26% 0% 0%   6.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
82 Pan American International High School  92 660 26% 0% 0%   5.6   Screened: Language
83 Boys and Girls High School  192 791 26% 0% 0% Engineering  6.4   Screened
84 Automotive High School  175 748 26% 0% 0% Engineering  3.2   Ed. Opt.
85 Orchard Collegiate Academy (Henry Street School)  68 816 26% 0% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
86 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.5   Ed. Opt.
87 Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability  92 738 28% 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
88 International Community High School  65 683 28% 0% 0%   4.3   Screened: Language
89 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.9 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
90 Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School  65 749 29% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
91 Arts & Media Preparatory Academy  80 753 29% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
92 FDNY – Captain Vernon A. Richards High School for Fire and Life Safety  90 734 29% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
93 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
94 Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School (Brooklyn School for Global Studies)  50 774 30% 0% 0% Film/Video  5.6   Screened
95 School for Excellence  86 762 30% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
96 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
97 Academy of Urban Planning  94 766 31% 0% 0%   5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
98 Lyons Community School  68 750 31% 0% 0%   4.1   Limited Unscreened
99 Holcombe L. Rucker School of Community Research  76 748 32% 0% 0%   5.5   Limited Unscreened
100 Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School  121 763 32% 0% 0% Engineering  4.7   Ed. Opt.
101 Performing Arts and Technology High School  105 768 32% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
102 Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School  92 828 32% 0% 0%   15.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
103 Explorations Academy  86 749 32% 0% 0%   6.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
104 Academy for Social Action  68 706 32% 0% 0%   3.7   Limited Unscreened
105 Multicultural High School  68 642 33% 0% 0%   7.4   Screened: Language
106 Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications  77 848 33% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
107 High School for Violin and Dance  86 764 33% 0% 0% Performing Arts  5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
108 Unity Center for Urban Technologies  50 760 33% 0% 0%   1.3   Ed. Opt.
109 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2.8   Audition
110 DreamYard Preparatory School  86 770 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  6.1   Limited Unscreened
111 Bronx Guild  65 758 34% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
112 International High School at Union Square  90 733 34% 0% 0%   2.1   Screened: Language
113 Green School: An Academy for Environmental Careers  97 782 35% 0% 0%   4.1   Limited Unscreened
114 Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy  86 800 35% 0% 0% Engineering  8.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
115 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
116 Manhattan Academy for Arts & Language  90 684 35% 0% 0%   1.3   Screened: Language
117 World Academy for Total Community Health High School (WATCH)  90 769 35% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.0   Limited Unscreened
118 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
119 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
120 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
121 Brooklyn Generation School  68 798 37% 0% 0%   9.5   Limited Unscreened
122 Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School  90 807 37% 0% 0%   7.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
123 Bronx Collegiate Academy  76 796 37% 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
124 Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School  65 750 37% 0% 0%   5.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
125 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
126 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
127 Academy for Conservation and the Environment  68 778 37% 0% 0% Environmental Science  9.5   Limited Unscreened
128 The School for Classics: An Academy of Thinkers, Writers and Performers  90 778 37% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.4   Limited Unscreened
129 Bronx High School of Business  106 725 37% 0% 0% Business  6.1   Limited Unscreened
130 Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: A College Board School  65 800 38% 0% 0% Business  10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
131 EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick  105 763 38% 0% 0%   5.4 32   Ed. Opt.
132 Heritage School, The  67 765 38% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
133 Academy of Hospitality and Tourism  90 759 38% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  8.0   Ed. Opt.
134 Brooklyn Lab School  125 759 38% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
135 Metropolitan High School, The  65 775 38% 0% 0%   6.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
136 Facing History School, The  90 722 38% 0% 0%   0.9 3   Limited Unscreened
137 Bronx High School for the Visual Arts  86 836 38% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
138 Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School  90 735 38% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
139 Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School  68 0 38% 0% 0%   5.5 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
140 El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice  46 724 38% 0% 0%   4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
141 Urban Action Academy  90 758 39% 0% 0% Law & Government  9.5   Limited Unscreened
142 Discovery High School  86 828 39% 0% 0%   8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
143 Bronx School of Law and Finance  86 778 39% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
144 Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre  90 775 39% 0% 0% Performing Arts  6.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
145 Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School  376 774 39% 0% 0% Computer Science  7.9   Limited Unscreened
146 Academy for Environmental Leadership  90 731 39% 0% 0% Environmental Science  5.8   Limited Unscreened
147 High School of Arts and Technology  117 849 40% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0.9   Ed. Opt.
148 Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts  86 817 40% 0% 0% Communications  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
149 Health Opportunities High School  120 760 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2   Ed. Opt.
150 The High School for Global Citizenship  83 763 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6   Limited Unscreened
151 Queens High School for Information, Research, and Technology  92 734 40% 0% 0% Computer Science  15.8   Limited Unscreened
152 School for Democracy and Leadership  68 771 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.5   Limited Unscreened
153 The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers  90 764 40% 0% 0% Environmental Science  1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
154 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
155 PROGRESS High School for Professional Careers  205 757 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
156 “47” The American Sign Language and English Secondary School  58 0 40% 0% 0%   1.9   Screened
157 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
158 Greenpoint Art and Technical High School (Frances Perkins Academy)  93 812 41% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2   Limited Unscreened
159 High School for Teaching and the Professions  86 733 41% 0% 0% Teaching  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
160 High School of World Cultures  76 715 41% 0% 0%   6.9   Screened: Language
161 Bronx Aerospace High School  86 813 41% 0% 0% Engineering  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
162 Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies  98 796 41% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
163 Harry S Truman High School  572 801 42% 2% 0% Law & Government  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
164 High School for Health Careers and Sciences  146 759 42% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
165 Validus Preparatory Academy: An Expeditionary Learning School  65 757 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
166 The College Academy  90 744 42% 0% 0%   6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
167 Martin Van Buren High School  201 793 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  12.5 Queens  Screened
168 Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School  68 789 43% 0% 0%   7.1 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
169 Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts  76 678 43% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.7 13   Audition
170 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  7.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
171 High School for Media and Communications  125 759 43% 0% 0% Communications  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
172 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
173 Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences  90 777 43% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  8.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
174 International High School at Prospect Heights  90 646 43% 0% 0%   6.6   Screened: Language
175 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
176 Astor Collegiate Academy  94 839 44% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
177 Bronx Lab School  100 823 44% 0% 0%   9.7   Limited Unscreened
178 Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School  86 773 44% 0% 0%   6.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
179 Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  65 850 44% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
180 East Bronx Academy for the Future  65 824 44% 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened
181 Bushwick School for Social Justice  96 722 45% 0% 0%   5.8 32   Limited Unscreened
182 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
183 Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The  90 811 45% 0% 0% Communications  0.9   Limited Unscreened
184 The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy  86 800 45% 0% 0%   10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
185 Pablo Neruda Academy  86 778 45% 0% 0% Architecture  7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
186 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
187 Millennium Art Academy  86 809 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
188 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
189 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.9   Limited Unscreened
190 International School for Liberal Arts  65 777 46% 0% 0%   8.3   Screened: Language
191 Bronx Bridges High School  65 0 46% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Screened: Language
192 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
193 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
194 Bronx Leadership Academy High School  120 747 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
195 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
196 Community School for Social Justice  65 762 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
197 The School for Human Rights  68 809 46% 0% 0%   7.5   Unscreened
198 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School  109 722 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.4 14   Audition Y
199 Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence  83 761 46% 0% 0%   5.4   Limited Unscreened
200 Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (BCAM)  125 744 47% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  5.1   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.