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 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
2 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
3 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
4 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
5 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
6 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
7 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
8 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
9 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
10 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
11 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
12 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
13 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
14 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
15 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
16 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
17 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
18 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
19 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
20 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
21 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
22 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
23 Clinton School Writers & Artists, M.S. 260  80 0 23% 17%   2.2   Screened
24 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
25 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
26 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
27 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
28 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
29 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
30 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
31 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
32 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
33 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
34 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
35 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
36 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
37 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
38 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
39 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
40 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
41 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
42 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
43 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
44 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
45 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
46 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
47 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
48 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
49 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
50 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
51 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
52 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  13.2   Limited Unscreened
53 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
54 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
55 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
56 Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School  87 900 76% 9% 0%   15.9 Staten Island  Limited Unscreened
57 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
58 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
59 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
60 The Cinema School  65 879 57% 9% 0% Film/Video  6.9   Screened
61 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
62 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
63 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
64 Harvest Collegiate High School  90 0 8% 0%   2.2 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
65 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
66 Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School  92 0 8% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
67 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
68 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
69 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
70 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
71 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
72 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
73 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
74 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
75 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
76 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
77 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
78 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
79 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
80 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
81 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
82 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
83 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
84 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
85 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
86 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
87 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
88 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
89 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
90 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
91 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
92 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
93 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
94 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
95 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
96 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
97 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
98 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
99 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
100 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
101 Long Island City High School  562 853 48% 3% 2% Culinary Arts  2.2   Screened
102 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
103 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
104 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
105 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
106 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
107 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
108 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
109 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
110 Harry S Truman High School  572 801 42% 2% 0% Law & Government  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
111 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
112 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
113 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
114 Frank McCourt High School  90 980 84% 0% 0%   1.5   Screened
115 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  4.8   Limited Unscreened
116 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
117 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
118 Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences  92 947 64% 0% 0% Science & Math  9.9 Queens  Ed. Opt.
119 Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (TYWLS)  69 947 90% 0% 0%   2.7 Queens  Screened
120 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
121 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
122 East New York Family Academy  63 915 55% 0% 0%   8.5   Screened
123 Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science  65 914 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8   Screened
124 All City Leadership Secondary School  52 913 58% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
125 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
126 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
127 Urban Assembly New York Harbor School  135 899 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7   Limited Unscreened
128 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   9.9   Limited Unscreened
129 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
130 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
131 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
132 High School of Hospitality Management  90 884 56% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  0.9   Limited Unscreened
133 East Side Community School  75 882 72% 0% 12%   2.5   Screened
134 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
135 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
136 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
137 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
138 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
139 High School of Applied Communication  92 872 51% 0% 8%   2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
140 George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences  92 867 61% 0% 0% Animal Science  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
141 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
142 Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies  90 866 48% 0% 0% Environmental Science  12.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
143 Newcomers High School  69 864 48% 0% 0%   2.2   Screened: Language
144 Food and Finance High School  90 863 59% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0.9   Limited Unscreened
145 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.4   Limited Unscreened Y
146 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
147 Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The  90 862 53% 0% 0% Architecture  0.9   Limited Unscreened
148 Park East High School  77 862 68% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Screened
149 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.9   Limited Unscreened
150 Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology  119 861 68% 0% 0% Communications  9.4   Limited Unscreened
151 Civic Leadership Academy  120 859 67% 0% 0%   5.6   Limited Unscreened
152 Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School  105 857 76% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2 Manhattan  Screened
153 Channel View School for Research  92 857 72% 0% 0%   14.6 27   Limited Unscreened
154 Pelham Preparatory Academy  94 853 79% 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
155 Bronx High School for Medical Science  65 852 74% 0% 9% Health Professions  6.1   Screened
156 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
157 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
158 Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The  104 851 72% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.3   Audition
159 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
160 Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  65 850 44% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
161 Bronxdale High School  94 850 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
162 High School of Arts and Technology  117 849 40% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0.9   Ed. Opt.
163 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
164 Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications  77 848 33% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
165 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy  73 846 65% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  3.4   Limited Unscreened
166 Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School  75 846 52% 0% 0% Health Professions  15.8   Limited Unscreened
167 In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368)  109 845 71% 0% 0% Computer Science  8.5 10   Screened
168 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
169 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
170 The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions  108 843 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  8.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
171 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
172 Cambria Heights Academy  69 842 51% 0% 0%   11.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
173 High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety  136 841 47% 0% 0% Law & Government  11.4 Queens  Screened
174 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
175 Astor Collegiate Academy  94 839 44% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
176 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design  125 839 56% 0% 0% Architecture  3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
177 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
178 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  4.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
179 Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning  65 837 73% 0% 9%   5.3   Screened
180 Bronx High School for the Visual Arts  86 836 38% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
181 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
182 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
183 South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School  73 833 65% 0% 0%   4.4   Limited Unscreened
184 High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice  117 832 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0.9   Ed. Opt.
185 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
186 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   12.3   For Continuing 8th Graders
187 High School for Medical Professions  90 831 65% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.5   Limited Unscreened
188 Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment  90 830 57% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
189 Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists  65 829 49% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
190 Discovery High School  86 828 39% 0% 0%   8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
191 Bronx Health Sciences High School  86 828 83% 0% 0% Health Professions  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
192 Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School  92 828 32% 0% 0%   15.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
193 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
194 Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (KAPPA)  86 825 56% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
195 East Bronx Academy for the Future  65 824 44% 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened
196 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
197 Bronx Lab School  100 823 44% 0% 0%   9.7   Limited Unscreened
198 School for International Studies  58 823 56% 0% 0%   5.6 15   Screened
199 Belmont Preparatory High School  86 821 57% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Screened
200 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  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.