District 2 schools
District 2 (Manhattan) has 118 public schools: 1 pre-K center, 30 elementary schools, 7 K–8 schools, 10 middle schools, 6 secondary schools (grades 6–12) and 64 high schools. 35 are zoned, guaranteeing a seat to children who live in the school's zone; the rest admit by application or lottery. 7 charter schools are also located in the district.
Highest-ranked on SchoolDigger: P.S. 77 Lower Lab School, Stuyvesant High School and P.S. 89.
Pre-K centers (1)
Elementary schools (30)
- East Side Elementary School, PS 267
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 3% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 002 Meyer London
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 38% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 003 Charrette School
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 17% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 4% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 8% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 37% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 7% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 041 Greenwich Village
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 4% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 13% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 051 Elias Howe
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 8% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
K–5 · Unzoned · Top 1% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 89
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 2% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Lower half in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 124 Yung Wing
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 4% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 11% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 150
PK–5 · Unzoned · Top 2% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 5% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 3% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 9% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 212 Midtown West
K–5 · Unzoned · Top 41% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 234 Independence School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 6% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 290 Manhattan New School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 3% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 8% in NY (elementary)
- Sixth Avenue Elementary School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 11% in NY (elementary)
- The Peck Slip School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 33% in NY (elementary)
- The River School
PK–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 7% in NY (elementary)
- Yorkville Community School
K–5 · Zoned: elementary · Top 19% in NY (elementary)
K–8 schools (7)
- Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance
4–8 · Unzoned · Top 7% in NY (elementary)
- Battery Park City School
K–8 · Zoned: elementary · Top 6% in NY (middle)
- Ella Baker School
PK–8 · Unzoned · Top 20% in NY (elementary)
- P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis
PK–8 · Zoned: elementary · Top 11% in NY (middle)
- P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island
PK–8 · Zoned: elementary, middle · Top 14% in NY (elementary)
- Spruce Street School
K–8 · Zoned: elementary · Top 5% in NY (elementary)
- The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School
PK–8 · Unzoned · Lower half in NY (elementary)
Middle schools (10)
- East Side Middle School
6–8 · Unzoned · Top 5% in NY (middle)
- I.S. 289
6–8 · Unzoned · Top 11% in NY (middle)
- J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Top 9% in NY (middle)
- J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Top 7% in NY (middle)
- Lower Manhattan Community Middle School
6–8 · Unzoned · Top 9% in NY (middle)
- M.S. 131
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Top 42% in NY (middle)
- M.S. 255 Salk School of Science
6–8 · Unzoned · Top 4% in NY (middle)
- M.S. 297
6–8 · Zoned: middle · Lower half in NY (middle)
- New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies
6–8 · Unzoned · Top 4% in NY (middle)
- Yorkville East Middle School
6–8 · Unzoned · Top 4% in NY (middle)
Secondary schools (grades 6–12) (6)
- Facing History School, The
9–12
- Institute for Collaborative Education
6–12 · Top 7% in NY (high)
- Professional Performing Arts High School
6–12 · Top 10% in NY (middle)
- Quest to Learn
6–12 · Lower half in NY (middle)
- School of the Future High School
6–12 · Top 20% in NY (middle)
- The Clinton School
6–12 · Top 4% in NY (middle)
High schools (64)
- 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- A School Without Walls
9–12
- Academy for Software Engineering
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Art and Design High School
9–12 · Top 30% in NY (high)
- Baruch College Campus High School
9–12 · Top 20% in NY (high)
- Business Of Sports School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School
9–12 · Top 10% in NY (high)
- Emma Lazarus High School
9–12 · Top 22% in NY (high)
- Essex Street Academy
9–12
- Food and Finance High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Gateway Tech
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Gramercy Arts High School
9–12 · Top 40% in NY (high)
- Harvest Collegiate High School
9–12
- Harvey Milk High School
9–12 · Top 29% in NY (high)
- High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies
9–12 · Top 3% in NY (high)
- High School for Environmental Studies
9–12 · Top 50% in NY (high)
- High School for Health Professions and Human Services
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- High School M560 - City As School
9–12
- High School of Economics and Finance
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- High School of Hospitality Management
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Hudson High School of Learning Technologies
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Humanities Preparatory Academy
9–12
- Independence High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- International High School at Union Square
9–12
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- James Baldwin School, The: A School for Expeditionary Learning
9–12
- Landmark High School
9–12
- Leadership and Public Service High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Lower Manhattan Arts Academy
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Manhattan Academy For Arts & Language
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Manhattan Bridges High School
9–12 · Top 46% in NY (high)
- Manhattan Business Academy
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
9–12 · Top 45% in NY (high)
- Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Manhattan International High School
9–12
- Manhattan Village Academy
9–12 · Top 31% in NY (high)
- Millennium High School
9–12 · Top 4% in NY (high)
- Murray Hill Academy
9–12 · Top 37% in NY (high)
- Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies
9–12 · Top 20% in NY (high)
- N.Y.C. Museum School
9–12 · Top 28% in NY (high)
- New Design High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- NYC iSchool
9–12 · Top 41% in NY (high)
- Pace High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Richard R. Green High School of Teaching
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Satellite Academy High School
9–12
- Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Stuyvesant High School
9–12 · Top 1% in NY (high)
- Talent Unlimited High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- The High School for Climate Justice
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- The High School For Language And Diplomacy
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- The High School of Fashion Industries
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Union Square Academy for Health Sciences
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Unity Center for Urban Technologies
9–12 · Top 43% in NY (high)
- Urban Academy Laboratory High School
9–12
- Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Urban Assembly Maker Academy
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Urban Assembly New York Harbor School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Vanguard High School
9–12
Charter schools located in District 2 (7)
Independently run public schools, admitting by lottery with preference for District 2 residents. All NYC charter schools →
- Broome Street Academy Charter High School
9–12 · Lower half in NY (high)
- Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School
6–12 · Top 43% in NY (middle)
- John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
9–12 · Top 13% in NY (high)
- New York City Charter School of the Arts
6–8 · Top 20% in NY (middle)
- Success Academy Charter School - Hell's Kitchen
K–5 · Top 2% in NY (elementary)
- Success Academy Charter School - Hudson Yards
K–4 · Top 4% in NY (elementary)
- Success Academy Charter School - Union Square
K–12 · Top 2% in NY (middle)
Not in the current DOE directory (1)
These schools appear in older DOE test, quality, or admissions data but not the current school directory. They may have closed, merged, or changed their school code.