Popular SWD Programs and waitlist offers (by total applicants)

Below is a list of the top 20 SWD programs (by total applicants) and the number of waitlist offers sent for the 2023-24 school year. This post will be updated with waitlist offers sent for the 2024-25 school year as soon as I receive this data from the DOE.

  1. Maspeth High School (24Q585) - Maspeth High School (Q47A)
    Applicants/Seats: 244/44 (5.55)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  2. Midwood High School (22K405) - Liberal Arts and Science Institute (K26H)
    Applicants/Seats: 235/46 (5.11)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  3. Beacon High School (03M479) - The Beacon School (M71A)
    Applicants/Seats: 232/78 (2.97)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  4. High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology (20K485) - Telecommunication Arts and Technology (K59A)
    Applicants/Seats: 222/45 (4.93)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  5. Edward R. Murrow High School (21K525) - Communication Arts (K57A)
    Applicants/Seats: 179/124 (1.44)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  6. Francis Lewis High School (26Q430) - Engineering and Robotics (Q20H)
    Applicants/Seats: 176/10 (17.60)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  7. Townsend Harris High School (25Q525) - Intensive Academic Humanities (Q37J)
    Applicants/Seats: 175/47 (3.72)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  8. Midwood High School (22K405) - Humanities Institute (K26J)
    Applicants/Seats: 166/46 (3.61)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  9. Midwood High School (22K405) - Medical Science Institute (K26K)
    Applicants/Seats: 165/74 (2.23)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  10. Francis Lewis High School (26Q430) - Zoned (Q20Z)
    Applicants/Seats: 160/75 (2.13)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  11. Bayside High School (26Q495) - Computer Programming & Web Design (Q12E)
    Applicants/Seats: 158/16 (9.88)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  12. Eleanor Roosevelt High School (02M416) - Eleanor Roosevelt High School (M21A)
    Applicants/Seats: 154/24 (6.42)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  13. Central Park East High School (04M555) - Central Park East (M86A)
    Applicants/Seats: 150/27 (5.56)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  14. James Madison High School (22K425) - Zoned (K25Z)
    Applicants/Seats: 140/55 (2.55)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 20

  15. Aviation Career & Technical Education High School (24Q610) - Aviation Maintenance Engineering Technology (Q60Q)
    Applicants/Seats: 139/43 (3.23)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  16. Queens Metropolitan High School (28Q686) - Zoned (Q39Z)
    Applicants/Seats: 139/40 (3.48)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  17. Fort Hamilton High School (20K490) - Zoned (K17Z)
    Applicants/Seats: 138/85 (1.62)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 20

  18. Tottenville High School (31R455) - Career Technical Education & Entrepreneurship (CTEE) (R30A)
    Applicants/Seats: 137/48 (2.85)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  19. High School for Arts and Business (24Q550) - Arts and Business (Q99A)
    Applicants/Seats: 136/31 (4.39)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  20. Millennium Brooklyn High School (15K684) - Millennium Brooklyn (L63A)
    Applicants/Seats: 132/18 (7.33)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0