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Here are the best ranked high schools in the Tri-State Area in 2024
By Katie Houlis,
10 days ago
NEW YORK -- U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released their 2024 high school rankings, including nearly 2,000 public high schools in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut combined.
Best high schools in New York
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College in Queens
Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan
High School Math Science and Engineering at CCNY in Manhattan
Bronx High School of Science in the Bronx
Staten Island Technical High School in Staten Island
Brooklyn Latin School in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn
High School of American Studies at Lehman College in the Bronx
Townsend Harris High School in Queens
Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Queens
The top ten high schools in the state are all located in New York City, with all five boroughs being represented.
In addition to landing the top two spots in the state, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College in Jamaica and Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan came in 25th and 26th in the national rankings, respectively.
Nine New York City Public Schools made it into the top 100 U.S. high schools in the country.
Best high schools on Long Island
Jericho Senior High School is the highest ranked school on Long Island , coming in 11th in the state. It is followed by Garden City High School at number 22, Manhasset Secondary School at number 23, Great Neck South High School at number 26 and Syosset Senior High School at number 33.
Best high schools in New York state outside NYC
Outside of New York City and Long Island, the highest ranked schools in the state are: Edgemont Junior-Senior High School in Scarsdale, coming in 14th in the state; Bronxville High School in Bronxville, coming in 16th in the state; Byram Hills High School in Armonk, at 21st; Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua at 19th, and City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park in Buffalo at 25th in the state.
Best high schools in New Jersey
High Technology High School in Lincroft
Edison Academy Magnet School in Edison
Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health in Woodbridge
Bergen County Academies in Hackensack
Biotechnology High School in Freehold
Dr. Ronald E McNair High School in Jersey City
Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro in Teterboro
Union County Magnet High School in Scotch Plains
Academy for Information Technology in Scotch Plains
Academy for Allied Health Sciences in Scotch Plains
High Technology High School ranked 24th overall in the United States.
According to U.S. News & World Report, 1.97% of the top 100 high schools in the country are in New Jersey, topped only by Arizona with 3.3% and Washington, D.C. with 6.1%.
Best high schools in Connecticut
Connecticut IB Academy in East Hartford
Darien High School in Darien
Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern in Groton
Schools are scored on a scale of 0-100 in each category. College readiness accounts for 30% of the ranking, state assessment proficiency and performance account for 20% each, and the remaining three categories count for 10% each.
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