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)
361902001725	141	Wellington C Mepham High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	2401 Camp Ave	Bellmore	11710	Nassau County	Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(516) 992-1500	1,260	106	11.8	18.1%	873 (69.3%)	43 (3.4%)	177 (14.0%)	125 (9.9%)	9 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (2.5%)	$20,440			$257			$20,183	78.7	77.8	153	12
362613003599	142	Schroon Lake Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1125 Us Rt 9	Schroon Lake	12870	Essex County	Schroon Lake Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 532-7164	238	26	9.1	60.9%	235 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,118			$2,137			$18,980	78.6	66.1	382	240
360324000085	143	Arkport Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	35 East Ave	Arkport	14807	Steuben County	Arkport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 295-7471	472	49	9.5	42.4%	423 (89.6%)	3 (0.6%)	28 (5.9%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	$9,316			$06			$9,310	78.6	76.9	171	28
363102004166	144	Westhampton Beach Senior High School	Public	9-12	49 Lilac Rd	Westhampton Beach	11978	Suffolk County	Westhampton Beach Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 288-3800	964	82	11.7	24.2%	641 (66.5%)	13 (1.3%)	266 (27.6%)	14 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (2.9%)	$19,716			$391			$19,325	78.4	77.7	155	11
360009806004	145	Bard High School Early College Queens	Public	9-12	30-20 Thomson Ave	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 361-3133	671	59	11.4	61.3%	146 (21.8%)	128 (19.1%)	191 (28.5%)	178 (26.5%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	19 (2.8%)	$15,221			$324			$14,897	78.4	79.2	131	14
360007806115	146	Special Music School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	129 W 67th St	New York	10023	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 501-3318	295	28	10.5	24.1%	102 (34.6%)	24 (8.1%)	50 (16.9%)	61 (20.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (19.0%)	$16,803			$210			$16,592	78.3	76.6	175	29
360243000013	147	Akron High School	Public	9-12	47 Bloomingdale Ave	Akron	14001	Erie County	Akron Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 542-5030	414	37	11.2	41.1%	348 (84.1%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$16,515			$2,392			$14,123	78.2	78.3	144	3
360411000173	148	Bayport-Blue Point High School	Public	9-12	200 Snedecor Ave	Bayport	11705	Suffolk County	Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 472-7800	664	68	9.7	17.2%	582 (87.7%)	7 (1.1%)	47 (7.1%)	13 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	$27,165			$415			$26,750	78.2	78.1	147	1
362997004034	149	Warwick Valley High School	Public	9-12	89 Sanfordville Rd	Warwick	10990	Orange County	Warwick Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 987-3000	1,366	100	13.6		949 (69.5%)	52 (3.8%)	274 (20.1%)	34 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (4.0%)	$15,329			$1,679			$13,650	78.2	81.3	90	59
361329001084	150	Half Hollow Hills High School East	Public	9-12	50 Vanderbilt Pky	Dix Hills	11746	Suffolk County	Half Hollow Hills Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 592-3100	1,473	145	10.1	22.9%	741 (50.3%)	182 (12.4%)	215 (14.6%)	271 (18.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (4.3%)	$18,062			$301			$17,761	78.1	80.2	107	43

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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.