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 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
2 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
3 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
4 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
5 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
6 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
7 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
8 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
9 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
10 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
11 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
12 Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The  104 851 72% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.3   Audition
13 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
14 Fordham High School for the Arts  86 802 63% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Bronx  Audition
15 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2.8   Audition
16 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School  109 722 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.4 14   Audition Y
17 Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts  76 678 43% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.7 13   Audition
18 Special Music School  33 0 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
19 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
20 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
21 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
22 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
23 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
24 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
25 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
26 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
27 Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences  92 947 64% 0% 0% Science & Math  9.9 Queens  Ed. Opt.
28 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
29 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
30 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
31 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
33 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
34 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
35 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
36 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
37 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
38 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
39 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
40 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
41 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
42 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
43 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
44 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
45 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
46 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
47 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
48 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
49 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
50 High School of Arts and Technology  117 849 40% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0.9   Ed. Opt.
51 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
52 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
53 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
54 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
55 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
56 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
57 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
58 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
59 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
60 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
61 High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice  117 832 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0.9   Ed. Opt.
62 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
63 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
64 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
65 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
66 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
67 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  5.2 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
68 Millennium Art Academy  86 809 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
69 Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School  127 798 48% 0% 0% Science & Math  12.8   Ed. Opt.
70 Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts  214 796 51% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.7   Ed. Opt.
71 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
72 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  7.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
73 University Neighborhood High School  105 792 66% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.7   Ed. Opt.
74 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  4.8   Ed. Opt.
75 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
76 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
77 Park Slope Collegiate  104 782 47% 0% 0%   6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
78 New Design High School  104 777 59% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  3.4   Ed. Opt.
79 Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre  90 775 39% 0% 0% Performing Arts  6.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
80 Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School  80 774 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  2.8   Ed. Opt.
81 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.0 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
82 Landmark High School  83 772 50% 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
83 Banana Kelly High School  86 769 25% 0% 0%   5.5 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
84 Heritage School, The  67 765 38% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
85 Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School  121 763 32% 0% 0% Engineering  4.7   Ed. Opt.
86 EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick  105 763 38% 0% 0%   5.4 32   Ed. Opt.
87 Unity Center for Urban Technologies  50 760 33% 0% 0%   1.3   Ed. Opt.
88 Health Opportunities High School  120 760 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2   Ed. Opt.
89 High School for Media and Communications  125 759 43% 0% 0% Communications  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
90 High School for Health Careers and Sciences  146 759 42% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
91 Academy of Hospitality and Tourism  90 759 38% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  8.0   Ed. Opt.
92 PROGRESS High School for Professional Careers  205 757 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
93 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
94 Automotive High School  175 748 26% 0% 0% Engineering  3.2   Ed. Opt.
95 Bronx Leadership Academy High School  120 747 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
96 The College Academy  90 744 42% 0% 0%   6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
97 Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (BCAM)  125 744 47% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  5.1   Ed. Opt.
98 Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology  86 728 22% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
99 El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice  46 724 38% 0% 0%   4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
100 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.9 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
101 Coalition School for Social Change  100 712 22% 0% 0%   3.2 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
102 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.5   Ed. Opt.
103 Quest to Learn  83 0 0% 0%   2.1 2   Ed. Opt.
104 Bronx Design and Construction Academy  130 0 0% 0% Engineering  4.7 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
