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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1242)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
360116906639	821	Academy Charter School-Uniondale	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	100 Charles Lindbergh Blvd	Uniondale	11553	Nassau County	Academy Charter School-Uniondale	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 591-3030	1,272	89	14.2	65.6%	5 (0.4%)	734 (57.7%)	487 (38.3%)	8 (0.6%)	14 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (1.7%)	$18,695			$461			$18,234	33.1			(n/a)
360585006611	822	Lewis J Bennett High School Of Innovative Technolgy	Public	9-12	2885 Main St	Buffalo	14214	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4250	401	38	10.6	84.8%	34 (8.5%)	247 (61.6%)	60 (15.0%)	44 (11.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	$13,946			$1,074			$12,872	33.1	39.7	739	83
361263001031	823	Arcadia High School	Public	9-12	120 Island Cottage Rd	Rochester	14612	Monroe County	Greece Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 966-3000	1,052	89	11.7	56.3%	591 (56.2%)	167 (15.9%)	189 (18.0%)	33 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (6.4%)	$15,806			$1,272			$14,533	32.9	30.4	837	14
360010206443	824	Energy Technical High School	Public	9-12	36-41 28th St	Long Island City	11106	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 472-0536	510	40	12.8	81.8%	56 (11.0%)	39 (7.6%)	288 (56.5%)	101 (19.8%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	20 (3.9%)	$16,977			$1,110			$15,868	32.9	33.7	799	25
360010006005	825	Queens Collegiate - A College Board School	Public	6-12	167-01 Gothic Dr	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 658-4016	643	48	13.3	88.2%	14 (2.2%)	229 (35.6%)	160 (24.9%)	145 (22.6%)	43 (6.7%)	17 (2.6%)	35 (5.4%)	$16,042			$1,084			$14,958	32.6	22.5	919	94
362469003359	826	Riverhead Senior High School	Public	9-12	700 Harrison Ave	Riverhead	11901	Suffolk County	Riverhead Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 369-6723	2,001	140	14.2	52.4%	547 (27.3%)	177 (8.8%)	1,228 (61.4%)	19 (0.9%)	5 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	22 (1.1%)	$17,492			$1,065			$16,427	32.6	36.9	770	56
360009505523	827	Brooklyn Academy Of Science And The Environment	Public	9-12	883 Classon Ave	Brooklyn	11225	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 230-6363	265	24	11.2	81.5%	13 (4.9%)	170 (64.2%)	43 (16.2%)	18 (6.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	16 (6.0%)	$19,014			$2,054			$16,960	32.6	30.5	836	9
363192004250	828	Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies	Public, Magnet	9-12	631 Tuckahoe Rd	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8500	1,041	70	14.7	84.7%	104 (10.0%)	234 (22.5%)	628 (60.3%)	42 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.1%)	$18,868			$1,416			$17,452	32.5	34.3	794	34
360012205503	829	Queens Academy High School	Public	9-12	138-11 35th Ave	Flushing	11354	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 463-3111	285	30	9.4	91.9%	6 (2.1%)	7 (2.5%)	240 (84.2%)	31 (10.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,154			$3,094			$22,060	32.4	33.5	805	24
360113006565	830	New Ventures Charter School	Public, Charter	10-12	1441 South Ave-Corporate Comm	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New Ventures Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 855-2238	155	16	9.7	78.1%	48 (31.0%)	41 (26.5%)	58 (37.4%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.6%)	$22,852			$2,676			$20,176	32.4	32.5	813	17

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Common Core Algebra I, Regents Chemistry, Regents Common Core Algebra II, Regents Common Core English Language Arts, Regents Common Core Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government, Regents Algebra I test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, 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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Educational resources:

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State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.