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The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) is an examination administered to eighth and ninth-grade students residing in New York City and used to determine admission to eight of the city's nine Specialized High Schools. An average of 25,000 students take the test to apply to these schools, and around 5,000 are accepted. [1]
The Bronx High School of Science was founded in 1938 as a specialized science and math high school for boys, by resolution of the Board of Education of the City of New York, with Morris Meister as the first principal of the school. They were given use of an antiquated Gothic-gargoyled edifice located at Creston Avenue and 184th Street.
SUNY Comprehensive Colleges. Buffalo State University. Empire State University, Saratoga Springs. State University of New York at Brockport. State University of New York at Cortland. State University of New York at Fredonia. State University of New York at Geneseo. State University of New York at New Paltz.
High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry. High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice. High School of Arts and Technology. Hunter College High School (Manhattan/Hunter Science High School) Manhattan Theatre Lab High School. The Urban Assembly School for Media Studies. (split) Public.
This is a list of high schools in the state of New York. It contains only schools currently open. For former schools, see List of closed secondary schools in New York and Category:Defunct schools in New York (state). Unless otherwise indicated, all schools are public (government funded) and do not serve any grades lower than fifth grade.
The public school system is managed by the New York City Department of Education. It includes Empowerment Schools. According to Census Data, NYC spent $19,076 each year per student in 2013, [35] more than any other state [36] compared to the national average of $10,560. Per student spending has continued to increase.
The New York State Fair, also known as the Great New York State Fair, is a 13-day showcase of agriculture, entertainment, education, and technology.With midway rides, concessionaires, exhibits, and concerts, it has become New York's largest annual event and an end-of-summer tradition for hundreds of thousands of families from all corners of the state.
The school began admitting boys in 1974 as a result of a lawsuit by Hunter College Elementary School parents, a development which was described in the New York Daily News with the headline "Girlie High Gets 1st Freshboys." In January 1982, the school was featured in a New York Magazine article entitled "The Joyful Elite."