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.

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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.