Best High Schools in New York

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1234)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
231	Bolton Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	26 Horicon Ave	Bolton Landing	12814	Warren County	Bolton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 644-2400	164	26	6.3	30.5%	152 (92.7%)	2 (1.2%)	5 (3.0%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$54,656			$415			$54,241	75.5	79.8	131	100		360501000240
232	Canandaigua Academy	Public	9-12	435 East St	Canandaigua	14424	Ontario County	Canandaigua City School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 396-3800	998	97	10.2	36.7%	863 (86.5%)	16 (1.6%)	57 (5.7%)	18 (1.8%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.0%)	$26,762			$923			$25,839	75.5	79.2	143	89		360633000414
233	Frontier Senior High School	Public	9-12	S 4432 Bay View Rd	Hamburg	14075	Erie County	Frontier Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 926-1720	1,293	120	10.7	35.3%	1,136 (87.9%)	17 (1.3%)	70 (5.4%)	14 (1.1%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (3.9%)	$26,227			$1,194			$25,033	75.2	73.2	282	49		361167000925
234	Bedford Academy High School	Public	9-12	1119 Bedford Ave	Brooklyn	11217	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 398-3061	338	27	12.3	79.0%	16 (4.7%)	228 (67.5%)	59 (17.5%)	21 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$28,673			$2,927			$25,746	75.1	73.6	271	37		360009105508
235	Fredonia High School	Public	9-12	425 E Main St	Fredonia	14063	Chautauqua County	Fredonia Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 679-1581	461	46	9.9	35.6%	343 (74.4%)	5 (1.1%)	89 (19.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)	$25,896			$349			$25,547	75	74.8	244	9		361152000907
236	Clarkstown North Senior High School	Public	9-12	151 Congers Rd	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 639-6504	1,209	117	10.2	27.0%	562 (46.5%)	73 (6.0%)	365 (30.2%)	171 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	33 (2.7%)	$14,536			$372			$14,164	75	75.7	218	18		362034001863
237	Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	Public	7-12	2384 Rt 34b	Aurora	13026	Cayuga County	Southern Cayuga Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 364-7111	289	30	9.6	39.8%	228 (78.9%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.5%)	$30,897			$1,321			$29,575	74.9	75.9	212	25		362757003749
238	Baruch College Campus High School	Public	9-12	55 E 25th St	New York	10010	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 683-7440	479	31	15.3	66.0%	108 (22.5%)	47 (9.8%)	162 (33.8%)	141 (29.4%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.1%)	$24,957			$1,245			$23,713	74.8	78.5	158	80		360007702856
239	Putnam Valley High School	Public	9-12	146 Peekskill Hollow Rd	Putnam Valley	10579	Putnam County	Putnam Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 526-7847	526	46	11.4	20.5%	336 (63.9%)	15 (2.9%)	154 (29.3%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)	$37,257			$588			$36,670	74.7	69.2	355	116		362400004837
240	Nyc Lab High School For Collaborative Studies	Public	9-12	333 W 17th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 691-6119	413	40	10.2	58.4%	146 (35.4%)	28 (6.8%)	98 (23.7%)	117 (28.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.3%)	$35,904			$1,678			$34,227	74.7	73.7	269	29		360007702857

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Chemistry, Regents Common Core Algebra II, Regents Common Core English Language Arts, Regents Common Core Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government, Regents Algebra I, Regents Life Science Biology, Regents Geometry, Regents Earth and Space Sciences test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 4, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.