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The New York City School System

Did you know that New York City is home to more than 1,600 public schools, as well as a number of private schools? As in any city and school district, certain schools offer stronger academic programs, and admission to these schools can be competitive. With almost 900,000 students in public schools alone, navigating the New York City educational system can be stressful.

Online or in-home tutoring can help you or your student stand out from the crowd. Private tutors in New York City can assist with challenging college coursework, difficult elementary school homework assignments, or test prep for exams like the ACT, ISEE, SAT, and SHSAT.

Here's a breakdown of SAT test scores in the city. How does your student measure up?

New York City Test Scores

If your child could use some help preparing for test day, consider the assistance of a New York SAT tutor.

The SHSAT, or Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, is unique to New York City’s specialized high schools. A great score can mean a spot at one of New York City’s top high schools, like the High School for Math, Science, and Engineering at City College or Staten Island Technical High School.

An expert New York City tutor can help students master exam content, learn new test-taking strategies, and build confidence. Eighth and ninth grade students typically take the SHSAT in the fall—generally in October or November.

Note, however, that not all of New York City’s elite high schools require the SHSAT. Curious about which high schools come out on top? Consider this table:

New York City High School Rankings

High School	Phoenix Ranking	State Ranking	AP Pass Rate
Stuyvesant High School*	1	1	98%
Staten Island Technical High School*	2	2	87%
Bronx High School of Science*	3	3	94%
Townsend Harris High School	4	5	82%
High School Math Science & Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY)*	5	9	78%
High School of American Studies at Lehman College*	6	12	90%
Brooklyn Technical High School*	7	13	83%
Bard High School Early College Queens	8	14	Unavailable
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College*	9	22	79%
Baccalaureate School for Global Education*	10	30	Unavailable
*Requires the SHSAT.

Private, one-on-one tutoring with Varsity Tutors can also assist learners in a variety of other subjects and ways. From pre-kindergarten to college and beyond, personalized tutoring can help you meet your or your family’s goals. Perhaps your high school student would like to attend one of these New York City colleges:

New York City University Rankings

College	National Rank	Acceptance Rate
Columbia University	5	6%
New York University	30	32%
Fordham University	61	45%
Yeshiva University	94	51%
The New School	133	60%
St. John's University	165	63%
Pace University	187	84%

Another advantage individual New York tutoring provides is the ability of a tutor to focus on the biggest challenges a student has. Teachers have an entire classroom to tend to, and if a student gets stuck on a concept along the way, he or she might have difficulty catching up. Consider the student-teacher ratios in these New York school districts:

New York City Student-to-Teacher Ratios

Brooklyn Technical High School has a 23 1 student-teacher ratio.

Fort Hamilton High School has a 21 1 student-teacher ratio.

Francis Lewis High School has a 22 1 student-teacher ratio.

Tottenville High School has a 20 1 student-teacher ratio.

Edward R. Murrow High School has a 21 1 student-teacher ratio.

New York State Average has a 15 1 student-teacher ratio.

How Varsity Tutors Can Help

If your child needs help keeping up with class material, a New York tutor can focus on any areas of difficulty and help your student work through them.

Many people go to New York City to achieve. New York City, NY tutors can help students pursue admittance to the school of their dreams.

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"Today was my first meeting with this student. She plans to take the GRE in December and seems well-prepared in terms of books and time allotment. She has a couple of prep books, one of which is devoted entirely to math problems. She has already started studying and recently completed a short Math practice test. We went over her answers and discussed what areas of Math may need extra attention. I'm really impressed that she's starting to study so early and excited to work with someone who's so motivated! "

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"We briefly went through questions she had on her review packet for her upcoming math test, focusing on adding and multiplying expressions with radicals. Then she took a practice science ACT. We went over any questions she missed and talked about strategies and ways to improve. Then she took a second practice science ACT where she improved."

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"Today the student and I continued working on her physics course. The focus today was on 2-dimensional projectile motion, and relative motion. We spent the session reviewing homework problems together."

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"We focused on the reading section of the SAT. We went over a practice test she had taken and identified wrong answers and the thinking that led to them. We then did a couple of practice sections and talked through them."

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"We focused on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing exponents and the rules involved as well as negative exponents. We covered other various topics and problems that the student had questions about."

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"This session, the student had a big paper to work on. We worked through the paper, and specifically worked on MLA citations. She had a lot of questions for her Bibliography and I showed her resources to help her format her citations correctly. It looks like it will be a strong paper. "

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"This was my first session with the student. After getting to know each other a bit, we started working through a few example problems so I could get an idea of where his weak points are. He is very astute, but lacking in comprehensive grammar and usage understanding. So we'll start there."

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"The student and I went over the Logical Reasoning section of the LSAT today. Near the end I could see things starting to make a lot more sense to her. I think with the necessary work, she will be satisfied with her score come test day. "