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 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
2 Young Women's Leadership School, Queens (TYWLS)  69 835 69% 15% 12%   9.8   Screened
3 Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (TYWLS)  69 947 90% 0% 0%   2.7 Queens  Screened
4 Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (TYWLS)  65 0 0% 9% Science & Math  6.7   Screened
5 Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn (TYWLS)  68 0 0% 0% Science & Math  4.6   Screened
6 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
7 World View High School  106 0 0% 0% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
8 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
9 World Academy for Total Community Health High School (WATCH)  90 769 35% 0% 0% Science & Math  8.0   Limited Unscreened
10 Women's Academy of Excellence  86 776 49% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.1   Limited Unscreened
11 Wings Academy  120 751 45% 0% 0%   7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
12 Williamsburg Preparatory School  138 883 77% 5% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
13 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design  125 839 56% 0% 0% Architecture  3.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
14 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
15 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
16 Westchester Square Academy  108 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
17 West Bronx Academy for the Future  65 787 49% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
18 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
19 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts  152 782 34% 0% 0% Performing Arts  2.8   Audition
20 W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School  0 758 0% 0%   6.7   Limited Unscreened
21 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.5   Ed. Opt.
22 Victory Collegiate High School  68 794 49% 0% 0%   9.5   Limited Unscreened
23 Veritas Academy  110 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Limited Unscreened
24 Vanguard High School  92 840 60% 0% 0%   0.8   Ed. Opt.
25 Validus Preparatory Academy: An Expeditionary Learning School  65 757 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
26 Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The  90 862 53% 0% 0% Architecture  0.9   Limited Unscreened
27 Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, The  90 838 60% 0% 0% Business  4.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
28 Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation  65 790 49% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.2   Limited Unscreened
29 Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts  90 778 61% 0% 0% Performing Arts  3.7   Limited Unscreened
30 Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, The  90 811 45% 0% 0% Communications  0.9   Limited Unscreened
31 Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice  68 841 79% 8% 0%   9.0   Limited Unscreened
32 Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports  100 807 56% 0% 0% Business  4.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
33 Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, The  65 863 56% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.4   Limited Unscreened Y
34 Urban Assembly New York Harbor School  135 899 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  5.7   Limited Unscreened
35 Urban Assembly Maker Academy  90 0 0% 7% Computer Science  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
36 Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women  68 812 89% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.9   Limited Unscreened
37 Urban Assembly High School of Music and Art  90 744 52% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  4.7 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
38 Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology  90 877 0% 0% Computer Science  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
39 Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The  68 784 78% 0% 0% Law & Government  3.4   Limited Unscreened
40 Urban Action Academy  90 758 39% 0% 0% Law & Government  9.5   Limited Unscreened
41 University Neighborhood High School  105 792 66% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.7   Ed. Opt.
42 University Heights Secondary School  97 866 76% 5% 7%   5.0   Screened
43 Unity Center for Urban Technologies  50 760 33% 0% 0%   1.3   Ed. Opt.
44 Union Square Academy for Health Sciences  90 0 0% 0% Health Professions  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
45 Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School  376 774 39% 0% 0% Computer Science  7.9   Limited Unscreened
46 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
47 Tottenville High School  165 970 69% 16% 6% JROTC  20.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
48 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   3.8 5   Screened
49 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
50 Theater Arts Production Company School (TaPCO)  135 823 67% 0% 0% Performing Arts  7.4   Audition
51 The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice  90 889 79% 7% 0% Law & Government  4.9   Limited Unscreened
52 The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers  90 764 40% 0% 0% Environmental Science  1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
53 The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce  68 0 0% 0% Business  3.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
54 The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management  90 0 0% 0% Law & Government  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
55 The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare  68 0 0% 0% Health Professions  7.4   Limited Unscreened
56 The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters  65 798 51% 0% 0%   4.2   Limited Unscreened
57 The School for Human Rights  68 809 46% 0% 0%   7.5   Unscreened
58 The School for Classics: An Academy of Thinkers, Writers and Performers  90 778 37% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.4   Limited Unscreened
59 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   Ed. Opt.
60 The Metropolitan Soundview High School  86 872 0% 0%   6.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
61 The Maxine Greene High School for Imaginative Inquiry  100 764 47% 0% 0%   0.9   Limited Unscreened
62 The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions  108 843 60% 0% 0% Health Professions  8.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
63 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
64 The High School For Language And Diplomacy  112 879 46% 0% 8%   2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
65 The High School for Global Citizenship  83 763 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.6   Limited Unscreened
66 The High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology  205 909 74% 0% 0% Computer Science  4.2   Ed. Opt.
