Largest Schools in New York
New York has 4,812 public schools across 1,103 districts with a total enrollment of 2,505,431 students. The largest school is Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn.
Largest Schools in New York
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn Technical High School | Brooklyn | 5,940 |
| 2 | Brentwood High School | Brentwood | 4,641 |
| 3 | Francis Lewis High School | Fresh Meadows | 4,265 |
| 4 | Midwood High School | Brooklyn | 4,062 |
| 5 | Fort Hamilton High School | Brooklyn | 3,925 |
| 6 | Tottenville High School | Staten Island | 3,783 |
| 7 | Edward R Murrow High School | Brooklyn | 3,639 |
| 8 | James Madison High School | Brooklyn | 3,630 |
| 9 | Newburgh Free Academy | Newburgh | 3,433 |
| 10 | Forest Hills High School | Forest Hills | 3,429 |
Largest Districts in New York
School data for New York is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in New York by enrollment is Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn with 5,940 students.
New York has 4,812 public schools across 1,103 school districts, with a total enrollment of 2,505,431 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.