Best High Schools in New York

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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)
360585006594	1211	East Community School	Public	9-12	820 Northampton St	Buffalo	14211	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3997	302	38	7.8		23 (7.6%)	171 (56.6%)	54 (17.9%)	37 (12.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.0%)	$18,913			$2,017			$16,895	2.6	11.9	1051	160
360012006118	1212	School For Classics High School	Public	8-12	370 Fountain Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 277-1069	269	24	11.2	92.2%	15 (5.6%)	94 (34.9%)	99 (36.8%)	38 (14.1%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.3%)	$20,389			$1,543			$18,846	2.5	3.9	1167	45
362475006216	1213	Edison Career And Technology High School	Public	9-12	655 Colfax St	Rochester	14606	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 324-9760	1,233	155	7.9	90.9%	72 (5.8%)	666 (54.0%)	450 (36.5%)	34 (2.8%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.5%)	$19,346			$2,855			$16,491	2.4	3.3	1171	42
360009505762	1214	Brownsville Academy High School	Public	9-12	1150 E New York Ave	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 778-7305	77	13	6.1	84.4%	2 (2.6%)	60 (77.9%)	13 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$37,919			$4,082			$33,837	2.3	4	1162	52
360009005809	1215	Metropolitan High School (The)	Public	9-12	1180 Rev J A Polite Ave	Bronx	10459	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 991-4634	154	28	5.5	98.1%	4 (2.6%)	52 (33.8%)	97 (63.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$38,207			$3,568			$34,639	2.3	2.8	1176	39
360008805543	1216	High School For Contemporary Arts	Public	9-12	800 E Gun Hill Rd	Bronx	10467	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 944-5610	283	30	9.5	89.0%	7 (2.5%)	108 (38.2%)	135 (47.7%)	4 (1.4%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.1%)	$26,674			$2,798			$23,876	2.2	3	1175	41
362475005856	1217	Northeast College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	4115 Lake Ave	Rochester	14612	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 324-9273	778	76	10.3	93.3%	53 (6.8%)	463 (59.5%)	245 (31.5%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	$15,459			$2,484			$12,975	2.1	2.7	1177	40
360012006724	1218	East New York Arts And Civics High School (The)	Public	9-12	800 Van Siclen Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 927-5540	161	15	10.7	91.9%	8 (5.0%)	104 (64.6%)	43 (26.7%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	$19,983			$3,132			$16,852	2.1	3.4	1169	49
360106506342	1219	Urban Dove Team Charter School	Public, Charter	10-12	1256 E 21st St	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	Urban Dove Team Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 783-8232	210	27	7.7	88.6%	6 (2.9%)	147 (70.0%)	46 (21.9%)	5 (2.4%)	4 (1.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	$31,948			$3,488			$28,460	2			(n/a)
360585006609	1220	Riverside Academy High School	Public	9-12	51 Ontario St	Buffalo	14207	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4530	294	34	8.5	91.8%	29 (9.9%)	128 (43.5%)	82 (27.9%)	39 (13.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$23,398			$2,614			$20,785	1.9	5.2	1136	84

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About our rankings:

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.