Hidden Gems in All Five Boroughs – 2026 Edition

Lower Manhattan – Midtown

  • Richard R. Green High School of Teaching 
  • High School for Environmental Studies 
  • Landmark High School
  • Quest to Learn
  • Facing History HS
  • Murray Hill Academy
  • Urban Assembly – Makers Academy
  • HS for Health Professions & Human Services
  • Food & Finance HS
  • Next Generation Technology HS (NEW!)

Upper Manhattan

  • Frank McCourt High School
  • Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics
  • Mott Hall High School
  • Central Park East High School
  • Park East High School
  • Young Women’s Leadership School

Brooklyn

  • Brooklyn College Academy
  • Midwood High School 
  • High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology
  • All City Leadership Secondary School
  • Williamsburg HS for Architecture and Design
  • Design Works
  • Brooklyn School of the Arts
  • Urban Assembly Institute of Math & Science for Young Women

Staten Island

  • Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School
  • CSI High School for International Studies
  • Susan E. Wagner High School
  • Curtis High School

Queens

  • Forest Hills High School 
  • Thomas Edison
  • Benjamin Cardozo 
  • Bayside High School 
  • Northwell School of Health Sciences
  • Aviation High School
  • Energy Tech High School
  • Motion Picture Technical HS
  • Academy for Careers in Television & Film
  • Gotham Tech HS
  • Young Women’s Leadership School, Queens
  • HBCU Early College Prep

Bronx

  • Mott Hall Bronx HS (D9) and Mott Hall V (D12)
  • Bard High School & Early College – Bronx
  • Fordham High School for the Arts
  • Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music
  • Dewitt Clinton
  • Marble Hill HS of International Studies
  • Young Women’s Leadership School of the Bronx
  • The Urban Assembly School for Applied Math & Science
  • Bronx HS of Hip Hop (NEW!)