New York's Best High Schools: New Rankings Released

LONG ISLAND, NY — Several schools on Long Island are among America’s best, according to rankings released Tuesday by the education platform Niche.

The new 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings provide insight for parents on 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools and 11,820 school districts nationwide.

Here are the top 25 public high schools in New York, according to Niche:

1. Bronx High School of Science
2. Stuyvesant High School
3. Staten Island Technical High School
4. Townsend Harris High School
5. Jericho Senior High School
6. Great Neck South high School
7. High School of American Studies at Lehman College
8. High School of Math, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York
9. Syosset Senior High School
10. Roslyn High School
11. Manhasset Secondary School
12. Brooklyn Technical High School
13. Scarsdale Senior High School
14. Herricks High School
15. Bard High School Early College Queens
16. Half Hollow Hills High School West
17. Horace Greeley High School
18. Great Neck North High School
19. Half Hollow Hills High School East
20. Eleanor Roosevelt High School
21. Pelham Memorial High School
22. Bard High School Early College
23. Rye High School
24. Byram Hills High School
25. Baccalaureate School for Global Education

Here are the top 25 private high schools in New York, according to Niche:

1. Trinity School
2. Riverdale Country School
3. The Brearley School
4. Regis High School
5. Horace Mann School
6. Collegiate School
7. Convent of the Sacred Heart
8. The Spence School
9. Rye Country Day School
10. The Nightingale-Bamford School
11. Dalton School
12. Lycée Français de New York
13. Avenues The World School
14. The Chapin School
15. Dwight Global Online School
16. Marymount School of New York
17. Friends Academy
18. The Browning School
19. Hackley School
20. Saint Ann's School
21. BASIS Independent Brooklyn
22. Poly Prep Country Day School
23. ECFS - Fieldston Middle/Upper School
24. packer Collegiate Institute
25. French-American School of New York

You can view the full rankings here.

Long Island schools also placed in the nationwide rankings. Jericho High School was ranked No. 33 in the nation, Great Neck South was ranked No. 41, Syosset Senior High School was ranked No. 55, Roslyn High School was ranked No. 77 and Manhasset High School was ranked No. 91.

Niche said its rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

Niche named the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina, the top public school. Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, is the best private school.

Niche said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter and magnet schools as well as schools for STEM and the arts among many others.

Check back with Patch this week for coverage on Long Island's best school districts.