Academically Competitive 
High Schools

These are some (but not all) academically competitive Public High Schools that you might want to consider. They are listed by district, because district correlates to general location, which is usually an important factor. 


district

code

school

01

M539

 New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School

01

M696

 Bard High School Early College

02

M408

Professional Performing Arts High School

02

M411

Baruch College Campus High School

02

M412

N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies

02

M414

N.Y.C. Museum School

02

M416

Eleanor Roosevelt High School

02

M418

Millennium High School

02

M519

Talent Unlimited High School

02

M545

High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies

03

M479

Beacon High School

03

M485

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

03

M541

Manhattan / Hunter Science High School

04

M435

Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics

05

M362

Columbia Secondary School

05

M692

High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College

10

X696

High School of American Studies at Lehman College

13

K595

Bedford Academy High School

13

K670

Benjamin Banneker Academy

14

K449

Brooklyn Latin School, The

15

K684

Millennium Brooklyn HS

17

K543

Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus

17

K590

Medgar Evers College Preparatory School

22

K405

Midwood High School

22

K535

Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences

22

K555

Brooklyn College Academy

24

Q299

Bard High School Early College Queens

24

Q610

Aviation Career & Technical Education High School 3.18

25

Q252

Queens School of Inquiry, The

27

Q323

Scholars' Academy

27

Q650

High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture

28

Q284

York Early College Academy 3.20

28

Q680

Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School

30

Q286

Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria

30

Q501

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School

30

Q580

Baccalaureate School for Global Education

84

K999

Uncommon Charter HS

84

M888

Harlem Village Academy HS