These NYC High Schools Are Among 2022's Best: U.S. News

NEW YORK CITY — New York City's elite high schools aren't just the best in the city — they're among the top 100 nationwide, according to a new ranking.

No city school fared better in U.S. News and World Report's latest "Best High Schools" annual ranking than Townsend Harris High School in Queens.

The Kew Gardens Hills school is 19th nationwide, according to the ranking.

Overall, 11 city high schools counted among the 100 best nationwide, the ranking states.

Those exact ranks and schools are as follows:

19. Townsend Harris High School, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens
25. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Jamaica, Queens
36. Stuyvesant High School, Battery Park City, Manhattan
38. High School Math Science and Engineering at CCNY, Harlem, Manhattan
41. Bronx High School of Science, Bedford Park, The Bronx
46. Brooklyn Technical High School, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
63. Staten Island Technical High School, New Dorp, Staten Island
64. High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Jerome Park, The Bronx
79. Brooklyn Latin School, Bushwick, Brooklyn
89. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies, Lower East Side, Manhattan
98. Baccalaureate School for Global Education, Astoria, Queens

Here are the top 10 schools in this year’s national Best High Schools ranking:

1. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology - Alexandria, Virginia
2. Academic Magnet High School - North Charleston, South Carolina
3. Signature School - Evansville, Indiana
4. School for Advanced Studies - Miami, Florida
5. Payton College Preparatory High School - Chicago, Illinois
6. The Davidson Academy of Nevada - Reno, Nevada
7. Central Magnet School - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
8. The School for the Talented and Gifted - Dallas, Texas
9. Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology - Lawrenceville, Georgia
10. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This year’s schools were ranked on six measures: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates.

The data used in this year’s ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.

Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.