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 Brooklyn Technical High School  1,400 1,290 96% 48% 80% Science & Math  5.2   Test
2 Midwood High School  884 1,064 80% 20% 30%   9.2   Unscreened
3 Stuyvesant High School  814 1,451 98% 77% 97% Science & Math  3.8   Test
4 Edward R. Murrow High School  793 979 71% 11% 11% Communications  10.1   Ed. Opt.
5 Bronx High School of Science  750 1,374 99% 57% 89% Science & Math  9.1   Test
6 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts  696 1,184 85% 39% 34% Performing Arts  0.9   Audition
7 Harry S Truman High School  572 801 42% 2% 0% Law & Government  10.6 Bronx  Limited Unscreened
8 Long Island City High School  562 853 48% 3% 2% Culinary Arts  2.2   Screened
9 Curtis High School  554 911 56% 5% 3% Computer Science  10.0 Staten Island  Unscreened
10 DeWitt Clinton High School  499 881 35% 2% 3% Science & Math  9.1 Bronx  Ed. Opt.
11 New Dorp High School  457 900 56% 5% 3% Teaching  15.0 Staten Island  Ed. Opt.
12 Bayside High School  454 1,002 77% 8% 14% Visual Art & Design  10.2   Audition
13 Hillcrest High School  454 880 63% 4% 0% Health Professions  9.8   Ed. Opt.
14 John Adams High School  452 819 36% 3% 0% Environmental Science  9.2   Ed. Opt.
15 Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School  412 987 69% 10% 13% Visual Art & Design  9.8   Screened
16 Aviation Career & Technical Education High School  410 975 86% 6% 17% Engineering  2.8   Screened
17 The High School of Fashion Industries  396 875 72% 3% 2% Visual Art & Design  1.7   Audition
18 A. Philip Randolph Campus High School  382 912 57% 3% 3%   3.9   Ed. Opt.
19 Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School  376 774 39% 0% 0% Computer Science  7.9   Limited Unscreened
20 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School  373 1,068 77% 9% 12% Law & Government  11.4   Ed. Opt.
21 Forest Hills High School  371 1,002 72% 11% 12%   7.3   Ed. Opt.
22 High School for Health Professions and Human Services  369 897 79% 8% 9% Health Professions  2.3   Screened
23 Clara Barton High School  365 832 63% 0% 0% Health Professions  6.6   Ed. Opt.
24 John Bowne High School  357 889 53% 2% 5%   8.1   Ed. Opt.
25 Port Richmond High School  345 859 47% 3% 0% Science & Math  12.5 Staten Island  Screened
26 Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics  343 1,061 79% 13% 24% Science & Math  3.0 4   Screened
27 Flushing High School  313 851 44% 0% 5% Law & Government  7.8   Ed. Opt.
28 Abraham Lincoln High School  311 863 54% 2% 4% Animal Science  12.6   Ed. Opt.
29 John Dewey High School  308 930 64% 3% 8% Culinary Arts  12.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
30 Staten Island Technical High School  300 1,371 91% 64% 88% Engineering  15.5   Test
31 Art and Design High School  300 930 59% 10% 8% Architecture  0.6   Audition
32 Francis Lewis High School  298 1,045 75% 15% 19% Law & Government  9.6 Queens  Ed. Opt.
33 Queens Vocational and Technical High School  296 903 57% 0% 6% Visual Art & Design  2.9   Audition
34 Beacon High School  292 1,169 85% 41% 32%   1.1   Screened
35 New Utrecht High School  290 910 56% 3% 8% Health Professions  10.6   Ed. Opt.
36 Sunset Park High School  270 778 58% 0% 0%   7.7   Limited Unscreened
37 Frederick Douglass Academy  266 915 67% 3% 0%   4.6   Screened
38 William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School  261 839 25% 0% 0% Culinary Arts  12.6   Ed. Opt.
39 Townsend Harris High School  259 1,320 100% 77% 82%   8.3   Screened
40 Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School  259 849 46% 0% 0% Engineering  10.0   Ed. Opt.
41 High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology  254 915 77% 6% 14%   9.2 Brooklyn  Ed. Opt.
42 William Cullen Bryant High School  254 890 52% 3% 5% Law & Government  3.4 Queens  Screened
43 W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School  254 659 27% 0% 0% Visual Art & Design  7.5   Ed. Opt.
44 Grover Cleveland High School  253 874 37% 2% 2% Computer Science  5.0 Queens  Ed. Opt.
45 High School for Environmental Studies  250 923 73% 0% 6%   0.7   Ed. Opt.
46 Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School  239 915 50% 2% 8% Computer Science  9.9   Ed. Opt.
47 Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences  237 887 78% 5% 6% Teaching  13.0   Ed. Opt.
48 Leadership and Public Service High School  230 786 46% 0% 0%   4.3   Ed. Opt.
49 Maspeth High School  229 947 13% 17%   5.2 24   Limited Unscreened
50 Susan E. Wagner High School  214 986 75% 13% 10% Business  14.6 Staten Island  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.