Compare NYC Public Schools
Test results, attendance, high school outcomes, survey climate, class size — with five-year trends, for every district and charter school in the five boroughs.
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Ready-Made Comparisons
Elementary School
- Top 3rd-grade ELA (% Level 4, 2025)→Share of 3rd graders scoring Level 4 on the state ELA exam
- Top 3rd-grade Math (% Level 4, 2025)→Share of 3rd graders scoring Level 4 on the state Math exam
- Top 3rd grade overall (ELA+Math % Level 4, 2025)→Average of the ELA and Math Level 4 shares for 3rd graders
- Strongest student growth→Elementary schools whose students improved most vs. similar students statewide (mean growth percentile, 60+ measured students)
- Top charter schools→Charters serving elementary grades with the highest combined ELA+Math proficiency, all tested grades
- Safest-feeling big schools→Elementary schools of 300+ students where the most families said their child is safe (2025 survey; ties broken by size)
- Most experienced teaching staff→Lowest share of teachers with under 4 years' experience (NYSED, staffs of 15+; charters don't report)
- IEP families most satisfied→Elementary schools of 250+ students where families of students with IEPs rated the IEP process highest (2025 survey)
Middle School
- Most specialized high school offers→8th graders receiving SHSAT offers, latest year (exact counts only — “≤5” schools excluded)
- Highest SHSAT offer rate→Offers as a share of SHSAT test-takers, latest year (10+ testers)
- Most accelerated math→Highest share of 8th graders taking Regents algebra instead of the grade-level test (50+ 8th-grade testers)
- Strongest student growth→Middle schools whose students improved most vs. similar students statewide (mean growth percentile, 60+ measured students)
- Happiest students→Middle schools where the most students said they felt happy at school (2025 survey, 250+ students)
- Where bullying is rarest→Middle schools where the most students disagreed that bullying happens (2025 survey, 250+ students)
- Most experienced teaching staff→Lowest share of teachers with under 4 years' experience (NYSED, staffs of 15+; charters don't report)
High School
- Highest graduation rate→4-year graduation rate, class of 2025 (cohorts of 20+; ties broken by cohort size)
- Most Advanced Regents diplomas→% of the 2025 graduating cohort earning an Advanced Regents diploma (cohorts of 20+)
- Highest Regents pass rate (2023)→% scoring 65+ across all Regents exams, weighted by test-takers (50+ exams sat)
- Happiest students→High schools where the most students said they felt happy at school (2025 survey, 250+ students)
- Where bullying is rarest→High schools where the most students disagreed that bullying happens (2025 survey, 250+ students)
- Most experienced teaching staff→Lowest share of teachers with under 4 years' experience (NYSED, staffs of 15+; charters don't report)