City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park Overview

Overview

City Honors School follows designated teaching practices to ensure students have direction and receive continuous feedback. Student participation in community service and volunteer opportunities is strongly encouraged at this International Baccalaureate school. The school offers a specialized science research program where students complete laboratory internships and graduate with a special diploma authorized by the state, City Honors School, and their research institutions. Advanced Placement and/or Regents courses are available at every grade level.

Rankings / Awards

This details how this school compares to others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.

Medal Awarded	Gold
National Rank
#23
State Rank
#3
Magnet Rank
#3
Most Connected Rank
#113

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Students / Teachers

These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Total Enrollment	853
Total Minority Enrollment (% of total)	32%
Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total)	26%
Full-Time Teachers	61

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Test Scores

U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level coursework (AP®/IB exams).

Proficient in English	93%
Proficient in Math	97%
College Readiness Index	100.0

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School Data

School profile information is based on government data.

Grades Served	05 – 12
Setting	Large City
Charter School	No
Magnet School	Yes
Receives Title I Funding	Yes

District

This information relates to high schools run by this school's state operating agency. Many districts contain only one high school.

Total Schools	19
Total Students	11,684
Proficient in English (district average)	77%
Proficient in Math (district average)	62%
College Readiness (district average)	56.3