67 The Global Learning Collaborative  90 813 55% 0% 0%   1.5 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
68 The College Academy  90 744 42% 0% 0%   6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
69 The Cinema School  65 879 57% 9% 0% Film/Video  6.9   Screened
70 The Brooklyn School for Math and Research (BSMARt)  90 0 0% 0% Science & Math  5.8 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
71 The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance  90 777 23% 0% 0% Business  5.5   Limited Unscreened
72 The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy  86 800 45% 0% 0%   10.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
73 Teachers Preparatory High School  97 793 43% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  7.6 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
74 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
75 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
76 Sunset Park High School  270 778 58% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
77 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
78 Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School  90 0 0% 0% Architecture  0.8 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
79 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
80 Spring Creek Community School  68 0 0% 0%   9.1   Ed. Opt.
81 Special Music School  33 0 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
82 South Bronx Preparatory: A College Board School  73 833 65% 0% 0%   4.4   Limited Unscreened
83 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
84 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
85 Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts  214 796 51% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.7   Ed. Opt.
86 Schuylerville Preparatory High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
87 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
88 School for Tourism and Hospitality  108 0 0% 0% Hospitality, Travel and Tourism  5.5 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
89 School for Legal Studies  195 783 31% 0% 0% Law & Government  4.2   Ed. Opt.
90 School for International Studies  58 823 56% 0% 0%   5.6 15   Screened
91 School for Excellence  86 762 30% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
92 School for Democracy and Leadership  68 771 40% 0% 0% Science & Math  7.5   Limited Unscreened
93 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
94 Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability  92 738 28% 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
95 Rockaway Collegiate High School  92 802 0% 0%   14.6 Queens  Limited Unscreened
96 Robert H. Goddard High School of Communication Arts and Technology  119 861 68% 0% 0% Communications  9.4   Limited Unscreened
97 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology  101 923 68% 5% 10%   2.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
98 Robert F. Kennedy Community High School  148 886 76% 0% 6%   9.0   Ed. Opt.
99 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
100 Richmond Hill High School  178 819 36% 2% 0%   8.8 Queens  Ed. Opt.
101 Richard R. Green High School of Teaching  134 826 53% 0% 0% Teaching  4.5   Ed. Opt.
102 Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts  50 876 74% 0% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
103 Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology  86 801 64% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
104 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
105 Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies  90 866 48% 0% 0% Environmental Science  12.6 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
106 Quest to Learn  83 0 0% 0%   2.1 2   Ed. Opt.
107 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
108 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
109 Queens Preparatory Academy  92 845 52% 0% 0% Science & Math  13.2 Queens  Limited Unscreened
110 Queens Metropolitan High School  0 908 74% 5% 5% Zoned  7.4   Zoned Priority
111 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
112 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
113 Queens High School for Language Studies  92 0 0% 0%   7.8 Queens  Screened: Language
114 Queens High School for Information, Research, and Technology  92 734 40% 0% 0% Computer Science  15.8   Limited Unscreened
115 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
116 Queens Collegiate: A College Board School  69 894 68% 0% 0%   9.9   Limited Unscreened
117 PROGRESS High School for Professional Careers  205 757 40% 0% 0% Health Professions  4.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
118 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
119 Professional Pathways High School  0 0 0% 0%   12.0   Limited Unscreened
120 Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School  69 808 52% 10% 0% Communications  13.2   Limited Unscreened
121 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
122 Performing Arts and Technology High School  105 768 32% 0% 0% Performing Arts  8.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
123 Pelham Preparatory Academy  94 853 79% 0% 0%   8.9 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
124 Pelham Lab High School  86 0 0% 0%   8.8 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
125 Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)  90 888 0% 0% Computer Science  6.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
126 Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School  69 832 63% 0% 0%   12.3   For Continuing 8th Graders
