8 NYC Schools Earn Coveted Blue Ribbon Award

NEW YORK CITY — The five boroughs can wear these blue ribbons as a badge of honor.

Eight New York City schools were awarded the coveted title of National Blue Ribbon School Monday by the U.S. Department of Education.

The schools were among 349 recognized this year — 300 public and 49 private — for their academic excellence with each borough landing a school on the list. Now in its 36th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has highlighted more than 8,800 educational institutions that have test scores in the top 15 percent in their state and no major gaps among students from different demographics.

The U.S. Department of Education will honor the schools at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C. come November.

Here are the New York City schools that snagged the honor:

• P.S. 6, the Lillie Devereaux Blake School in Manhattan
• P.S. 183, the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Manhattan
• Success Academy Harlem 2 in Manhattan
• M.S. 216, the George J. Ryan School in Queens
• Maspeth High School in Queens
• Success Academy Bed-Stuy 1 in Brooklyn
• College of Staten Island High School For International Studies in Staten Island
• Concourse Village Elementary School in the Bronx

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