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 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
3 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
4 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
5 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
6 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
7 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
8 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
9 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
10 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
11 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
12 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
13 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
14 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
15 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
16 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
17 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
18 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
19 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
20 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
21 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
22 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
23 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
24 Comprehensive Model School Project M.S. 327  80 0 0% 23% Science & Math  6.2   Limited Unscreened Y
25 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
26 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
27 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
28 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
29 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
30 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  5.2 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
31 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
32 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
33 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
34 Clinton School Writers & Artists, M.S. 260  80 0 23% 17%   2.2   Screened
35 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
36 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
37 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
38 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
39 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
40 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
41 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
42 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
43 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
44 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
45 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
46 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
47 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
48 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
49 Energy Tech High School  92 0 0% 12% Engineering  2.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
50 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
51 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
52 East Side Community School  75 882 72% 0% 12%   2.5   Screened
53 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
54 Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders  68 816 71% 0% 12%   11.9   Limited Unscreened
55 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
56 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
57 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
58 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
59 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
60 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
61 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
62 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
63 Bronx High School for Medical Science  65 852 74% 0% 9% Health Professions  6.1   Screened
64 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
65 Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (TYWLS)  65 0 0% 9% Science & Math  6.7   Screened
66 Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning  65 837 73% 0% 9%   5.3   Screened
67 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
68 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
69 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
70 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
71 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   3.8 5   Screened
72 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
73 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
74 M.S. 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology  65 0 0% 8% Computer Science  4.4   Screened: Language Y
75 High School of Applied Communication  92 872 51% 0% 8%   2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
76 Urban Assembly Maker Academy  90 0 0% 7% Computer Science  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
77 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
78 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
79 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
80 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
81 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
82 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
83 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
84 Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE)  86 0 0% 6% Computer Science  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
85 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
86 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
87 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
88 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
89 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
90 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
91 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
92 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
93 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
94 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
95 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
96 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
97 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
98 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
99 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
100 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
101 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
102 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
103 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
104 Long Island City High School  562 853 48% 3% 2% Culinary Arts  2.2   Screened
105 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
106 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
107 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
108 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
109 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
110 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
111 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
112 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
113 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
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 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
118 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
119 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
120 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
121 Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences  92 947 64% 0% 0% Science & Math  9.9 Queens  Ed. Opt.
122 Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (TYWLS)  69 947 90% 0% 0%   2.7 Queens  Screened
123 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
124 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
125 East New York Family Academy  63 915 55% 0% 0%   8.5   Screened
126 Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science  65 914 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8   Screened
127 All City Leadership Secondary School  52 913 58% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
128 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
129 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
130 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
131 Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School  87 900 76% 9% 0%   15.9 Staten Island  Limited Unscreened
132 Urban Assembly New York Harbor School  135 899 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7   Limited Unscreened
133 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   9.9   Limited Unscreened
134 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
135 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
136 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
137 High School of Hospitality Management  90 884 56% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  0.9   Limited Unscreened
138 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
139 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
140 The Cinema School  65 879 57% 9% 0% Film/Video  6.9   Screened
141 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
142 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
143 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
144 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
145 George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences  92 867 61% 0% 0% Animal Science  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
146 Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies  90 866 48% 0% 0% Environmental Science  12.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
147 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
148 Newcomers High School  69 864 48% 0% 0%   2.2   Screened: Language
149 Food and Finance High School  90 863 59% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0.9   Limited Unscreened
150 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.4   Limited Unscreened Y
151 Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The  90 862 53% 0% 0% Architecture  0.9   Limited Unscreened
152 Park East High School  77 862 68% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Screened
153 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.9   Limited Unscreened
154 Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology  119 861 68% 0% 0% Communications  9.4   Limited Unscreened
155 Civic Leadership Academy  120 859 67% 0% 0%   5.6   Limited Unscreened
156 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
157 Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School  105 857 76% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2 Manhattan  Screened
158 Channel View School for Research  92 857 72% 0% 0%   14.6 27   Limited Unscreened
159 Pelham Preparatory Academy  94 853 79% 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
160 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
161 Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The  104 851 72% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.3   Audition
162 Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  65 850 44% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
163 Bronxdale High School  94 850 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
164 High School of Arts and Technology  117 849 40% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0.9   Ed. Opt.
165 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
166 Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications  77 848 33% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
167 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy  73 846 65% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  3.4   Limited Unscreened
168 Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School  75 846 52% 0% 0% Health Professions  15.8   Limited Unscreened
169 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
170 In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368)  109 845 71% 0% 0% Computer Science  8.5 10   Screened
171 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
172 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
173 The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions  108 843 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  8.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
174 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
175 Cambria Heights Academy  69 842 51% 0% 0%   11.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
176 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
177 High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety  136 841 47% 0% 0% Law & Government  11.4 Queens  Screened
178 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
179 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
180 Astor Collegiate Academy  94 839 44% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
181 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design  125 839 56% 0% 0% Architecture  3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
182 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
183 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  4.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
184 Bronx High School for the Visual Arts  86 836 38% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
185 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
186 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
187 South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School  73 833 65% 0% 0%   4.4   Limited Unscreened
188 High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice  117 832 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0.9   Ed. Opt.
189 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
190 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   12.3   For Continuing 8th Graders
191 High School for Medical Professions  90 831 65% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.5   Limited Unscreened
192 Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment  90 830 57% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
193 Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists  65 829 49% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
194 Discovery High School  86 828 39% 0% 0%   8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
195 Bronx Health Sciences High School  86 828 83% 0% 0% Health Professions  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
196 Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School  92 828 32% 0% 0%   15.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
197 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
198 Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (KAPPA)  86 825 56% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
199 East Bronx Academy for the Future  65 824 44% 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened
200 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition

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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.