← Back to school directoryCitywide comparisons are the average across high schools. Small cohorts are flagged since a handful of students can swing a percentage a lot; cells too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)
New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School
111 COLUMBIA STREET, MANHATTAN, NY 10002 · Manhattan · K-12 all grades
DBN: 01M539
K-12 all grades
Unzoned
SchoolDigger Elementary: 3 (of 2445)
SchoolDigger Middle: 2 (of 1500)
SchoolDigger High: 60 (of 1234)
Niche Elementary: 2 (of 2817)
Niche Middle: 1 (of 1516)
Niche High: 17 (of 1406)
Academic quality
- Graduation rate -- share of a cohort who earned a diploma within 4 (or 6) years of starting 9th grade.
- College/career readiness -- DOE's stricter bar: graduated AND met at least one benchmark (course credits, exam scores, etc.) showing they're on track for college or a career.
- Regents pass rate -- share of students who took that exam this year and scored 65+, NY State's passing threshold.
Attendance: 94.1%
83.7% attend 90%+ of days
Graduation & college readiness
4-year graduation rate
99.2%(citywide avg: 100%)
6-year graduation rate
99.5%(citywide avg: 100%)
4-year college/career readiness
94.2%(citywide avg: 83.6%)
6-year college/career readiness
90.8%(citywide avg: 82%)
Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)
English
99.3%
Algebra I
93.1%
Global History
98.6%
US History
97.5%
See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →
Demographics
1640 students enrolled
Economic Need Index: 25.6%
Race & ethnicity
Asian
35.5%
Black
5.4%
Hispanic or Latino
10.7%
White
39.3%
Multiracial
8.5%
Native American
0.2%
Other groups
Students with disabilities
12.7%
English Language Learners
1.6%
Living in poverty
23.5%
Female
51%
Male
49%
Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown
Admissions cycle
2025-26
Citywide G&T
96 seats
1. Eligible applicants who have a sibling at the school.
~100% admitted
There were about 45 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~47% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).
2. All other eligible applicants.
~6% admitted
There were about 770 applicants in this group and about 50 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~52% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).
Middle School admissions priority breakdown
Admissions cycle
2025-26
Screened
94 seats
8 applicants per seat
1. Priority to continuing students
~100% admitted
There were about 120 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~128% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).
2. Then to New York City residents
~0% admitted
There were about 600 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).