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 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
2 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
3 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
4 Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School  87 900 76% 9% 0%   15.9 Staten Island  Limited Unscreened
5 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
6 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
7 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
8 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
9 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
10 Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences  92 947 64% 0% 0% Science & Math  9.9 Queens  Ed. Opt.
11 Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (TYWLS)  69 947 90% 0% 0%   2.7 Queens  Screened
12 Academy of Finance and Enterprise  105 945 74% 6% 13% Business  2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
13 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
14 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
15 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
16 High School of Applied Communication  92 872 51% 0% 8%   2.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
17 George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences  92 867 61% 0% 0% Animal Science  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
18 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
19 Cambria Heights Academy  69 842 51% 0% 0%   11.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
20 High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety  136 841 47% 0% 0% Law & Government  11.4 Queens  Screened
21 Frederick Douglass Academy VI High School  92 828 32% 0% 0%   15.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
22 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
23 High School for Arts and Business  162 818 71% 6% 5% Visual Art & Design  6.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
24 Hillside Arts & Letters Academy  92 808 64% 0% 0%   9.9 Queens  Limited Unscreened
25 High School for Community Leadership  92 807 55% 0% 0%   9.9 Queens  Limited Unscreened
26 Rockaway Collegiate High School  92 802 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
27 Martin Van Buren High School  201 793 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  12.5 Queens  Screened
28 Humanities & Arts Magnet High School  136 793 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
29 Excelsior Preparatory High School  92 791 54% 0% 0%   13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
30 Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability  92 738 28% 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
31 International High School for Health Sciences  69 0 0% 0% Health Professions  5.5 Queens  Screened: Language
32 Veritas Academy  110 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
33 Queens High School for Language Studies  92 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Screened: Language
34 Business Technology Early College High School (BTECH)  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  12.5 Queens  Limited Unscreened
35 Epic High School - South  69 0 0% 0%   10.4 Queens  Limited Unscreened
36 Epic High School - North  69 0 0% 0%   9.1 Queens  Limited Unscreened
37 Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights  92 0 0% 0% Health Professions  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
38 Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology  92 0 0% 0% Computer Science  12.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
39 Energy Tech High School  92 0 0% 12% Engineering  2.3 Queens  Limited Unscreened
40 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
41 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
42 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
43 Park East High School  77 862 68% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Screened
44 Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School  105 857 76% 0% 0% Computer Science  3.2 Manhattan  Screened
45 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  4.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
46 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
47 The Global Learning Collaborative  90 813 55% 0% 0%   1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
48 Hudson High School of Learning Technologies  100 785 72% 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
49 Business Of Sports School (BOSS)  103 781 51% 0% 0% Business  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
50 Landmark High School  83 772 50% 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
51 Heritage School, The  67 765 38% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
52 The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers  90 764 40% 0% 0% Environmental Science  1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
53 Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics  90 738 50% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.4 Manhattan  Screened: Language & Academics
54 Coalition School for Social Change  100 712 22% 0% 0%   3.2 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
55 The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management  90 0 0% 0% Law & Government  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
56 Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School  90 0 0% 0% Architecture  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
57 Manhattan Early College School for Advertising  93 0 0% 0% Communications  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
58 Urban Assembly Maker Academy  90 0 0% 7% Computer Science  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
59 Murray Hill Academy  75 0 0% 0%   1.3 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
60 Union Square Academy for Health Sciences  90 0 0% 0% Health Professions  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
61 Harvest Collegiate High School  90 0 8% 0%   2.2 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
62 Academy for Software Engineering (AFSE)  90 0 0% 0% Computer Science  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
63 Humanities Preparatory Academy  29 0 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Screened
64 The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce  68 0 0% 0% Business  3.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
65 Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies  68 0 0% 0% Computer Science  7.4 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
66 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
67 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
68 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
69 Fort Hamilton High School  166 969 57% 7% 11%   10.1 Brooklyn  Screened
70 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
71 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
72 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
73 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
74 All City Leadership Secondary School  52 913 58% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
75 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
76 Brooklyn High School of the Arts  213 880 60% 5% 5% Visual Art & Design  5.6 Brooklyn  Audition
77 Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies  90 866 48% 0% 0% Environmental Science  12.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
78 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design  125 839 56% 0% 0% Architecture  3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
79 Cobble Hill School of American Studies  183 836 40% 0% 0%   5.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
80 Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment  90 830 57% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
81 Academy for Health Careers  90 811 48% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
82 Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School  90 807 37% 0% 0%   7.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
83 Brooklyn Preparatory High School  97 797 47% 0% 0%   3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
84 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  7.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
85 Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School  68 789 43% 0% 0%   7.1 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
86 Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences  90 777 43% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  8.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
87 Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre  90 775 39% 0% 0% Performing Arts  6.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
88 ACORN Community High School  208 774 53% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.0 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
89 Performing Arts and Technology High School  105 768 32% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
90 Academy of Urban Planning  94 766 31% 0% 0%   5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
91 High School for Civil Rights  90 764 21% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
92 High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus  90 759 58% 0% 0%   8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
93 PROGRESS High School for Professional Careers  205 757 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
94 Urban Assembly High School of Music and Art  90 744 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  4.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
95 High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus  90 742 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
96 High School of Sports Management  90 741 61% 0% 0%   11.9 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
97 El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice  46 724 38% 0% 0%   4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
