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- Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Choosing a public high school in New York City is not an easy decision to make — and a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report aims to help by providing an unbiased look at how well schools serve their students.
The U.S. News & World Report released its 2025-2026 rankings for the top public high schools in the country, and across states and districts.
The top-ranked schools have a high rate of students who scored above expectations in math, science, and reading state assessments, passed an array of college-level exams, and graduated in four years.
In total, more than 18,000 elementary schools were ranked nationwide. The rankings include 533 public high schools in New York City.
We analyzed the report to find the top 25 public high schools in New York City ranked in 2025-2026, along with each school’s state ranking.
25 - Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens
Location: Queens
State ranking: 44
24 - Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 43
23 - Baruch College Campus High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 42
22 - Beacon High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 40
21 - Manhattan/Hunter Science High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 39
20 - Baccalaureate School for Global Education
Location: Queens
State ranking: 38
19 - Scholars’ Academy
Location: Queens
State ranking: 29
18 - New Explorations Into Science, Tech and Math High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 25
17 - Columbia Secondary School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 24
16 - Millennium High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 22
15 - Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 19
14 - KIPP Academy Charter School
Location: Bronx
State ranking: 18
13 - Millennium Brooklyn High School
Location: Brooklyn
State ranking: 17
12 - The Clinton School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 15
11 - High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 13
10 - Townsend Harris High School
Location: Queens
State ranking: 12
9 - Success Academy High School of Liberal Arts-Harlem
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 11
8 - Brooklyn Technical High School
Location: Brooklyn
State ranking: 8
7 - Brooklyn Latin School
Location: Brooklyn
State ranking: 7
6 - High School of American Studies at Lehman College
Location: 6
State ranking: 6
5 - Bronx High School of Science
Location: Bronx
State ranking: 5
4 - Staten Island Technical High School
Location: New Dorp, Staten Island
State ranking: 4
3 - Stuyvesant High School
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 3
2 - High School Math Science and Engineering at CCNY
Location: Manhattan
State ranking: 2
1 - Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
Location: Queens
State ranking: 1
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