Stuyvesant High School

Stuyvesant High School
Address
Map
345 Chambers Street

New York City
,
New York
10282

United States
Coordinates40°43′04″N 74°00′50″W / 40.7179°N 74.0138°W / 40.7179; -74.0138[1]
Information
School typeSelective public high school
MottoLatin: Pro Scientia Atque Sapientia
(For knowledge and wisdom)
Established1904; 120 years ago (1904)
School districtNew York City Department of Education
School numberM475
CEEB code334070[4]
NCES School ID360007702877[2]
PrincipalSeung Yu[3]
Faculty162.92 (on FTE basis)[2]
Enrollment3,334 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio20.46[2]
Athletics conferencePSAL
MascotPegleg Pete[8]
NicknameStuy
Team namePeglegs
USNWR ranking26[5]
NewspaperThe Spectator
YearbookThe Indicator
Nobel laureates4[7]
Websitestuy.enschool.org Edit this at Wikidata

Stuyvesant High School (/ˈstaɪvəsənt/ STY-və-sənt)[9] is a co-ed, public, college-preparatory, specialized high school in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The school, commonly referred to among its students, faculty and alumni as "Stuy" (/staɪ/ STY),[9][10][11] specializes in developing talent in math, science and technology. Operated by the New York City Department of Education, specialized schools offer tuition-free, advanced classes to New York City high school students.

Stuyvesant High School was established in 1904 initially as an all-boys school in the East Village of lower Manhattan. Starting in 1934, admission for all applicants was contingent on passing an entrance examination. In 1969, after 65 years with an all-male student body, the high school started permanently accepting female students. In 1992, Stuyvesant High School moved to its current location at Battery Park City to accommodate more students. The old campus houses several smaller high schools and charter schools.

Admission to Stuyvesant involves passing the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, required for the New York City Public Schools system. Every March, approximately 800 to 850 applicants with the highest SHSAT scores are accepted, out of about 30,000 students who apply to Stuyvesant.[12]

Extracurricular activities at the school include a Math Team, Speech and Debate Team, a yearly theater competition and various student publications including a newspaper, a yearbook, and literary magazines.[13] Stuyvesant has educated four Nobel laureates.[7] Notable alumni include former United States Attorney General Eric Holder, physicists Brian Greene and Lisa Randall, economist Thomas Sowell, mathematician Paul Cohen, chemist Roald Hoffmann, biologist Eric Lander, Oscar-winning actor James Cagney, comedian Billy Eichner, young adult fiction author Jordan Sonnenblick, and chess grandmaster Robert Hess.

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  3. ^ NYC's elite Stuyvesant High School names new principal Archived August 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine; URL accessed August 2, 2020.
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  5. ^ "Stuyvesant High School in New York, NY – US News Best High Schools". Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
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  8. ^ "The Face of Stuyvesant, Divided?". The Spectator. 106 (8). January 14, 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017 – via issuu.
  9. ^ a b "the definition of Stuyvesant". Dictionary.com. June 27, 2014. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  10. ^ Van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009). Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-90-8964-124-3.
  11. ^ Caperton, Gaston; Whitmire, Richard (2012). The Achievable Dream: College Board Lessons on Creating Great Schools. New York: College Board. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-87447-999-7.
  12. ^ "Stuyvesant High School – District 2 – InsideSchools". insideschools.org. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  13. ^ Goldman, Victoria (2016). The Manhattan Family Guide to Private Schools and Selective Public Schools (7th ed.). New York: Teachers College Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-8077-5656-0.