New York · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in New York

The 50 largest public schools in New York, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The ranking in one line

Brooklyn Technical High School in BROOKLYN is New York's largest public school with 5,848 students enrolled.

5,848
students at Brooklyn Technical High School: 19.8:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school: 2,887
average across the top 50

#	School	Student:Teacher	Level	District	Enrollment
1	Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBROOKLYN	19.8:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13	5,848
2	Brentwood High SchoolBRENTWOOD	14.6:1	High	BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	4,816
3	Francis Lewis High SchoolFRESH MEADOWS	18.7:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26	4,573
4	Fort Hamilton High SchoolBROOKLYN	17.4:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20	4,044
5	James Madison High SchoolBROOKLYN	18.9:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22	3,983
6	Tottenville High SchoolSTATEN ISLAND	15.6:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31	3,750
7	Midwood High SchoolBROOKLYN	15.6:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #22	3,657
8	Newburgh Free AcademyNEWBURGH	12.8:1	High	NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	3,550
9	Edward R Murrow High SchoolBROOKLYN	15.1:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21	3,503
10	Franklin Delano Roosevelt High SchoolBROOKLYN	14.5:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20	3,403
11	Forest Hills High SchoolFOREST HILLS	15.2:1	Other	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28	3,394
12	Stuyvesant High SchoolNEW YORK	20.1:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2	3,261
13	New Utrecht High SchoolBROOKLYN	15.3:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20	3,236
14	William Floyd High SchoolMASTIC BEACH	14.3:1	High	WILLIAM FLOYD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	3,107
15	New Dorp High SchoolSTATEN ISLAND	13.8:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31	3,055
16	New Rochelle High SchoolNEW ROCHELLE	14.3:1	High	NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	3,047
17	Bayside High SchoolBAYSIDE	17:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26	3,004
18	Longwood High SchoolMIDDLE ISLAND	13.5:1	High	LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,993
19	Shenendehowa High SchoolCLIFTON PARK	13.7:1	High	SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,968
20	Bronx High School of Science (the)BRONX	20.9:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10	2,953
21	Albany High SchoolALBANY	14.8:1	High	ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,937
22	Schenectady High SchoolSCHENECTADY	13.9:1	High	SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,885
23	Benjamin N Cardozo High SchoolBAYSIDE	15.3:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26	2,866
24	Thomas R Proctor High SchoolUTICA	17.7:1	High	UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,820
25	North Rockland High SchoolTHIELLS	15.5:1	High	HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND)	2,798
26	John Bowne High SchoolFLUSHING	13.2:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25	2,778
27	Susan E Wagner High SchoolSTATEN ISLAND	14.7:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31	2,743
28	Central Islip Senior High SchoolCENTRAL ISLIP	17.8:1	High	CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,615
29	Middletown High SchoolMIDDLETOWN	13.1:1	High	MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,495
30	Patchogue-Medford High SchoolMEDFORD	13.1:1	High	PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,487
31	Arlington High SchoolLAGRANGEVILLE	13.4:1	High	ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,472
32	Curtis High SchoolSTATEN ISLAND	16:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31	2,439
33	John Adams High SchoolOZONE PARK	13.9:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27	2,400
34	Syosset Senior High SchoolSYOSSET	10.7:1	High	SYOSSET CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,400
35	Kipp Bronx Charter School IiiBRONX	17.6:1	Other	KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III	2,390
36	Hillcrest High SchoolJAMAICA	14.9:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28	2,298
37	Monroe-Woodbury High SchoolCENTRAL VALLEY	14.2:1	High	MONROE-WOODBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,285
38	Charter School for Applied TechnologiesBUFFALO	11.3:1	Other	CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES	2,260
39	Fiorello H Laguardia High SchoolNEW YORK	14.9:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3	2,251
40	Freeport High SchoolFREEPORT	13.4:1	High	FREEPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,244
41	White Plains Senior High SchoolWHITE PLAINS	13.2:1	High	WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,239
42	Abraham Lincoln High SchoolBROOKLYN	17.7:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21	2,210
43	John Dewey High SchoolBROOKLYN	14.1:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21	2,209
44	Thomas a Edison Career and Technical Education High SchoolJAMAICA	16.5:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28	2,146
45	Shaker High SchoolLATHAM	13.2:1	High	NORTH COLONIE CSD	2,138
46	Is 61 Leonardo Da VinciCORONA	12.6:1	Middle	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24	2,131
47	Uniondale High SchoolUNIONDALE	11.8:1	High	UNIONDALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,106
48	Newtown High SchoolELMHURST	18.3:1	High	NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24	2,072
49	Liverpool High SchoolLIVERPOOL	13.1:1	High	LIVERPOOL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,062
50	Niagara Falls High SchoolNIAGARA FALLS	15.2:1	High	NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT	2,034

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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