127 Park Slope Collegiate  104 782 47% 0% 0%   6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
128 Park East High School  77 862 68% 0% 0%   2.4 Manhattan  Screened
129 Pan American International High School at Monroe  86 632 55% 0% 0%   6.9   Screened: Language
130 Pan American International High School  92 660 26% 0% 0%   5.6   Screened: Language
131 Pace High School  125 865 76% 5% 0%   3.5   Limited Unscreened
132 Pablo Neruda Academy  86 778 45% 0% 0% Architecture  7.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
133 Origins High School  90 0 0% 0%   12.0 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
134 Orchard Collegiate Academy (Henry Street School)  68 816 26% 0% 0%   3.6   Limited Unscreened
135 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
136 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
137 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
138 Newtown High School  209 835 45% 2% 2% Business  5.5   Ed. Opt.
139 Newcomers High School  69 864 48% 0% 0%   2.2   Screened: Language
140 New World High School  86 770 59% 0% 0%   10.7   Screened: Language
141 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
142 New Explorers High School  86 788 24% 0% 0% Performing Arts  4.8   Ed. Opt.
143 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
144 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
145 New Directions Secondary School  44 0 0% 0%   6.1   Limited Unscreened
146 New Design High School  104 777 59% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  3.4   Ed. Opt.
147 Nelson Mandela High School  90 0 0% 0%   6.4   Limited Unscreened
148 Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers  200 833 37% 0% 0%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
149 Murray Hill Academy  75 0 0% 0%   1.3 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
150 Multicultural High School  68 642 33% 0% 0%   7.4   Screened: Language
151 Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School  65 750 37% 0% 0%   5.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
152 Mott Hall V  65 852 71% 0% 7% Science & Math  6.9   Limited Unscreened Y
153 Mott Hall High School  90 861 46% 0% 0% Science & Math  3.9   Limited Unscreened
154 Mott Hall Bronx High School  69 816 50% 0% 0%   6.4 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
155 Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies  98 796 41% 0% 0%   5.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
156 Monroe Academy for Visual Arts & Design  93 715 28% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  6.9 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
157 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
158 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
159 Millennium Art Academy  86 809 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.4 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
160 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
161 Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College  82 766 70% 0% 0%   2.7   Screened
162 Metropolitan High School, The  65 775 38% 0% 0%   6.0 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
163 Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School  92 0 8% 0%   7.4   Limited Unscreened
164 Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School  0 696 0% 0%   8.4   Limited Unscreened
165 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
166 Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School  127 798 48% 0% 0% Science & Math  12.8   Ed. Opt.
167 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
168 Martin Van Buren High School  201 793 42% 0% 0% Health Professions  12.5 Queens  Screened
169 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
170 Marble Hill High School for International Studies  86 868 77% 6% 8%   8.4 Bronx  Screened
171 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
172 Manhattan International High School  71 796 61% 0% 0%   0.8   Screened: Language
173 Manhattan Early College School for Advertising  93 0 0% 0% Communications  3.9 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
174 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
175 Manhattan Business Academy  90 817 63% 0% 7% Business  2.1 Manhattan  Limited Unscreened
176 Manhattan Bridges High School  113 769 68% 0% 0% Computer Science  0.9   Screened: Language & Academics
177 Manhattan Academy for Arts & Language  90 684 35% 0% 0%   1.3   Screened: Language
178 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
179 M.S. 223 The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology  65 0 0% 8% Computer Science  4.4   Screened: Language Y
180 Lyons Community School  68 750 31% 0% 0%   4.1   Limited Unscreened
181 Lower Manhattan Arts Academy  73 846 65% 0% 0% Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design  3.4   Limited Unscreened
182 Long Island City High School  562 853 48% 3% 2% Culinary Arts  2.2   Screened
183 Life Sciences Secondary School  130 875 54% 0% 0% Health Professions  2.0 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
184 Life Academy High School for Film and Music  68 748 65% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  11.9   Limited Unscreened
185 Liberation Diploma Plus High School  0 780 0% 0%   13.0   Limited Unscreened
186 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
187 Leadership Institute  65 0 26% 0% 0%   6.7 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
188 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
189 Landmark High School  83 772 50% 0% 0%   2.1 Manhattan  Ed. Opt.
190 Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School  68 772 56% 0% 0%   8.6   Limited Unscreened
191 Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (KAPPA)  86 825 56% 0% 0%   8.0   Limited Unscreened
192 Kingsbridge International High School  86 677 56% 0% 0%   8.3   Screened: Language
193 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
194 Khalil Gibran International Academy  68 0 0% 0%   5.4 Brooklyn  Limited Unscreened
195 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School  109 722 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.4 14   Audition Y
196 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
197 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
198 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
199 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
200 James Madison High School  208 942 66% 6% 10% Computer Science  10.8   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.