Best public high schools in New York

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Edgemont Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 956 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#30. Edgemont Junior/Senior High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Rye City School District, NY
- Enrollment: 933 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#29. Rye High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 30, NY
- Enrollment: 530 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#28. Baccalaureate School for Global Education
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,024 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#27. John F. Kennedy High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: East Williston Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 696 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#26. Wheatley School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Herricks Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,360 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#25. Herricks High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Great Neck Public Schools, NY
- Enrollment: 1,195 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#24. Great Neck North High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Williamsville Central School District, NY
- Enrollment: 962 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#23. Williamsville East High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 14, NY
- Enrollment: 844 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#22. Brooklyn Latin School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 1, NY
- Enrollment: 1,639 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#21. New Explorations into Science, Technology & Math School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 2, NY
- Enrollment: 537 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#20. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Bronxville Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 528 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#19. Bronxville High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Chappaqua Central School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,135 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#18. Horace Greeley High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 991 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#17. George W. Hewlett High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Half Hollow Hills Central School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,547 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#16. Half Hollow Hills High School East
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Roslyn Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,056 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#15. Roslyn High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 13, NY
- Enrollment: 5,966 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#14. Brooklyn Technical High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 1, NY
- Enrollment: 614 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#13. Bard High School Early College
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Syosset Central School District, NY
- Enrollment: 2,237 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#12. Syosset Senior High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Jericho Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,205 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#11. Jericho Senior High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Great Neck Public Schools, NY
- Enrollment: 1,222 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#10. Great Neck South High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 5, NY
- Enrollment: 524 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#9. High School Math Science & Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY)
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 24, NY
- Enrollment: 675 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#8. Bard High School Early College Queens
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Half Hollow Hills Central School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,035 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Half Hollow Hills High School West
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 10, NY
- Enrollment: 408 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. High School of American Studies at Lehman College
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Scarsdale Union Free School District, NY
- Enrollment: 1,471 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Scarsdale Senior High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 2, NY
- Enrollment: 3,304 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Stuyvesant High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 25, NY
- Enrollment: 1,347 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Townsend Harris High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 10, NY
- Enrollment: 2,985 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Bronx High School of Science
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 31, NY
- Enrollment: 1,355 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Staten Island Technical High School
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