Best High Schools in New York

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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)
360008805680	691	Bronx Health Sciences High School	Public	9-12	750 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5450	356	28	12.5	83.7%	6 (1.7%)	188 (52.8%)	124 (34.8%)	19 (5.3%)	10 (2.8%)	3 (0.8%)	6 (1.7%)	$16,774			$1,989			$14,786	46.1	20.1	942	251
360009201377	692	Digital Arts And Cinema Technology High School	Public	9-12	284 Baltic St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 694-9741	325	29	11.3	76.3%	21 (6.5%)	138 (42.5%)	143 (44.0%)	12 (3.7%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	$19,205			$1,596			$17,609	46.1	56.3	580	112
360528004433	693	Brentwood High School	Public	9-12	2 6th Ave	Brentwood	11717	Suffolk County	Brentwood Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 434-2204	4,803	333	14.4	76.7%	98 (2.0%)	349 (7.3%)	4,204 (87.5%)	104 (2.2%)	21 (0.4%)	7 (0.1%)	20 (0.4%)	$17,959			$1,589			$16,370	45.9	49.2	653	40
361983001815	694	Moriah Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	39 Viking Ln	Port Henry	12974	Essex County	Moriah Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 546-3301	310	34	9	40.6%	305 (98.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,635			$2,611			$14,024	45.9	47.1	670	24
360010005832	695	Young Women's Leadership School-Queens	Public	6-12	150-91 87th Rd	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 725-0402	536	38	14.1	75.7%	9 (1.7%)	159 (29.7%)	108 (20.1%)	228 (42.5%)	15 (2.8%)	10 (1.9%)	7 (1.3%)	$13,901			$958			$12,943	45.8	61.2	485	210
363192004247	696	Yonkers Montessori Academy	Public, Magnet, Alternative	PK, KG-12	160 Woodlawn Ave	Yonkers	10704	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8540	1,240	86	14.4	64.2%	376 (30.3%)	144 (11.6%)	621 (50.1%)	52 (4.2%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.4%)	$20,769			$1,270			$19,500	45.7	43.8	694	2
360009806278	697	Maspeth High School	Public	9-12	54-40 74th St	Elmhurst	11378	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 803-7100	1,023	76	13.4	74.6%	192 (18.8%)	24 (2.3%)	608 (59.4%)	191 (18.7%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	$13,849			$676			$13,173	45.6	40	733	36
361563001350	698	Jamestown High School	Public	9-12	350 E 2nd St	Jamestown	14701	Chautauqua County	Jamestown City School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 483-3470	1,354	101	13.4	81.0%	831 (61.4%)	37 (2.7%)	341 (25.2%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	137 (10.1%)	$14,172			$368			$13,804	45.6	42.8	705	7
360008304305	699	A Philip Randolph Campus High School	Public	9-12	433 W 135th St	New York	10031	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 690-6800	1,387	83	16.6	90.6%	26 (1.9%)	456 (32.9%)	849 (61.2%)	34 (2.5%)	7 (0.5%)	4 (0.3%)	11 (0.8%)	$17,476			$1,824			$15,652	45.5	37	768	69
362001004344	700	Mount Morris Middle/Senior High School	Public	7-12	30 Bonadonna Ave	Mount Morris	14510	Livingston County	Mount Morris Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 658-3331	219	31	7	60.3%	154 (70.3%)	7 (3.2%)	46 (21.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$20,257			$3,209			$17,048	45.4	35.5	782	82

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About our rankings:

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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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.