Best High Schools in New York

Best High Schools
in New York

We reviewed 21,776 U.S. public high schools; 370 New York schools made our rankings. View Rankings

High school students in New York take the Regents Exams, and if they live in poverty, may receive grants to attend college through the Higher Education Opportunity Program. According to the New York State Education Department, the grants are for attendance at independent New York colleges, such as Syracuse University.

New York has hundreds of schools in the U.S. News Best High Schools 2012 rankings, including 68 with gold medals, 174 with silver medals, and 128 with bronze medals. The highly ranked Baccalaureate School for Global Education, in the New York City Public Schools, is about 150 miles south of the state capital of Albany.

Top Ranked NY Schools

To be eligible for a state ranking, a school must be awarded a national gold or silver medal.

#1

The Baccalaureate School for Global Education

3412 36TH AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106

#2

South Side High School

140 SHEPHERD ST, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY 11570

#3

City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park

167 EAST UTICA AVE, BUFFALO, NY 14208

#4

Yonkers Middle High School

150 ROCKLAND AVE, YONKERS, NY 10705

#5

High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies

350 GRAND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002

#6

The High School of American Studies at Lehman College

2925 GOULDEN AVE, BRONX, NY 10468

#7

Queens High School for the Sciences at York College

9450 159TH ST, JAMAICA, NY 11451

#8

Townsend Harris High School

14911 MELBOURNE AVE, FLUSHING, NY 11367

#9

Stuyvesant High School

345 CHAMBERS ST, NEW YORK, NY 10282

#10

The Bronx High School of Science

75 WEST 205TH ST, BRONX, NY 10468

See complete New York High School Rankings

NY by the Numbers

Districts 667
High Schools 1,165
Full-Time Teachers 65,096
Students Enrolled 950,741

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