Stacker compiled a list of the best high schools in New York using data from the Niche. Niche uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on academics, but other factors include culture and diversity; sports; clubs and activities; resources; and surveys of parents, teachers, and students. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.
- School type: Private School
- Location: Stony Brook, NY
- Enrollment: 478 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#25. The Stony Brook School
#24. Loyola School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 213 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#23. United Nations International School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,426 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#22. Hackley School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Tarrytown, NY
- Enrollment: 881 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#21. Friends Academy
- School type: Private School
- Location: Locust Valley, NY
- Enrollment: 664 (4:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#20. Bronx High School of Science
- School type: Public School
- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 10, NY
- Enrollment: 2,953 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#19. Marymount School of New York
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 769 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#18. The Browning School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 475 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#17. Ethical Culture Fieldston School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Bronx, NY
- Enrollment: 1,706 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#16. Collegiate School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 662 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#15. Lycée Français de New York
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,156 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#14. Stuyvesant High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: New York City Geographic District No. 2, NY
- Enrollment: 3,280 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#13. Avenues The World School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,872 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#12. The Nightingale-Bamford School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 734 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#11. Trinity School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,001 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#10. French-American School of New York
- School type: Private School
- Location: Mamaroneck, NY
- Enrollment: 651 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#9. Convent of the Sacred Heart
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 730 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#8. The Dalton School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 1,330 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#7. Regis High School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 538 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#6. Rye Country Day School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Rye, NY
- Enrollment: 973 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#5. The Spence School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 804 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#4. Horace Mann School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Bronx, NY
- Enrollment: 1,816 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#3. The Chapin School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 831 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#2. Riverdale Country School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Bronx, NY
- Enrollment: 1,305 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
#1. The Brearley School
- School type: Private School
- Location: New York, NY
- Enrollment: 794 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+