Top 10 Best New York Magnet Public High Schools (2024-25)

For the 2024-25 school year, there are 1458 magnet public high schools serving 945,408 students in New York.
Learn more about how magnet schools work. The top ranked magnet public high schools in New York are Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School Of Science and Commack High School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.
New York magnet public high schools have an average math proficiency score of 67% (versus the New York public high school average of 67%), and reading proficiency score of 59% (versus the 59% statewide average).
New York magnet public high school have a Graduation Rate of 88%, which is equal to the New York average of 88%.
The school with highest graduation rate is Academy Of American Studies, with ≥99% graduation rate. Read more about public school graduation rate statistics in New York or national school graduation rate statistics.
Minority enrollment is 60% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is equal to the New York public high school average of 60% (majority Hispanic).

Best Magnet Public High Schools in New York (2024-25)

School
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
Location
Grades
Students
Rank: #11.
Stuyvesant High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 98%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
345 Chambers St
New York, NY 10282
(212) 312-4800
Grades: 9-12
| 3,334 students
Rank: #2 - 32. - 3.
Bronx High School Of Science
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 97%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
75 W 205th St
Bronx, NY 10468
(718) 817-7700
Grades: 9-12
| 2,951 students
Rank: #2 - 32. - 3.
Commack High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 97%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
1 Scholar Ln
Commack, NY 11725
(631) 912-2109
Grades: 9-12
| 1,861 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Bethlehem Central Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
700 Delaware Ave
Delmar, NY 12054
(518) 439-4921
Grades: 9-12
| 1,364 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Columbia High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
962 Luther Rd
East Greenbush, NY 12061
(518) 207-2010
Grades: 9-12
| 1,252 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Fayetteville-manlius Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
8201 E Seneca Tpke
Manlius, NY 13104
(315) 692-1900
Grades: 9-12
| 1,416 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Great Neck North High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
35 Polo Rd
Great Neck, NY 11023
(516) 441-4700
Grades: 9-12
| 1,176 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Manhasset Secondary School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
200 Memorial Pl
Manhasset, NY 11030
(516) 267-7600
Grades: 9-12
| 962 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Pittsford Sutherland High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
55 Sutherland St
Pittsford, NY 14534
(585) 267-1102
Grades: 9-12
| 898 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Pittsford-mendon High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
472 Mendon Rd
Pittsford, NY 14534
(585) 267-1602
Grades: 9-12
| 914 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Robert M Grable Jr Mount Sinai High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
110 N Country Rd
Mount Sinai, NY 11766
(631) 870-2800
Grades: 9-12
| 720 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Sayville High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
20 Brook St
West Sayville, NY 11796
(631) 244-6600
Grades: 9-12
| 880 students
Rank: #4 - 134. - 13.
Staten Island Technical High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
485 Clawson St
Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 667-3222
Grades: 9-12
| 1,374 students
Rank: #1414.
Brooklyn Technical High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
29 Ft Greene Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 804-6400
Grades: 9-12
| 5,940 students
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Canandaigua Academy
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
435 East St
Canandaigua, NY 14424
(585) 396-3800
Grades: 9-12
| 1,082 students
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Kings Park High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
200 Rt 25a
Kings Park, NY 11754
(631) 269-3345
Grades: 9-12
| 857 students
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Smithtown High School East
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
10 School St
Saint James, NY 11780
(631) 382-2705
Grades: 9-12
| 1,475 students
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Williamsville East High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
151 Paradise Rd
East Amherst, NY 14051
(716) 626-8400
Grades: 9-12
| 981 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Fairport Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 92%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
1 Dave Paddock Way
Fairport, NY 14450
(585) 421-2100
Grades: 10-12
| 1,304 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Garden City High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
170 Rockaway Ave
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 478-2000
Grades: 9-12
| 1,090 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Great Neck South High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
341 Lakeville Rd
Great Neck, NY 11020
(516) 441-4800
Grades: 9-12
| 1,262 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Half Hollow Hills High School East
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
50 Vanderbilt Pky
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(631) 592-3100
Grades: 9-12
| 1,473 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Half Hollow Hills High School West
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
375 Wolf Hill Rd
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(631) 592-3200
Grades: 9-12
| 1,055 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Jamesville-dewitt High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
6845 Edinger Dr
Syracuse, NY 13214
(315) 445-8340
Grades: 9-12
| 870 students
Rank: #19 - 2519. - 25.
Paul D Schreiber Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
101 Campus Dr
Port Washington, NY 11050
(516) 767-5805
Grades: 9-12
| 1,613 students
Rank: #2626.
Ward Melville Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: 93%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
380 Old Town Rd
East Setauket, NY 11733
(631) 730-4900
Grades: 9-12
| 1,507 students
Rank: #2727.
Burnt Hills-ballston Lake Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: 97% | Reading: ≥95% )
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
88 Lakehill Rd
Burnt Hills, NY 12027
(518) 399-9141
Grades: 9-12
| 928 students
Rank: #28 - 3128. - 31.
Bethpage Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
10 Cherry Ave
Bethpage, NY 11714
(516) 644-4101
Grades: 9-12
| 932 students
Rank: #28 - 3128. - 31.
Brighton High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
1150 Winton Rd S
Rochester, NY 14618
(585) 242-5000
Grades: 9-12
| 1,243 students
Rank: #28 - 3128. - 31.
Connetquot High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
190 7th St
Bohemia, NY 11716
(631) 244-2228
Grades: 9-12
| 1,757 students
Rank: #28 - 3128. - 31.
Shaker High School
Magnet School
(Math: 98% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
445 Watervliet-shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110
(518) 785-5511
Grades: 9-12
| 2,018 students
Rank: #3232.
Guilderland High School
Magnet School
(Math: 96% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
8 School Rd
Guilderland Center, NY 12085
(518) 861-8591
Grades: 9-12
| 1,462 students
Rank: #33 - 3533. - 35.
Clarkstown South Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥90%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
31 Demarest Mill Rd
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 624-3400
Grades: 9-12
| 1,345 students
Rank: #33 - 3533. - 35.
Horace Greeley High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥90%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
70 Roaring Brook Rd
Chappaqua, NY 10514
(914) 238-7201
Grades: 9-12
| 1,152 students
Rank: #33 - 3533. - 35.
Orchard Park High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥90%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
4040 Baker Rd
Orchard Park, NY 14127
(716) 209-6243
Grades: 9-12
| 1,385 students
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the top ranked magnet public high schools in New York?
The top ranked magnet public high schools in New York include Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School Of Science and Commack High School.
How many magnet public high schools are located in New York?
1,458 magnet public high schools are located in New York.
What is the racial composition of students in New York?
New York magnet public high schools minority enrollment is 60% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is equal to the New York public high schools average of 60% (majority Hispanic).

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