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 EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick  105 763 38% 0% 0%   5.4 32   Ed. Opt.
2 Bushwick School for Social Justice  96 722 45% 0% 0%   5.8 32   Limited Unscreened
3 Channel View School for Research  92 857 72% 0% 0%   14.6 27   Limited Unscreened
4 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
5 Brooklyn Studio Secondary School  63 892 62% 0% 0% Performing Arts  11.1 21   Ed. Opt.
6 John Jay School for Law (Secondary School for Law)  104 844 62% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
7 Secondary School for Journalism  104 843 41% 0% 0% Communications  6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
8 School for International Studies  58 823 56% 0% 0%   5.6 15   Screened
9 Park Slope Collegiate  104 782 47% 0% 0%   6.6 15   Ed. Opt.
10 Juan Morel Campos Secondary School  109 722 46% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.4 14   Audition Y
11 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
12 Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts  76 678 43% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  4.7 13   Audition
13 In-Tech Academy (M.S. / High School 368)  109 845 71% 0% 0% Computer Science  8.5 10   Screened
14 Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)  68 866 58% 0% 7%   6.3 6   Limited Unscreened Y
15 High School for Law and Public Service  151 795 54% 0% 0% Law & Government  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
16 High School for Media and Communications  125 759 43% 0% 0% Communications  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
17 High School for Health Careers and Sciences  146 759 42% 0% 0% Science & Math  6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
18 The College Academy  90 744 42% 0% 0%   6.8 6   Ed. Opt.
19 Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change  90 796 69% 0% 8%   3.8 5   Screened
20 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
21 Young WomenÂ’s Leadership School (TYWLS)  68 943 94% 0% 10%   2.4 4   Screened
22 Facing History School, The  90 722 38% 0% 0%   0.9 3   Limited Unscreened
23 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   Screened
24 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
25 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
26 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
27 Quest to Learn  83 0 0% 0%   2.1 2   Ed. Opt.
28 Marta Valle High School  100 851 30% 0% 0%   3.1 1   Ed. Opt.
29 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
30 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
31 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
32 High School of American Studies at Lehman College  90 1,341 100% 57% 74%   8.7   Test
33 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College  104 1,322 94% 58% 92% Science & Math  10.3   Test
34 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
35 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College (HSMSE)  110 1,293 90% 42% 85% Engineering  4.0   Test
36 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
37 Bard High School Early College  143 1,275 96% 42% 64%   3.2   Screened
38 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m)  133 1,258 82% 31% 45% Science & Math  3.1   Screened
39 Baccalaureate School for Global Education  76 1,253 98% 50% 0%   2.6 Queens  Screened
40 Bard High School Early College Queens  136 1,229 92% 57% 67%   2.5   Screened
41 Brooklyn Latin School, The  150 1,213 92% 40% 72%   4.1   Test
42 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
43 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
44 Scholars' Academy  174 1,148 91% 43% 0%   14.7   Screened Y
45 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
46 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
47 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
48 Millennium Brooklyn HS  142 1,104 24% 17%   6.6 Brooklyn  Screened
49 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
50 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   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.