Best High Schools in New York for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New York!

Every year, the NY State Education Department shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New York test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Regents test scores by the NY State Education Department. The most recent update was on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 690)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Division Avenue Senior High School	Public	9-12	120 Division Ave	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-7155	1,023	97	10.5	27.3%	458 (44.8%)	31 (3.0%)	287 (28.1%)	231 (22.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.5%)	$22,634			$1,207			$21,426	99.9%	87.4%	12.42%			361716001520
2	Brooklyn Latin School (The)	Public	9-12	223 Graham Ave	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	No	(718) 366-0154	733	45	16.1	57.2%	142 (19.4%)	74 (10.1%)	80 (10.9%)	359 (49.0%)	7 (1.0%)	9 (1.2%)	61 (8.3%)	$11,048			$139			$10,909	99.7%	99.8%	0.13%			360011905929
3	High School Mathematics Science And Engineering At Ccny	Public	9-12	240 Convent Ave	New York	10031	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	No	(212) 281-6490	579	33	17.3	37.8%	214 (37.0%)	62 (10.7%)	95 (16.4%)	158 (27.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	44 (7.6%)	$13,637			$162			$13,475	99.6%	99.4%	0.13%			360008105116
4	Bronx High School Of Science (The)	Public	9-12	75 W 205th St	Bronx	10468	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	No	(718) 817-7700	2,979	147	20.2	52.3%	593 (19.9%)	161 (5.4%)	279 (9.4%)	1,816 (61.0%)	24 (0.8%)	22 (0.7%)	82 (2.8%)	$10,680			$83			$10,597	99.4%	99.5%	0.10%			360008701922
5	Queens High School For The Sciences At York College	Public	9-12	94-50 159th St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 657-3181	498	29	17.4	65.9%	26 (5.2%)	15 (3.0%)	37 (7.4%)	397 (79.7%)	8 (1.6%)	8 (1.6%)	7 (1.4%)	$12,450			$376			$12,074	99.3%	99.2%	0.08%			360010005297
6	Valhalla High School	Public	9-12	300 Columbus Ave	Valhalla	10595	Westchester County	Valhalla Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 683-5014	415	44	9.3	24.3%	208 (50.1%)	31 (7.5%)	138 (33.3%)	21 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	$20,015			$23			$19,992	99.1%	75.1%	24.01%			362940004537
7	Carmel High School	Public	9-12	30 Fair St	Carmel	10512	Putnam County	Carmel Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 225-8441	1,321	107	12.2	35.8%	734 (55.6%)	52 (3.9%)	452 (34.2%)	29 (2.2%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (2.8%)	$23,232			$848			$22,385	99.0%	80.7%	18.31%			360657000438
8	Brooklyn Technical High School	Public	9-12	29 Ft Greene Pl	Brooklyn	11217	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 804-6400	5,808	288	20.1	59.6%	1,389 (23.9%)	297 (5.1%)	399 (6.9%)	3,455 (59.5%)	33 (0.6%)	42 (0.7%)	190 (3.3%)	$10,574			$136			$10,439	98.8%	98.7%	0.13%			360009101928
9	Nyc Museum School	Public	9-12	333 W 17th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 675-6206	479	34	14.2	47.8%	191 (39.9%)	43 (9.0%)	127 (26.5%)	89 (18.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.6%)	$14,371			$501			$13,870	98.7%	73.4%	25.27%			360007702871
10	Ward Melville Senior High School	Public	9-12	380 Old Town Rd	East Setauket	11733	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 730-4900	1,492	139	10.7	14.5%	1,092 (73.2%)	34 (2.3%)	141 (9.5%)	193 (12.9%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.9%)	$28,473			$261			$28,212	98.6%	95.5%	3.06%			362820003809

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Common Core Algebra I, 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 test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.