Stuyvesant High School
View of the school looking northwest from Chambers St. and the West Side Highway
Stuyvesant High School, founded in 1904, is the top math and science public high school in New York City and one of the most prestigious public high schools in the nation. Admission is open to residents of New York City entering high school. Enrollment is based on a competitive test also used by Bronx High School of Science and Brooklyn Technical High School. Of the 20,000 students taking the examination, about 800 per year are admitted.
Originally located on 345 East 15th Street, Stuyvesant High School moved downtown to 345 Chambers Street in Battery Park City, TriBeCa in 1992. The new 10 floor, multi-million dollar building has 12 laboratories, 12 shops, over 450 computers on 13 networks, and a 16" color RCA television in every room.
Known for its excellence in mathematics and science, "Stuy," as it is often known, has produced numerous nobel prize laureates and a host of accomplished alumni. It consistently leads the nation in number of National Merit Scholarships and Intel Talent Search Semi-Finalists and Finalists, and the average SAT scores of its students are 693 verbal and 734 math. Stuyvesant will celebrate the graduation of its centennial class in 2004 with a host of events and reunions scheduled to take place throughout the year.
This school is a quarter-mile from the wreckage of what was the World Trade Center, which was destroyed on September 11, 2001. The school was evacuated during the ordeal, and the building was used as one of several bases of operations by rescue and recovery workers.
Notable Alumni
Also of note, Frank McCourt taught English at Stuyvesant before the publication of his novel Angela's Ashes.
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