NYC-SIFT will find a New York City public high school for your child.

With over 400 schools and 700 programs, finding the right high school can be hard.
NYC-SIFT will make this process easier.

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2024-25 Open House Events

October 18th (Friday) @ 8:00 am:Bronx Health Sciences High School Bronx Health Science School Tour
October 18th (Friday) @ 9:00 am:Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School Chelsea CTE HS (AM Session): Open House & Tour
October 18th (Friday) @ 9:00 am:Young Women's Leadership School of Brooklyn TYWLS of Brooklyn in-person school tour- (contact us if you need an alternate day)
October 18th (Friday) @ 9:00 am:Lyons Community School School Tour
October 18th (Friday) @ 9:30 am:Hudson High School of Learning Technologies Hudson Open House & School Tour
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Recently Added Open Houses

Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (BASE) (10X264): 10/16, 11/12
Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning (09X324): 10/24, 11/7, 11/21
Brooklyn Latin School, The (14K449): 10/18, 10/25, 11/8, 11/15
Brooklyn School for Math and Research, The (32K168): 10/17, 10/23, 10/28, 11/6
Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences (18K629): 10/30, 11/14
Harvest Collegiate High School (02M534): 11/26
High School of Sports Management (21K348): 10/29
Robert F. Kennedy Community High School (25Q670): 10/30
Scholars' Academy (27Q323): 11/7
Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (STAR) (17K543): 11/13, 11/16
Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology (02M507): 10/19, 10/25, 11/7, 11/16, 11/20, 11/25
Urban Assembly School for Music and Art (13K350): 10/22, 11/16
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) (06M348): 10/30
World View High School (10X353): 10/17, 10/26
Last updated 10/15/24

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NYC-SIFT was designed by a New York City father as a personal project to narrow down the list of schools for his own 8th grader. He released it to the public after hearing about other parents who were overwhelmed with the number of high schools in NYC (over 400) and who lacked the ability to assess which schools would be a fit for their child. Information on public high schools should not cost money or be difficult to find, so NYC-SIFT exists to achieve these objectives. All data is sourced from publicly-available data provided by the NYC DOE.

Don't know where to start?

Read through the guide to get an understanding of the basic process and various categories a student may be placed in by the NYC DOE.

The NYC-SIFT Advisor will generate a list of programs based on your preferences.