Public + private high schools, every state.
1,812
high schools (public + private)
1,396
public (820 districts)
416
private (NCES PSS)
190,858
public grade‑12 students (seniors, latest year)

NY public HS enrollment trend

Across the 776,483 students enrolled in NY brick-and-mortar public high schools in 2021, the state contracted -0.1% by 2024 (775,863 students, -620 net). That's the demographic tide every individual school is fighting or riding.

Charter share of public HS enrollment (latest year): 4.7% (36,579 of 775,863 students). Virtual / nonclassroom-based schools excluded.

🗺️ State context · NAEP 2024

How does NY compare nationally?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only test given the same way to students in every state — making it the benchmark for state-to-state academic comparison. Below, this state's 8th-grade averages and where it sits on the 50-state distribution.

8th-grade math
271
-2 vs national avg (273)
8th-grade reading
263
+3 vs national avg (260)
national avg NY Math → Reading → 260 290 245 275

Each dot is one state's 2024 NAEP 8th-grade averages. NY is highlighted in gold. Dashed lines mark national averages — being upper-right of both = above national in both subjects. Source: NAEP State Snapshot Reports. NAEP doesn't produce per-school scores — this is state-level context.

Where the students are

Top 10 cities by public-HS enrollment

BROOKLYN 162 HS 86,396
NEW YORK 147 HS 61,966
BRONX 156 HS 57,396
STATEN ISLAND 18 HS 18,189
ROCHESTER 24 HS 16,225
LONG ISLAND CITY 18 HS 15,829
BUFFALO 28 HS 12,452
JAMAICA 18 HS 10,572
FLUSHING 12 HS 9,375
YONKERS 10 HS 7,776

School-size distribution

Public, classroom-based · grades 9–12, latest year

Fastest-growing high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III
KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III
609→1,476 +142.4%
BRONX AEROSPACE HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
167→373 +123.4%
ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE
ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNIONDALE
237→522 +120.3%
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1
SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1
431→894 +107.4%
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL MOTT HAVEN
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL MOTT HAVEN
246→505 +105.3%
LEGACY COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
LEGACY COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
276→528 +91.3%
FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19
232→416 +79.3%
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY VII HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23
167→292 +74.9%
BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
368→619 +68.2%
NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II
NEW DAWN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL II
224→375 +67.4%
Fastest-shrinking high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
CAPITAL PREPARATORY (CP) HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL
CAPITAL PREPARATORY (CP) HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL
314→136 -56.7%
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12
256→123 -52.0%
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5
332→178 -46.4%
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II
450→250 -44.4%
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES
539→324 -39.9%
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES IV
314→189 -39.8%
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE & ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOL
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
241→146 -39.4%
ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17
259→159 -38.6%
HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
307→189 -38.4%
DR SUSAN S MCKINNEY SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13
211→131 -37.9%

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