105 Spring Creek Community School  68 0 0% 0%   9.1   Ed. Opt.
106 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   12.3   For Continuing 8th Graders
107 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
108 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  4.8   Limited Unscreened
109 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
110 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
111 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
112 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
113 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
114 All City Leadership Secondary School  52 913 58% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
115 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
116 Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School  87 900 76% 9% 0%   15.9 Staten Island  Limited Unscreened
117 Urban Assembly New York Harbor School  135 899 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7   Limited Unscreened
118 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   9.9   Limited Unscreened
119 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
120 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
121 High School of Hospitality Management  90 884 56% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  0.9   Limited Unscreened
122 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
123 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
124 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
125 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
126 High School of Applied Communication  92 872 51% 0% 8%   2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
127 George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences  92 867 61% 0% 0% Animal Science  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
128 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
129 Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies  90 866 48% 0% 0% Environmental Science  12.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
130 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
131 Food and Finance High School  90 863 59% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0.9   Limited Unscreened
132 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.4   Limited Unscreened Y
133 Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The  90 862 53% 0% 0% Architecture  0.9   Limited Unscreened
134 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.9   Limited Unscreened
135 Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology  119 861 68% 0% 0% Communications  9.4   Limited Unscreened
136 Civic Leadership Academy  120 859 67% 0% 0%   5.6   Limited Unscreened
137 Channel View School for Research  92 857 72% 0% 0%   14.6 27   Limited Unscreened
138 Pelham Preparatory Academy  94 853 79% 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
139 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
140 Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  65 850 44% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
141 Bronxdale High School  94 850 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
142 Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications  77 848 33% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
143 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy  73 846 65% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  3.4   Limited Unscreened
144 Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School  75 846 52% 0% 0% Health Professions  15.8   Limited Unscreened
145 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
146 The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions  108 843 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  8.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
147 Cambria Heights Academy  69 842 51% 0% 0%   11.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
148 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
149 Astor Collegiate Academy  94 839 44% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
150 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design  125 839 56% 0% 0% Architecture  3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
151 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  4.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
152 Bronx High School for the Visual Arts  86 836 38% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
153 South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School  73 833 65% 0% 0%   4.4   Limited Unscreened
154 High School for Medical Professions  90 831 65% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.5   Limited Unscreened
155 Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment  90 830 57% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
156 Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists  65 829 49% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
157 Discovery High School  86 828 39% 0% 0%   8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
158 Bronx Health Sciences High School  86 828 83% 0% 0% Health Professions  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
159 Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School  92 828 32% 0% 0%   15.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
160 Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (KAPPA)  86 825 56% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
161 East Bronx Academy for the Future  65 824 44% 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened
162 Bronx Lab School  100 823 44% 0% 0%   9.7   Limited Unscreened
163 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
164 Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts  86 817 40% 0% 0% Communications  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
165 Orchard Collegiate Academy (Henry Street School)  68 816 26% 0% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
166 Mott Hall Bronx High School  69 816 50% 0% 0%   6.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
167 Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders  68 816 71% 0% 12%   11.9   Limited Unscreened
168 The Global Learning Collaborative  90 813 55% 0% 0%   1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
169 Bronx Aerospace High School  86 813 41% 0% 0% Engineering  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
170 Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women  68 812 89% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.9   Limited Unscreened
171 Greenpoint Art and Technical High School (Frances Perkins Academy)  93 812 41% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2   Limited Unscreened
172 Brooklyn Secondary School for Collaborative Studies  75 812 66% 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
173 Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The  90 811 45% 0% 0% Communications  0.9   Limited Unscreened
174 Academy for Health Careers  90 811 48% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
175 Eagle Academy for Young Men  52 808 59% 0% 0%   6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
176 Hillside Arts & Letters Academy  92 808 64% 0% 0%   9.9 Queens  Limited Unscreened
177 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  13.2   Limited Unscreened
178 Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports  100 807 56% 0% 0% Business  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
179 Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School  90 807 37% 0% 0%   7.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
180 High School for Community Leadership  92 807 55% 0% 0%   9.9 Queens  Limited Unscreened
181 Essex Street Academy  68 806 61% 0% 0%   3.4   Limited Unscreened
182 Bronx High School for Law and Community Service  86 803 55% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
183 Rockaway Collegiate High School  92 802 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
184 Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology  86 801 64% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
185 Harry S Truman High School  572 801 42% 2% 0% Law & Government  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
186 Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy  86 800 35% 0% 0% Engineering  8.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
187 Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: A College Board School  65 800 38% 0% 0% Business  10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
188 The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy  86 800 45% 0% 0%   10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
189 High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media  68 800 53% 0% 0% Business  9.5   Limited Unscreened
190 The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters  65 798 51% 0% 0%   4.2   Limited Unscreened
191 Brooklyn Generation School  68 798 37% 0% 0%   9.5   Limited Unscreened
192 Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy, The  110 797 23% 0% 0%   6.2 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
193 Brooklyn Preparatory High School  97 797 47% 0% 0%   3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
194 Bronx Collegiate Academy  76 796 37% 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
195 Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies  98 796 41% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
196 High School of Computers and Technology  120 795 55% 0% 0% Computer Science  9.7   Limited Unscreened
197 Academy for Young Writers  77 795 47% 0% 0%   9.1   Limited Unscreened
198 Victory Collegiate High School  68 794 49% 0% 0%   9.5   Limited Unscreened
199 Humanities & Arts Magnet High School  136 793 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
200 Eximius College Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  86 791 78% 0% 0%   6.1 Bronx  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.