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New York City has great public high schools. Most of these are test in, but they are still public - Stuyvesant HS (#31 US News), Townsend Harris HS (#33), Staten Island Tech HS (#34), Bronx HS of Science (#58), Brooklyn Tech (#63), Queens HS for the Sciences (#81)
And these are all within city limites.
Then you have all the suburb schools - Jericho HS, Great Neck North/South, Rye, Blind Brook, Roslyn, Manhasset, Herricks etc.
New York City has great public high schools. Most of these are test in, but they are still public - Stuyvesant HS (#31 US News), Townsend Harris HS (#33), Staten Island Tech HS (#34), Bronx HS of Science (#58), Brooklyn Tech (#63), Queens HS for the Sciences (#81)
And these are all within city limites.
Then you have all the suburb schools - Jericho HS, Great Neck North/South, Rye, Blind Brook, Roslyn, Manhasset, Herricks etc.
In general, quality of schools rise with the income of the district. Since suburbs tend to be wealthier than the cities, few cities have all-around good high schools like suburban districts do, though every city has a few standouts--Brooklyn Tech, Cass in Detroit, Central in Philly, Lowell In SF, Boston Latin, etc. But all around, city high schools are bad either because the overall wealth is not there or because the best kids get siphoned off to these special situation schools.
In general, quality of schools rise with the income of the district. Since suburbs tend to be wealthier than the cities, few cities have all-around good high schools like suburban districts do, though every city has a few standouts--Brooklyn Tech, Cass in Detroit, Central in Philly, Lowell In SF, Boston Latin, etc. But all around, city high schools are bad either because the overall wealth is not there or because the best kids get siphoned off to these special situation schools.
I have heard Texas has the best these days with all the money coming in. UT Austin provides lots of money for the high school system too. There was even a grant for Tulsa.
I have heard Texas has the best these days with all the money coming in. UT Austin provides lots of money for the high school system too. There was even a grant for Tulsa.
I've contended that Texas should NOT make this list since it generally doesn't fare well on standardized tests compared to the national average. I can see reasons that explain this, but the bottom line is that not everyone is succeeding in Texas.
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