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Public schools in New York

New York has 4,810 open public schools run by 1,119 districts and other education agencies, enrolling 2,503,633 students. Schools average 11.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.3 nationally.

State totals

Districts
1,119
Schools
4,810
Students
2,503,633
Teachers (FTE)
216,172
Students per teacher
11.4
US: 15.3
Charter schools
350
Total spending
$80.7 billion
2020 finance data
Spending per pupil
$30,973
2020 finance data. US: $16,826

In the 2020 finance data, districts in New York spent $30,973 per pupil, which is above the US figure of $16,826. Dollars are nominal and not adjusted for regional costs or inflation.

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School districts in New York

All 1,119 districts and agencies, largest first. Filter by name or city, or sort any column.
New York City Geographic District #31Staten Island7460,16413.4
New York City Geographic District # 2New York11855,34512.8
New York City Geographic District #24Corona5750,02613.2
New York City Geographic District #20Brooklyn4846,24613.7
New York City Geographic District #10Bronx8242,46412.1
New York City Geographic District #27Ozone Park6341,86813.9
New York City Geographic District #28Jamaica5038,13315.0
New York City Geographic District #30Long Island City5336,62413.2
New York City Geographic District #25Flushing4634,43313.4
New York City Geographic District #21Brooklyn4034,18913.2
New York City Geographic District #11Bronx6132,26312.8
New York City Geographic District #22Brooklyn4031,85814.2
Buffalo City School DistrictBuffalo6130,07710.5$28,683
New York City Geographic District #26Bayside3429,52814.5
New York City Geographic District #15Brooklyn5126,50911.8
New York City Geographic District # 9Bronx6925,84011.2
Yonkers City School DistrictYonkers4024,30417.1$26,395
New York City Geographic District #29Queens Village4623,63213.1
New York City Geographic District # 8Bronx5223,35312.1
Rochester City School DistrictRochester4021,99010.3$32,947
New York City Geographic District #19Brooklyn5119,98412.5
New York City Geographic District #13Brooklyn4219,38013.6
New York City Geographic District # 3New York4219,14311.7
Syracuse City School DistrictSyracuse3118,66210.9$28,371
Brentwood Union Free School DistrictBrentwood1718,46214.1$23,208
New York City Geographic District # 6New York4517,89911.4
New York City Geographic District #17Brooklyn4817,59012.2
New York City Geographic District #12Bronx4616,97411.5
New York City Geographic District #14Brooklyn3815,36811.6
New York City Geographic District # 7Bronx4114,87110.9
New York City Geographic District #18Brooklyn3411,82912.5
Sachem Central School DistrictLake Ronkonkoma1511,69711.8$27,294
New York City Geographic District # 4New York2911,20110.2
Newburgh City School DistrictNewburgh1211,07612.1$26,637
East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)Spring Valley1410,91814.6$32,211
Wappingers Central School DistrictHopewell Junction1510,51414.0$24,833
Greece Central School DistrictRochester1710,04611.1$26,251
New Rochelle City School DistrictNew Rochelle109,89512.0$29,144
Williamsville Central School DistrictEast Amherst139,71811.5$20,923
William Floyd Union Free School DistrictMastic Beach99,67013.7$26,888
Middle Country Central School DistrictCentereach149,54516.0$29,770
New York City Geographic District # 1New York269,39311.0
Shenendehowa Central School DistrictClifton Park129,39113.4$19,990
Utica City School DistrictUtica139,37513.4$20,953
Schenectady City School DistrictSchenectady159,11711.5$24,702
New York City Geographic District #32Brooklyn279,08110.2
Longwood Central School DistrictMiddle Island79,02913.9$28,565
New York City Geographic District # 5New York288,83711.2
Albany City School DistrictAlbany168,76112.6$33,929
Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD (North Rockland)Garnerville98,39614.1$27,868
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New York district rankings

Ratio and spending lists include only districts with 1,000 or more students, so very small districts do not dominate. These are factual sorts, not quality ratings.

Largest districts

  1. 1.New York City Geographic District #3160,164
  2. 2.New York City Geographic District # 255,345
  3. 3.New York City Geographic District #2450,026
  4. 4.New York City Geographic District #2046,246
  5. 5.New York City Geographic District #1042,464
  6. 6.New York City Geographic District #2741,868
  7. 7.New York City Geographic District #2838,133
  8. 8.New York City Geographic District #3036,624
  9. 9.New York City Geographic District #2534,433
  10. 10.New York City Geographic District #2134,189

Lowest student-teacher ratio

  1. 1.KIPP Academy Charter School6.1
  2. 2.Southampton Union Free School District8.0
  3. 3.Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District8.4
  4. 4.Salamanca City School District8.6
  5. 5.Penn Yan Central School District8.7
  6. 6.Onteora Central School District8.7
  7. 7.Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District8.9
  8. 8.Salmon River Central School District8.9
  9. 9.Gowanda Central School District8.9
  10. 10.Gorham-Middlesex Central School District (Marcus Whitman)8.9

