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 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
3 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
4 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
5 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
6 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
7 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
8 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
9 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
10 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
11 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
12 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
13 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
14 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
15 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
16 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
17 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
18 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
19 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
20 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
21 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
22 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
23 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
24 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
25 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
26 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
27 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
28 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
29 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
30 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
31 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
32 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
33 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
34 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
35 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
36 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
37 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
38 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
39 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
40 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
41 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
42 Frank McCourt High School  90 980 84% 0% 0%   1.5   Screened
43 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  4.8   Limited Unscreened
44 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
45 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
46 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
47 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
48 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
49 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
50 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
51 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
52 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
53 High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture  213 946 77% 8% 14% Engineering  8.7   Screened
54 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
55 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
56 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   Screened
57 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
58 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
59 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
60 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
61 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
62 East New York Family Academy  63 915 55% 0% 0%   8.5   Screened
63 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
64 Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science  65 914 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8   Screened
65 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
66 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   Ed. Opt.
67 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
68 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
69 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
70 Gramercy Arts High School  106 905 43% 5% 0% Visual Art & Design  2.1   Audition
71 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
72 Academy for Careers in Television and Film (ACTV)  114 902 72% 7% 6% Film/Video  1.7   Limited Unscreened
73 Urban Assembly New York Harbor School  135 899 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7   Limited Unscreened
74 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
75 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   9.9   Limited Unscreened
76 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
77 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
78 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
79 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
80 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
81 High School of Hospitality Management  90 884 56% 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  0.9   Limited Unscreened
82 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
83 East Side Community School  75 882 72% 0% 12%   2.5   Screened
84 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
85 The Cinema School  65 879 57% 9% 0% Film/Video  6.9   Screened
86 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
87 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
88 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
89 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
90 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
91 Newcomers High School  69 864 48% 0% 0%   2.2   Screened: Language
92 Food and Finance High School  90 863 59% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  0.9   Limited Unscreened
93 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.4   Limited Unscreened Y
94 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
95 Information Technology High School  195 863 55% 0% 5% Computer Science  1.9   Ed. Opt.
96 Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The  90 862 53% 0% 0% Architecture  0.9   Limited Unscreened
97 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.9   Limited Unscreened
98 Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology  119 861 68% 0% 0% Communications  9.4   Limited Unscreened
99 Civic Leadership Academy  120 859 67% 0% 0%   5.6   Limited Unscreened
100 Channel View School for Research  92 857 72% 0% 0%   14.6 27   Limited Unscreened
101 Long Island City High School  562 853 48% 3% 2% Culinary Arts  2.2   Screened
102 Bronx High School for Medical Science  65 852 74% 0% 9% Health Professions  6.1   Screened
103 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
104 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
105 Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The  104 851 72% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.3   Audition
106 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
107 Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  65 850 44% 0% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
108 High School of Arts and Technology  117 849 40% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  0.9   Ed. Opt.
109 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
110 Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications  77 848 33% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
111 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy  73 846 65% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  3.4   Limited Unscreened
112 Academy of Medical Technology: A College Board School  75 846 52% 0% 0% Health Professions  15.8   Limited Unscreened
113 Herbert H. Lehman High School  120 845 36% 3% 0% Computer Science  8.8   Ed. Opt.
114 In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368)  109 845 71% 0% 0% Computer Science  8.5 10   Screened
115 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
116 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
117 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
118 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
119 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School  138 840 46% 4% 0%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
120 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
121 Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning  65 837 73% 0% 9%   5.3   Screened
122 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
123 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
124 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
125 South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School  73 833 65% 0% 0%   4.4   Limited Unscreened
126 High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice  117 832 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  0.9   Ed. Opt.
127 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
128 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   12.3   For Continuing 8th Graders
129 High School for Medical Professions  90 831 65% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.5   Limited Unscreened
130 Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists  65 829 49% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
131 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
132 Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (KAPPA)  86 825 56% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
133 East Bronx Academy for the Future  65 824 44% 0% 0%   6.8   Limited Unscreened
134 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
135 Bronx Lab School  100 823 44% 0% 0%   9.7   Limited Unscreened
136 School for International Studies  58 823 56% 0% 0%   5.6 15   Screened
137 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
138 Orchard Collegiate Academy (Henry Street School)  68 816 26% 0% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
139 George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School  214 816 47% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.8   Screened
140 Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders  68 816 71% 0% 12%   11.9   Limited Unscreened
141 Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women  68 812 89% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.9   Limited Unscreened
142 Greenpoint Art and Technical High School (Frances Perkins Academy)  93 812 41% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2   Limited Unscreened
143 Brooklyn Secondary School for Collaborative Studies  75 812 66% 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
144 Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The  90 811 45% 0% 0% Communications  0.9   Limited Unscreened
145 The School for Human Rights  68 809 46% 0% 0%   7.5   Unscreened
146 Eagle Academy for Young Men  52 808 59% 0% 0%   6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
147 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  13.2   Limited Unscreened
148 Essex Street Academy  68 806 61% 0% 0%   3.4   Limited Unscreened
149 Flushing International High School  76 804 61% 0% 0%   8.2   Screened: Language
150 High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media  68 800 53% 0% 0% Business  9.5   Limited Unscreened
151 The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters  65 798 51% 0% 0%   4.2   Limited Unscreened
152 Brooklyn Generation School  68 798 37% 0% 0%   9.5   Limited Unscreened
153 Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School  127 798 48% 0% 0% Science & Math  12.8   Ed. Opt.
