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 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
2 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
3 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
4 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
5 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
6 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
7 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
8 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
9 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
10 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
11 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
12 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
13 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
14 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
15 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
16 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
17 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
18 CSI High School for International Studies  103 945 91% 17% 12%   15.9   Limited Unscreened
19 City College Academy of the Arts  68 940 91% 9% 12%   7.0   Screened Y
20 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
21 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
22 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
23 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
24 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
25 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
26 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
27 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
28 Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (TYWLS)  69 947 90% 0% 0%   2.7 Queens  Screened
29 Central Park East High School  96 951 90% 11% 18%   2.4   Screened
30 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
31 Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women  68 812 89% 0% 0% Science & Math  4.9   Limited Unscreened
32 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
33 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
34 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
35 Frank McCourt High School  90 980 84% 0% 0%   1.5   Screened
36 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
37 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
38 Bronx Health Sciences High School  86 828 83% 0% 0% Health Professions  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
39 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
40 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
41 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
42 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
43 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
44 Kingsborough Early College School  75 936 81% 13% 0%   11.9   Screened
45 High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow  108 922 81% 6% 6% Law & Government  7.5 Brooklyn  Screened
46 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
47 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
48 Benjamin Banneker Academy  200 963 80% 11% 14%   4.8 Brooklyn  Screened
49 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
50 High School of Economics and Finance  167 911 80% 5% 0% Business  4.3   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.