Highest student-teacher ratio

  1. 1.Rochester Prep Charter School 131.2
  2. 2.KIPP Bronx Charter School II24.6
  3. 3.Hempstead Union Free School District20.3
  4. 4.Riverton Street Charter School19.3
  5. 5.Harlem Children'S Zone Promise Academy Charter School17.6
  6. 6.Yonkers City School District17.1
  7. 7.Charter School of Educational Excellence16.6
  8. 8.Academy Charter School16.3
  9. 9.Bellmore Union Free School District16.0
  10. 10.Niagara Falls City School District16.0

Highest spending per pupil (2020)

  1. 1.Lawrence Union Free School District$57,895
  2. 2.Little Falls City School District$54,709
  3. 3.Rye City School District$53,111
  4. 4.South Lewis Central School District$51,906
  5. 5.Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District$49,684
  6. 6.Southampton Union Free School District$49,574
  7. 7.Onteora Central School District$45,057
  8. 8.North Shore Central School District$44,981
  9. 9.Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District$43,713
  10. 10.Locust Valley Central School District$43,256

Lowest spending per pupil (2020)

  1. 1.Rochester Prep Charter School 1$13,597
  2. 2.Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC$13,626
  3. 3.Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC$13,789
  4. 4.Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3$14,017
  5. 5.Success Academy Charter School - Rosedale$14,118
  6. 6.Charter School for Applied Technologies$14,125
  7. 7.Tapestry Charter School$14,431
  8. 8.Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC$14,746
  9. 9.Success Academy Charter School-Upper West$16,335
  10. 10.Achievement First East New York Charter School$16,402

Most charter schools

  1. 1.KIPP Bronx Charter School III1
  2. 2.Charter School for Applied Technologies1
  3. 3.Academy Charter School1
  4. 4.Academy Charter School-Uniondale1
  5. 5.Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 11
  6. 6.Atmosphere Academy Public Charter School1
  7. 7.Rochester Prep Charter School 11
  8. 8.Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 31
  9. 9.Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School1
  10. 10.Achievement First Crown Heights Charter School1

Schools by level

1,182 high schools, 790 middle schools and 2,566 elementary schools. The largest of each are listed below; use search or a district page for the rest.

High schools 1,182

  1. Brooklyn Technical High School Brooklyn, 5,848 students
  2. Brentwood High School Brentwood, 4,816 students
  3. Francis Lewis High School Fresh Meadows, 4,573 students
  4. Fort Hamilton High School Brooklyn, 4,044 students
  5. James Madison High School Brooklyn, 3,983 students
  6. Tottenville High School Staten Island, 3,750 students
  7. Midwood High School Brooklyn, 3,657 students
  8. Newburgh Free Academy Newburgh, 3,550 students
  9. Edward R Murrow High School Brooklyn, 3,503 students
  10. Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School Brooklyn, 3,403 students
  11. Forest Hills High School Forest Hills, 3,394 students
  12. Stuyvesant High School New York, 3,261 students
  13. New Utrecht High School Brooklyn, 3,236 students
  14. William Floyd High School Mastic Beach, 3,107 students
  15. New Dorp High School Staten Island, 3,055 students

Middle schools 790

  1. IS 61 Leonardo Da Vinci Corona, 2,131 students
  2. JHS 259 William McKinley Brooklyn, 1,780 students
  3. JHS 157 Stephen a Halsey Rego Park, 1,611 students
  4. Middle School 137 America'S School of Heroes Ozone Park, 1,610 students
  5. IS 73 Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School (The) Maspeth, 1,581 students
  6. Monroe-Woodbury Middle School Central Valley, 1,559 students
  7. IS 227 Louis Armstrong East Elmhurst, 1,555 students
  8. IS 228 David a Boody Brooklyn, 1,555 students
  9. White Plains Middle School White Plains, 1,537 students
  10. IS 72 Rocco Laurie Staten Island, 1,532 students
  11. Madeleine Brennan School (The) Brooklyn, 1,518 students
  12. JHS 185 Edward Bleeker Flushing, 1,516 students
  13. JHS 216 George J Ryan Flushing, 1,516 students
  14. IS 75 Frank D Paulo Staten Island, 1,514 students
  15. Berner Middle School Massapequa, 1,487 students

Elementary schools 2,566

  1. PS 206 Joseph F Lamb Brooklyn, 1,508 students
  2. PS 19 Marino Jeantet Corona, 1,506 students
  3. PS 83 Donald Hertz Bronx, 1,451 students
  4. Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School Canandaigua, 1,433 students
  5. PS 143 Louis Armstrong Corona, 1,344 students
  6. PS 321 William Penn Brooklyn, 1,305 students
  7. Presidential Park Elementary School Middletown, 1,225 students
  8. PS 49 Dorothy Bonawit Kole Middle Village, 1,224 students
  9. Ps/Is 119 Glendale (The) Glendale, 1,213 students
  10. PS 200 Benson School Brooklyn, 1,209 students
  11. PS 24 Andrew Jackson Flushing, 1,197 students
  12. PS 7 Louis F Simeone Elmhurst, 1,187 students
  13. PS 89 Bronx, 1,169 students
  14. Ps/Ms 194 Bronx, 1,169 students
  15. PS 122 Mamie Fay Astoria, 1,124 students

Cities with the most public schools

Neighbouring states

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.