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, December 4, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 713)	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	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	772	48	16	56.7%	162 (21.0%)	76 (9.8%)	82 (10.6%)	367 (47.5%)	7 (0.9%)	6 (0.8%)	71 (9.2%)	$21,518			$1,251			$20,267	99.9%	99.8%	0.02%			360011905929
2	Harrison High School	Public	9-12	255 Union Ave	Harrison	10528	Westchester County	Harrison Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 630-3094	1,066	104	10.2	25.0%	663 (62.2%)	39 (3.7%)	241 (22.6%)	101 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.0%)	$37,907			$233			$37,674	99.7%	94.1%	5.64%			361374001122
3	Brooklyn Bridge Academy	Public, Magnet	9-12	6565 Flatlands Ave	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 968-1689	143	17	8.4	83.9%	6 (4.2%)	110 (76.9%)	19 (13.3%)	4 (2.8%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	$34,717			$2,483			$32,234	99.6%	78.2%	21.38%			360009605961
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	2,953	146	20.2	50.4%	583 (19.7%)	161 (5.5%)	298 (10.1%)	1,781 (60.3%)	17 (0.6%)	13 (0.4%)	99 (3.4%)	$20,981			$1,258			$19,724	99.4%	99.4%	0.09%			360008701922
5	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	576	32	18.1	37.3%	201 (34.9%)	52 (9.0%)	89 (15.5%)	162 (28.1%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	63 (10.9%)	$23,411			$1,263			$22,148	99.3%	99.3%	0.03%			360008105116
6	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	1,442	138	10.4	15.7%	998 (69.2%)	36 (2.5%)	141 (9.8%)	228 (15.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (2.6%)	$41,865			$474			$41,392	99.2%	95.6%	3.53%			362820003809
7	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	5,848	294	19.8	58.7%	1,398 (23.9%)	300 (5.1%)	426 (7.3%)	3,388 (57.9%)	32 (0.5%)	32 (0.5%)	267 (4.6%)	$21,533			$1,334			$20,199	99.0%	98.7%	0.31%			360009101928
8	Maine-Endwell Senior High School	Public	9-12	750 Farm-To-Market Rd	Endwell	13760	Broome County	Maine-Endwell Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 748-8070	720	54	13.3	36.0%	612 (85.0%)	18 (2.5%)	35 (4.9%)	12 (1.7%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.0%)	$24,353			$1,317			$23,036	98.9%	85.1%	13.79%			361815001630
9	High School For Community Leadership	Public	9-12	167-01 Gothic Dr	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 558-9801	497	46	10.8	76.3%	14 (2.8%)	130 (26.2%)	180 (36.2%)	140 (28.2%)	21 (4.2%)	5 (1.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$24,939			$1,966			$22,974	98.7%	91.5%	7.25%			360010006213
10	Half Hollow Hills High School West	Public	9-12	375 Wolf Hill Rd	Dix Hills	11746	Suffolk County	Half Hollow Hills Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 592-3200	1,028	103	9.9	29.2%	403 (39.2%)	163 (15.9%)	159 (15.5%)	252 (24.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.6%)	$38,176			$00			$38,176	98.6%	97.2%	1.35%			361329001085

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.