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)
361440001192	551	Highland High School	Public	9-12	320 Pancake Hollow Rd	Highland	12528	Ulster County	Highland Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 691-1020	525	36	14.4	38.1%	347 (66.1%)	48 (9.1%)	90 (17.1%)	17 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.2%)	$18,831			$845			$17,986	58	60	504	47
362754003745	552	Southampton High School	Public	9-12	141 Narrow Ln	Southampton	11968	Suffolk County	Southampton Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 591-4601	588	69	8.5	50.9%	233 (39.6%)	7 (1.2%)	290 (49.3%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.4%)	$32,187			$1,297			$30,889	58	53.1	610	58
361923001753	553	Longwood High School	Public	9-12	100 Longwood Rd	Middle Island	11953	Suffolk County	Longwood Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 345-9200	2,993	225	13.2	44.1%	1,252 (41.8%)	572 (19.1%)	923 (30.8%)	98 (3.3%)	3 (0.1%)	6 (0.2%)	139 (4.6%)	$19,975			$500			$19,475	58	57.3	559	6
360012206435	554	Queens High School For Language Studies	Public	9-12	35-01 Union St	Flushing	11354	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 888-7530	450	29	15.5	80.7%	7 (1.6%)	12 (2.7%)	117 (26.0%)	301 (66.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.0%)	$13,875			$912			$12,963	57.9	51.5	627	73
360001301199	555	Oneida Senior High School	Public	9-12	560 Seneca St	Oneida	13421	Madison County	Oneida City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 363-6901	520	44	11.9	39.0%	453 (87.1%)	7 (1.3%)	18 (3.5%)	7 (1.3%)	18 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$18,709			$1,183			$17,526	57.9	60.7	496	59
360118900804	556	Mountain View Campus	Public	6-12	7530 Court St	Elizabethtown	12932	Essex County	Boquet Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 873-6371	200	32	6.1	57.0%	197 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,033			$127			$18,906	57.9	62.9	456	100
360007603680	557	University Neighborhood High School	Public	9-12	200 Monroe St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 962-4341	481	39	12.2	82.1%	37 (7.7%)	69 (14.3%)	229 (47.6%)	141 (29.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$20,020			$2,746			$17,274	57.7	48.7	657	100
362415003327	558	Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School	Public	9-12	2025 Rt 9w	Ravena	12186	Albany County	Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 756-5200	518	58	8.9	43.1%	405 (78.2%)	25 (4.8%)	44 (8.5%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.5%)	$16,290			$1,423			$14,867	57.5	54.3	601	43
362850003832	559	Sweet Home Senior High School	Public	9-12	1901 Sweet Home Rd	Amherst	14228	Erie County	Sweet Home Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 250-1203	1,091	91	12	45.4%	623 (57.1%)	231 (21.2%)	77 (7.1%)	109 (10.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (4.4%)	$19,096			$1,431			$17,666	57.4	64.1	438	121
361860001678	560	Maryvale High School	Public	9-12	1050 Maryvale Dr	Cheektowaga	14225	Erie County	Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 631-7481	647	55	11.6	54.7%	389 (60.1%)	88 (13.6%)	65 (10.0%)	66 (10.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.9%)	$13,977			$1,507			$12,470	57.4	61.9	475	85

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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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.