Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Public choice option that is not guaranteed by address and generally depends on district choice or broader application rules.

Eleanor Roosevelt High School provides a supportive and rigorous college preparatory environment that places emphasis on giving back to the community. Students take four years in all core subjects and work towards achieving an Advanced Regents diploma. Ranked 122nd in the nation, 13th in New York State, and 212th in STEM High Schools on the 2024 US News and World Report list of best high schools. We have been ranked by W!SE as 7th in "100 Best High Schools Teaching Personal Finance"" in 2024, named a "Platinum School" for 2023-2024, and recognized each year as a "Blue Star" school in Financial Literacy. All grades participate in a weekly Advisory program to build community and work on social emotional learning. Seniors help facilitate 9th and 10th grade Advisory class once a week through a selective, student-led peer leadership program called ElRo Sibs. Our faculty and staff include: 6 fellows of the Math for America Corps; 8 fellows of the Academy for Teachers; a presenter at the 2017 American Historical Association Annual Meeting; Teen Ink magazine's Educator of the Year; a Certified Google Trainer; a W!SE Gold Star Teacher; 2 Fund for Teachers Fellows; a Joseph S. Murphy Diversity in Labor Scholar; a National Endowment for the Arts Grant winner; a Carnegie Hall Music Educator workshop participant; a Scholastic Arts & Writing Award Outstanding Educator; a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute participant; an NYU Astor Fellow; a 2-time presenter at the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference; and a National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant winner. The school was honored with the MOTIF Award Medal of Education for Child Advocacy and Humanitarianism in 2023.

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