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 15th (Tuesday) @ 8:00 am:Bronx Health Sciences High School Bronx Health Science School Tour
October 15th (Tuesday) @ 9:00 am:University Neighborhood High School Zoom Open House Meeting
October 15th (Tuesday) @ 9:00 am:Talent Unlimited High School Tours
October 15th (Tuesday) @ 9:00 am:Community Health Academy of the Heights Community Health Academy Open House
October 15th (Tuesday) @ 9:15 am:Academy of American Studies School Tour
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Recently Added Open Houses

Academy for Young Writers (19K404): 10/17, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14, 11/20, 12/2
Bard High School Early College Brooklyn (19K965): 10/24, 10/28, 11/7, 11/14
Bronx Aerospace High School (11X545): 10/26
Bronx Envision Academy (12X511): 11/19
Brooklyn College Academy (22K555): 10/24
Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, The (10X442): 10/15, 10/25
City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (13K674): 10/21, 10/30, 11/13, 11/18, 11/25
Frederick Douglass Academy (05M499): 10/30, 11/7, 11/9, 11/16, 11/20
Gotham Tech. (30Q417): 10/9, 10/16, 10/23
High School for Teaching and the Professions (10X433): 11/2, 11/7, 11/14
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy (02M308): 10/23
Manhattan Village Academy (02M439): 10/19, 10/21, 11/12, 11/13, 11/20
Pathways College Preparatory School: A College Board School (29Q259): 10/17
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) (17K122): 10/24
Queens Collegiate: A College Board School (28Q310): 11/2
School for Global Leaders : 10/15, 11/12
The East New York Arts and Civics High School (T.E.A.C.H.) (19K953): 10/23, 10/26, 10/30
Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment (20K609): 11/16
West End Secondary School (03M291): 10/21, 11/13, 11/18
William Cullen Bryant High School (30Q445): 10/17
Last updated 10/11/24

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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.