98 Khalil Gibran International Academy  68 0 0% 0%   5.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
99 Frederick Douglass Academy IV Secondary School  68 0 38% 0% 0%   5.5 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
100 Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts (BILA)  90 0 0% 0%   7.5 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
101 Origins High School  90 0 0% 0%   12.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
102 The Brooklyn School for Math and Research (BSMARt)  90 0 0% 0% Science & Math  5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
103 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
104 Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (CIMS)  96 949 73% 9% 16% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
105 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
106 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
107 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
108 Pelham Preparatory Academy  94 853 79% 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
109 Bronxdale High School  94 850 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
110 The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions  108 843 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  8.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
111 Astor Collegiate Academy  94 839 44% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
112 Bronx High School for the Visual Arts  86 836 38% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
113 Discovery High School  86 828 39% 0% 0%   8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
114 Bronx Health Sciences High School  86 828 83% 0% 0% Health Professions  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
115 Belmont Preparatory High School  86 821 57% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Screened
116 Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts  86 817 40% 0% 0% Communications  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
117 Mott Hall Bronx High School  69 816 50% 0% 0%   6.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
118 Bronx Aerospace High School  86 813 41% 0% 0% Engineering  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
119 Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice  84 812 62% 0% 19% Law & Government  5.2 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
120 Millennium Art Academy  86 809 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
121 Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports  100 807 56% 0% 0% Business  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
122 Bronx High School for Law and Community Service  86 803 55% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
123 Fordham High School for the Arts  86 802 63% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Bronx  Audition
124 Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology  86 801 64% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
125 Harry S Truman High School  572 801 42% 2% 0% Law & Government  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
126 Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy  86 800 35% 0% 0% Engineering  8.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
127 Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship: A College Board School  65 800 38% 0% 0% Business  10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
128 The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy  86 800 45% 0% 0%   10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
129 Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Policy, The  110 797 23% 0% 0%   6.2 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
130 Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies  98 796 41% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
131 Eximius College Preparatory Academy: A College Board School  86 791 78% 0% 0%   6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
132 Pablo Neruda Academy  86 778 45% 0% 0% Architecture  7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
133 Bronx School of Law and Finance  86 778 39% 0% 0% Law & Government  8.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
134 Metropolitan High School, The  65 775 38% 0% 0%   6.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
135 Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School  86 773 44% 0% 0%   6.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
136 Banana Kelly High School  86 769 25% 0% 0%   5.5 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
137 Bronx Theatre High School  87 766 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
138 Bronx Academy of Health Careers  86 766 53% 0% 0% Health Professions  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
139 High School for Violin and Dance  86 764 33% 0% 0% Performing Arts  5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
140 Community School for Social Justice  65 762 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
141 School for Excellence  86 762 30% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
142 Bronx Guild  65 758 34% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
143 Validus Preparatory Academy: An Expeditionary Learning School  65 757 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
144 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
145 Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School  65 750 37% 0% 0%   5.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
146 Explorations Academy  86 749 32% 0% 0%   6.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
147 Bronx Envision Academy  86 749 0% 0%   6.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
148 High School for Contemporary Arts  86 748 49% 0% 0% Performing Arts  9.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
149 Bronx Leadership Academy High School  120 747 46% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
150 Bronx Leadership Academy II High School  86 739 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
151 High School for Teaching and the Professions  86 733 41% 0% 0% Teaching  8.3 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
152 Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology  86 728 22% 0% 0%   8.0 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
153 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.9 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
154 High School of Language and Innovation  86 696 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Screened: Language
155 HERO High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School)  86 0 0% 0% Health Professions  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
156 Bronx Design and Construction Academy  130 0 0% 0% Engineering  4.7 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
157 Pelham Lab High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
158 Schuylerville Preparatory High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
159 Bronx River High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
160 Bronx Bridges High School  65 0 46% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Screened: Language
161 Westchester Square Academy  108 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
162 School for Tourism and Hospitality  108 0 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  5.5 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
163 Bronx Compass High School  86 0 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
164 Leadership Institute  65 0 26% 0% 0%   6.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
165 Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE)  86 0 0% 6% Computer Science  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
166 Bronx Collaborative High School  86 0 0% 0%   9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
167 World View High School  106 0 0% 0% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
168 High School for Energy and Technology  86 0 0% 0% Engineering  7.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
169 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
170 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
171 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
172 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
173 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
174 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
175 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
176 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
177 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
178 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
179 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
180 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
181 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
182 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
183 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
184 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
185 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
186 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
187 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
188 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
189 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
190 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
191 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
192 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
193 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
194 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
195 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
196 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
197 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
198 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
199 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
200 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened

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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.