From Insideschools.org by Clara Hemphill:
Every year, lots of 5th graders apply to a handful of super-popular middle schools. Naturally not everyone gets in. This year, we decided to highlight some good schools that havent suffered from over-exposure. Some require applicants to have good grades, but others accept kids of all abilities.
This list is not comprehensive. And remember: middle school applications are due on Dec. 21. There's still time to visit schools to help make up your list.
MANHATTAN
Battery Park City School (District 2)
Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science and Engineering (District 5/Upper Manhattan)
Community Action School (District 3)
Democracy Prep Charter School (District 5)
East Side Community High School (District 1)
The Equity Project Charter School
Lower Manhattan Community School (District 2)
PS/IS 178 (District 6)
Quest to Learn (District 2)
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS)
BROOKLYN
All City Leadership Secondary School (District 32)
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, (District 15)
Brooklyn School of Collaborative Studies (District 15)
Kingsborough Early College Academy (District 21)
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School (District 17)
MS 88 (District 15)
The STAR, Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus (District 17)
Urban Assembly Unison School
QUEENS
East-School School of International Studies (District 25)
Queens Collegiate (District 28)
Queens School of Inquiry (District 25)
Renaissance Charter School (District 30)
Village Academy (District 27)
THE BRONX
Bronx Latin (District 12)
Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science (District 7)
MS 223 (District 7)
Theater Arts Production Company (TAPCO) (District 10)
South Bronx Prep (District 7)
Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science (District 9)
STATEN ISLAND
Marsh Avenue School for Expeditionary Learning
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