New York's 20 Best High Schools For 2026-27 Revealed

School rankings are out for the upcoming year, and U.S. News has revealed which New York high schools are leading the pack.

These findings are very important for New York parents because test scores are dropping statewide in some categories for grades 3 through 8.

These Are The 20 Best High Schools In New York

Below are the 20 best high schools across the Empire State, according to U.S. News.

The 20 Best High Schools In New York For 2026

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The Next Best 10

Vestal Senior High School
Vestal, NY | Vestal Central School District
New York Ranking: #21
Overall Ranking: #2,549

Stuyvesant High School
New York, NY | New York City Public Schools
New York Ranking: #22
Overall Ranking: #2,561

University Heights Secondary School-Bronx Community College
Bronx, NY | New York City Public Schools
New York Ranking: #23
Overall Ranking: #2,648

Woodlands Senior High School
Hartsdale, NY | Greenburgh Central School District
New York Ranking: #24
Overall Ranking: #2,693

Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
Jamaica, NY | New York City Public Schools
New York Ranking: #25
Overall Ranking: #2,722

Long Beach Senior High School
Long Beach, NY | Long Beach City School District
New York Ranking: #26
Overall Ranking: #2,785

Bronx High School of Science
Bronx, NY | New York City Public Schools
New York Ranking: #27
Overall Ranking: #2,939

West Islip Senior High School
West Islip, NY | West Islip Union Free School District
New York Ranking: #28
Overall Ranking: #3,013

Staten Island Technical High School
Staten Island, NY | New York City Public Schools
New York Ranking: #29
Overall Ranking: #3,125

Brooklyn Technical High School
Brooklyn, NY | New York City Public Schools
New York Ranking: #30
Overall Ranking: #3,198

How Rankings Were Calculated

"U.S. News did this by summing their weighted scores across six indicators of school quality, then computing a single zero to 100 overall score reflective of a school's performance across these metrics. The overall scores depict how well each school did on a national percentile basis. For example, a school with a score of 60 performed in the 60th percentile among all schools in the rankings," U.S. news states.