Which High Schools Did High-Scoring Middle School Students Attend Last Year? In March, thousands of New York City 8th graders received offer letters from the city’s public high schools. Many of the city’s highest-scoring students will likely attend one of the city’s nine specialized high schools. But many high-scorers—including some offered admission to a specialized high school—will attend other schools. Last year’s 4,800 high-scoring middle school students attended 233 different high schools when they entered 9th grade. These high-scoring students notched a level 4, meaning they exceeded grade standards on their 7th grade New York State English Language Arts and math tests. We have identified the high schools most frequently chosen by last year’s high-scorers and highlighted the five schools most commonly attended by the students’ ethnic group. A total of 12 schools made the list. High-Scoring Hispanic Students Attended the Largest Number of Different High Schools
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Over 60 Percent of High-Scoring Asian Students Attended Five High Schools Percent of Students in Five Schools 70% 60% 50%
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Brooklyn Technical High School
(1,521)
Stuyvesant High School
(823)
Bronx High School of Science
(763)
Staten Island Technical High School
(268)
Townsend Harris High School Fiorello H. Laguardia High School Of Music And Performing Arts
(807) (336)
Tottenville High School Forest Hills High School
(948)
Midwood High School
(1,140)
Beacon High School
(390)
Brooklyn College Academy Success Academy Charter School Harlem 3
(106)
(943)
(162)
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Five High Schools Most Frequently Attended by High-Scoring Middle School Students Within Each Ethnic Group, 2017-2018
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other schools most frequently attended by high-scoring students were Townsend Harris High School, Tottenville High School, Midwood High School, Forest Hills High School, Beacon High School, Brooklyn College Academy, and Success Academy Charter School Harlem 3. Success Academy Harlem 3 was the only charter school to make the list, one of the five high schools most often attended by black students. Prepared by Taina Guarda and Liza Pappas New York City Independent Budget Office
