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 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
2 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
3 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
4 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
5 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
6 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
7 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
8 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
9 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
10 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
11 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
12 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
13 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
14 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
15 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
16 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
17 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
18 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
19 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
20 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
21 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
22 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
23 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
24 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
25 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
26 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
27 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
28 Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (TYWLS)  69 947 90% 0% 0%   2.7 Queens  Screened
29 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
30 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
31 Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women  68 812 89% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.9   Limited Unscreened
32 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
33 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
34 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
35 Frank McCourt High School  90 980 84% 0% 0%   1.5   Screened
36 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
37 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
38 Bronx Health Sciences High School  86 828 83% 0% 0% Health Professions  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
39 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
40 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
41 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
42 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
43 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
44 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
45 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
46 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
47 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
48 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
49 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
50 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
51 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
52 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
53 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
54 Pelham Preparatory Academy  94 853 79% 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
55 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
56 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
57 It Takes a Village Academy  136 738 79% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.6   Limited Unscreened
58 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
59 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
60 Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The  68 784 78% 0% 0% Law & Government  3.4   Limited Unscreened
61 Eximius College Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  86 791 78% 0% 0%   6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
62 International High School at LaGuardia Community College  93 792 78% 0% 0%   2.7   Screened: Language
63 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
64 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
65 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
66 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
67 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
68 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
69 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
70 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
71 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
72 Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School  87 900 76% 9% 0%   15.9 Staten Island  Limited Unscreened
73 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
74 Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School  105 857 76% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2 Manhattan  Screened
75 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
76 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
77 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
78 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
79 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
80 Bronx High School for Medical Science  65 852 74% 0% 9% Health Professions  6.1   Screened
81 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
82 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
83 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
84 Bronx Latin  65 775 73% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
85 Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning  65 837 73% 0% 9%   5.3   Screened
86 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
87 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
88 Hudson High School of Learning Technologies  100 785 72% 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
89 Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The  104 851 72% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.3   Audition
90 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
91 East Side Community School  75 882 72% 0% 12%   2.5   Screened
92 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
93 Channel View School for Research  92 857 72% 0% 0%   14.6 27   Limited Unscreened
94 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
95 Brooklyn International High School  68 766 71% 0% 0%   4.7   Screened: Language
96 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
97 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
98 Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders  68 816 71% 0% 12%   11.9   Limited Unscreened
99 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
100 In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368)  109 845 71% 0% 0% Computer Science  8.5 10   Screened
101 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
102 Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College  82 766 70% 0% 0%   2.7   Screened
103 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
104 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
105 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
106 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   3.8 5   Screened
107 Park East High School  77 862 68% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Screened
108 Manhattan Bridges High School  113 769 68% 0% 0% Computer Science  0.9   Screened: Language & Academics
109 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   9.9   Limited Unscreened
110 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
111 Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology  119 861 68% 0% 0% Communications  9.4   Limited Unscreened
112 Civic Leadership Academy  120 859 67% 0% 0%   5.6   Limited Unscreened
113 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
114 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
115 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
116 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
117 Brooklyn Secondary School for Collaborative Studies  75 812 66% 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
118 University Neighborhood High School  105 792 66% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.7   Ed. Opt.
119 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
120 Life Academy High School for Film and Music  68 748 65% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  11.9   Limited Unscreened
121 South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School  73 833 65% 0% 0%   4.4   Limited Unscreened
122 High School for Medical Professions  90 831 65% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.5   Limited Unscreened
123 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy  73 846 65% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  3.4   Limited Unscreened
124 Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology  86 801 64% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
125 Hillside Arts & Letters Academy  92 808 64% 0% 0%   9.9 Queens  Limited Unscreened
126 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
127 Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences  92 947 64% 0% 0% Science & Math  9.9 Queens  Ed. Opt.
128 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   12.3   For Continuing 8th Graders
129 Fordham High School for the Arts  86 802 63% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Bronx  Audition
130 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
131 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
132 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
133 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
134 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  5.2 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
135 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
136 Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts  90 778 61% 0% 0% Performing Arts  3.7   Limited Unscreened
137 Essex Street Academy  68 806 61% 0% 0%   3.4   Limited Unscreened
138 High School of Sports Management  90 741 61% 0% 0%   11.9 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
139 Academy for Language and Technology  74 705 61% 0% 0% Communications  6.6   Screened: Language
140 George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences  92 867 61% 0% 0% Animal Science  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
141 Flushing International High School  76 804 61% 0% 0%   8.2   Screened: Language
142 Manhattan International High School  71 796 61% 0% 0%   0.8   Screened: Language
143 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
144 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  4.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
145 The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions  108 843 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  8.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
146 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
147 Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science  65 914 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8   Screened
148 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
149 New Design High School  104 777 59% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  3.4   Ed. Opt.
150 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
151 Eagle Academy for Young Men  52 808 59% 0% 0%   6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
152 Food and Finance High School  90 863 59% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0.9   Limited Unscreened
153 New World High School  86 770 59% 0% 0%   10.7   Screened: Language
154 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
155 High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus  90 759 58% 0% 0%   8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
156 All City Leadership Secondary School  52 913 58% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
157 Sunset Park High School  270 778 58% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
158 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
159 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
160 Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment  90 830 57% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
161 Belmont Preparatory High School  86 821 57% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Screened
162 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
163 The Cinema School  65 879 57% 9% 0% Film/Video  6.9   Screened
164 Kingsbridge International High School  86 677 56% 0% 0%   8.3   Screened: Language
165 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
166 Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (KAPPA)  86 825 56% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
167 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
168 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
169 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design  125 839 56% 0% 0% Architecture  3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
170 Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School  68 772 56% 0% 0%   8.6   Limited Unscreened
171 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  4.8   Limited Unscreened
172 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.4   Limited Unscreened Y
173 School for International Studies  58 823 56% 0% 0%   5.6 15   Screened
174 High School of Hospitality Management  90 884 56% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  0.9   Limited Unscreened
175 Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports  100 807 56% 0% 0% Business  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
176 High School of Computers and Technology  120 795 55% 0% 0% Computer Science  9.7   Limited Unscreened
177 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
178 The Global Learning Collaborative  90 813 55% 0% 0%   1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
179 High School for Community Leadership  92 807 55% 0% 0%   9.9 Queens  Limited Unscreened
180 Pan American International High School at Monroe  86 632 55% 0% 0%   6.9   Screened: Language
181 East New York Family Academy  63 915 55% 0% 0%   8.5   Screened
182 Bronx High School for Law and Community Service  86 803 55% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
183 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
184 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
185 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
186 Excelsior Preparatory High School  92 791 54% 0% 0%   13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
187 High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice  117 832 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0.9   Ed. Opt.
188 Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The  90 862 53% 0% 0% Architecture  0.9   Limited Unscreened
189 High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media  68 800 53% 0% 0% Business  9.5   Limited Unscreened
190 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
191 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.0 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
192 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
193 Bronx Academy of Health Careers  86 766 53% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
194 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  13.2   Limited Unscreened
195 Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School  80 774 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  2.8   Ed. Opt.
196 Urban Assembly High School of Music and Art  90 744 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  4.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
197 Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School  75 846 52% 0% 0% Health Professions  15.8   Limited Unscreened
198 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
199 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
200 Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: A College Board School  68 783 52% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened

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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.