Published: October 26, 2012
A Disparity in Top Public High Schools
Fewer than 1 in 7 public school students in New York City are Asians, but they earn a majority of seats at four elite high schools.
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1,022,321
395
440
1,185
509
5,471
3,062
3,291
400
16%
20%
29%
33%
39%
59%
63%
72%
72%
High School of American Studies
at Lehman College
High School for Mathematics, Science
and Engineering at City College
Staten Island Technical High School
Total New York City
school system
The Brooklyn Latin School
Brooklyn Technical High School
Bronx High School of Science
Stuyvesant High School
Queens High School for the
Sciences at York College
TOTAL
STUDENTS
ASIAN
WHITE
HISPANIC
BLACK
OTHER/NOT REPORTED
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10%
0