154 Manhattan International High School  71 796 61% 0% 0%   0.8   Screened: Language
155 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   3.8 5   Screened
156 Bronx Collegiate Academy  76 796 37% 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
157 Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts  214 796 51% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.7   Ed. Opt.
158 Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology  126 796 52% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.0   Screened
159 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
160 High School of Computers and Technology  120 795 55% 0% 0% Computer Science  9.7   Limited Unscreened
161 Academy for Young Writers  77 795 47% 0% 0%   9.1   Limited Unscreened
162 Victory Collegiate High School  68 794 49% 0% 0%   9.5   Limited Unscreened
163 University Neighborhood High School  105 792 66% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.7   Ed. Opt.
164 International High School at LaGuardia Community College  93 792 78% 0% 0%   2.7   Screened: Language
165 Boys and Girls High School  192 791 26% 0% 0% Engineering  6.4   Screened
166 Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation  65 790 49% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.2   Limited Unscreened
167 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  4.8   Ed. Opt.
168 West Bronx Academy for the Future  65 787 49% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
169 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
170 Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The  68 784 78% 0% 0% Law & Government  3.4   Limited Unscreened
171 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
172 Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: A College Board School  68 783 52% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
173 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2.8   Audition
174 Green School: An Academy for Environmental Careers  97 782 35% 0% 0%   4.1   Limited Unscreened
175 Park Slope Collegiate  104 782 47% 0% 0%   6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
176 Liberation Diploma Plus High School  0 780 0% 0%   13.0   Limited Unscreened
177 Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts  90 778 61% 0% 0% Performing Arts  3.7   Limited Unscreened
178 Sunset Park High School  270 778 58% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
179 Academy for Conservation and the Environment  68 778 37% 0% 0% Environmental Science  9.5   Limited Unscreened
180 The School for Classics: An Academy of Thinkers, Writers and Performers  90 778 37% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.4   Limited Unscreened
181 New Design High School  104 777 59% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  3.4   Ed. Opt.
182 International School for Liberal Arts  65 777 46% 0% 0%   8.3   Screened: Language
183 The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance  90 777 23% 0% 0% Business  5.5   Limited Unscreened
184 Community Health Academy of the Heights  68 776 47% 0% 0%   5.1   Limited Unscreened Y
185 Women's Academy of Excellence  86 776 49% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
186 Bronx Latin  65 775 73% 0% 0%   5.8   Limited Unscreened
187 Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School  80 774 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  2.8   Ed. Opt.
188 Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School (Brooklyn School for Global Studies)  50 774 30% 0% 0% Film/Video  5.6   Screened
189 Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School  376 774 39% 0% 0% Computer Science  7.9   Limited Unscreened
190 Gotham Professional Arts Academy  68 773 52% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.5   Limited Unscreened
191 Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School  90 772 50% 0% 0% Performing Arts  9.5   Limited Unscreened
192 Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School  68 772 56% 0% 0%   8.6   Limited Unscreened
193 School for Democracy and Leadership  68 771 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.5   Limited Unscreened
194 Academy of Innovative Technology  90 771 49% 0% 0% Computer Science  7.4   Limited Unscreened
195 DreamYard Preparatory School  86 770 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  6.1   Limited Unscreened
196 New World High School  86 770 59% 0% 0%   10.7   Screened: Language
197 Manhattan Bridges High School  113 769 68% 0% 0% Computer Science  0.9   Screened: Language & Academics
198 World Academy for Total Community Health High School (WATCH)  90 769 35% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.0   Limited Unscreened
199 International High School at Lafayette  75 767 48% 0% 0%   11.9   Screened: Language
200 Brooklyn International High School  68 766 71% 0% 0%   4.7   Screened: Language

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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.