Brooklyn High School Named 2nd Best In The State: U.S. News

BROOKLYN, NY — A Brooklyn high school has been named the second best in the state and is among the top high schools in the country, according to a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report.

Brooklyn Technical High School ranked number two in the New York list of U.S. News Best High Schools for 2021, an annual ranking of how high schools compare at the national, state and local level.

The high school was one of two in Brooklyn to make it into New York's top 10, which was entirely made up of New York City public schools. Brooklyn Latin School in Williamsburg slid in at number nine on the state list.

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On the national list, both of the high schools were included in the top 100, Brooklyn Tech at number 22 and Brooklyn Latin School at number 66.

This year’s list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools throughout the country.

The purpose of the rankings is to provide insight into academic performance among underserved groups, showing how well schools are supporting these students, Anita Narayan, managing editor of education at U.S. News, said in a news release.

Families can also use the rankings to see how schools compare at the national, state and local level on factors such as graduation rates and college readiness, Narayan said.

Here's a look at the top 10 schools in New York:

1. Townsend Harris High School, Flushing
2. Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn
3. High School Math Science and Engineering at CCNY, Manhattan
4. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Jamaica
5. Bronx High School of Science, Bronx
6. Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island
7. Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan
8. High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Bronx
9. Brooklyn Latin School, Brooklyn
10. High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies, Manhattan

The methodology used for this year’s ranking focused on six factors: college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rates.

The data used in this edition is from the 2018-2019 academic school year and, therefore, was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.

In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.