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 Eleanor Roosevelt High School  104 1,258 95% 51% 58%   1.2 2   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 NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies  96 1,145 81% 20% 19%   2.1 2   Screened
18 Columbia Secondary School  80 1,144 83% 29% 0% Science & Math  3.3   Screened
19 Millennium High School  160 1,137 90% 26% 40%   4.6   Screened
20 Baruch College Campus High School  93 1,118 91% 18% 22%   1.7 2   Screened
21 Manhattan / Hunter Science High School  90 1,112 92% 27% 45% Science & Math  0.9   Screened
22 Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences  209 1,097 90% 41% 60% Science & Math  13.1   Screened
23 NYC Museum School  103 1,090 83% 19% 33%   2.1   Screened
24 Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School  167 1,079 96% 16% 10% Film/Video  2.7   Audition
25 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
26 School of the Future High School  90 1,067 72% 9% 7%   1.9 2   Screened
27 High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies  90 1,066 90% 12% 49%   3.4   Screened: Language & Academics
28 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
29 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
30 Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE)  45 1,051 67% 0% 0%   2.3   Screened Y
31 Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School  92 1,035 90% 21% 29% Health Professions  9.4   Screened
32 NYC iSchool  98 1,033 81% 15% 20%   3.2   Screened
33 Medgar Evers College Preparatory School  194 1,025 76% 16% 23% Computer Science  6.9   Screened
34 Professional Performing Arts High School (PPAS)  107 1,016 60% 16% 14% Performing Arts  0.7   Audition
35 Queens School of Inquiry, The  76 1,009 90% 11% 0%   9.1   Screened
36 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
37 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
38 Manhattan Village Academy  83 1,001 96% 0% 12%   1.8   Screened
39 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
40 Talent Unlimited High School  110 983 82% 12% 0% Performing Arts  0.8   Audition
41 Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (RKA)  128 981 67% 0% 6%   9.1   Screened Y
42 Frank McCourt High School  90 980 84% 0% 0%   1.5   Screened
43 City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology  90 980 56% 0% 0% Engineering  4.8   Limited Unscreened
44 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
45 East-West School of International Studies  69 978 80% 0% 0%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
46 York Early College Academy  69 977 91% 10% 0%   10.9   Screened Y
47 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
48 World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School  69 975 82% 11% 0% Communications  9.7   Limited Unscreened Y
49 Bedford Academy High School  67 969 82% 8% 0% Computer Science  5.6 13   Screened
50 The Michael J. Petrides School  106 956 70% 0% 0%   12.8   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.