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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1228)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
360008505983	901	Bronx Community High School	Public	9-12	1980 Lafayette Ave	Bronx	10473	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 892-1026	120	15	8.2	86.7%	4 (3.3%)	40 (33.3%)	68 (56.7%)	5 (4.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$28,193			$3,120			$25,072	24.1	27.1	849	52
360009902030	902	Martin Van Buren High School	Public	9-12	230-17 Hillside Ave	Queens Village	11427	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 776-4728	1,068	83	12.8	74.6%	38 (3.6%)	377 (35.3%)	207 (19.4%)	319 (29.9%)	50 (4.7%)	11 (1.0%)	66 (6.2%)	$17,642			$932			$16,710	23.9	12.6	1038	136
360009505885	903	Academy Of Hospitality And Tourism	Public	9-12	911 Flatbush Ave	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 564-2580	348	29	12.1	83.9%	10 (2.9%)	198 (56.9%)	105 (30.2%)	19 (5.5%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.4%)	$19,767			$1,770			$17,997	23.7	10	1072	169
360008805687	904	Astor Collegiate Academy	Public	9-12	925 Astor Ave	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 944-3418	441	36	12.3	85.9%	52 (11.8%)	131 (29.7%)	200 (45.4%)	39 (8.8%)	6 (1.4%)	4 (0.9%)	9 (2.0%)	$18,312			$2,507			$15,805	23.6	24.3	872	32
360100506110	905	Equality Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	4140 Hutchinson River Pkwy E	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	Equality Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 320-3032	615	59	10.4		4 (0.7%)	359 (58.4%)	232 (37.7%)	9 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	$26,529			$3,615			$22,915	23.4	29.5	819	86
360012306528	906	Epic High School - North	Public	9-12	94-25 117th St	South Richmond Hill	11419	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 570-8230	387	32	12	74.2%	14 (3.6%)	44 (11.4%)	192 (49.6%)	102 (26.4%)	13 (3.4%)	9 (2.3%)	13 (3.4%)	$14,389			$549			$13,840	23.4	17.1	956	50
360008106380	907	Urban Assembly School For Global Commerce (The)	Public	9-12	2005 Madison Ave	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 831-5201	153	27	5.6	88.2%	2 (1.3%)	67 (43.8%)	73 (47.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.5%)	$27,510			$2,937			$24,573	23.4	5.5	1129	222
360487004380	908	Binghamton High School	Public	9-12	31 Main St	Binghamton	13905	Broome County	Binghamton City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 762-8239	1,341	129	10.4	68.8%	499 (37.2%)	409 (30.5%)	221 (16.5%)	50 (3.7%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	154 (11.5%)	$17,143			$3,303			$13,840	23.3	28.1	836	72
360002504349	909	Charter School For Applied Technologies	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2303 Kenmore Ave	Buffalo	14207	Erie County	Charter School For Applied Technologies	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 876-7505	2,309	201	11.4	83.2%	320 (13.9%)	982 (42.5%)	640 (27.7%)	189 (8.2%)	20 (0.9%)	2 (0.1%)	156 (6.8%)	$14,432			$1,578			$12,854	23.1	17.9	943	34
360096406038	910	Dream Charter School East Harlem	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1991 2nd Ave	New York	10029	New York County	Dream Charter School East Harlem	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 722-0232	929	79	11.8	89.8%	16 (1.7%)	346 (37.2%)	532 (57.3%)	8 (0.9%)	10 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.6%)	$31,244			$00			$31,244	23	25.3	863	47

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Algebra I, Regents Chemistry, Regents Algebra II, Regents English, Regents Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 14, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.