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 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  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 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
18 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
19 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
20 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
21 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
22 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
23 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
24 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
25 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
26 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
27 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
28 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
29 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
30 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
31 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
32 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
33 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
34 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
35 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
36 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
37 Brooklyn College Academy  133 997 89% 12% 19%   8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
38 Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR)  83 987 80% 16% 0% Science & Math  8.0 Brooklyn  Screened
39 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
40 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  Screened
41 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
42 Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics  86 981 73% 6% 10% Science & Math  6.1 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
43 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
44 Frank McCourt High School  90 980 84% 0% 0%   1.5   Screened
45 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  4.8   Limited Unscreened
46 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
47 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
48 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
49 Academy of American Studies  160 977 83% 19% 16%   2.2 Queens  Ed. Opt.
50 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   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.