How safe is the school, really?
Based on the 2024–25 NYC School Survey as InsideSchools reports it, 97% of Stuyvesant students feel safe in hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms (87% citywide) and 16% think bullying happens most or all of the time (40% citywide), and the state reports that no students were suspended in 2024–25; we found no incident reports, which is why this answer is Inferred.
| Signal | What is reported | Who reports it |
|---|---|---|
| Students who feel safe in hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms | 97%, against 87% citywide | NYC School Survey 2024–25, via InsideSchools |
| Students who think bullying happens most or all of the time | 16%, against 40% citywide | NYC School Survey 2024–25, via InsideSchools |
| Suspensions, 2024–25 | 0% of students suspended for a full day or more | NYSED school profile |
| Attendance | 96% average daily attendance, with 8.2% of students chronically absent | InsideSchools; NYSED school profile |
| Entry and visitors | Students enter by the second-floor bridge doors and scan an ID; the main entrance is locked from 9:00am and visitors are buzzed in by School Safety and escorted | The school’s welcome letter and policy packet |
| Metal detectors | None | InsideSchools |
| Incident reports | None found | — |
The survey figures come from the students who answered it, and the state’s suspension rate counts only suspensions of a full day or more. None of this is a record of incidents, and we found none in the sources we read, which shows only that none reached them. The main office, (212) 312-4800, is the reliable check on this year’s record.
What's the true total cost, including fees — and how has it moved over the last few years?
Based on the school’s own 2026–27 documents, Stuyvesant is a New York City public school and none of them lists tuition; the charges we found are $15 to replace a lost or damaged phone pouch, while breakfast is free and the PSAT/NMSQT is free to juniors, with sophomores taking it free as practice; we found no amounts for athletics, clubs, trips or AP exams, so how total cost has moved is not shown.
| Item | Amount or term | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | None listed | Stuyvesant is a New York City public school; no document we read lists a charge for attending |
| Breakfast | Free | Served 7:30–9:30am in the fifth-floor cafeteria |
| PSAT/NMSQT | Free to juniors on October 9 or 23, 2026 | Sophomores take it free as practice on October 17; it does not count toward the NMSQT in Grade 10 |
| Phone pouch | Issued to each student; $15 to replace if lost or damaged | Paid in Room 103 |
| AP exams, athletics, clubs, trips | Not found | The documents we read give no amounts |
We found no fee schedule for an earlier year, so a trend over several years cannot be shown, and what a family pays beyond the items above depends on the courses, exams, teams and trips a student chooses. The main office, (212) 312-4800, is the reliable check on this year’s total.
How qualified and stable are the teachers?
Based on the state’s 2024–25 Student and Educator Report, Stuyvesant has 162 teachers, 14 school counselors and 1 social worker for 3,265 students, about 20 students per teacher on those counts (our arithmetic); the state’s report card lists staff qualifications, but we could read no figure for inexperienced or out-of-certification teachers and found no turnover data, so how qualified and stable the teachers are cannot be settled from public sources.
| Signal | What is reported | Who reports it |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers, 2024–25 | 162 | NYSED Student and Educator Report |
| Counselors and social workers | 14 school counselors and 1 social worker; 191 students per guidance counselor or social worker, against 119 citywide | NYSED; InsideSchools (2025 Guidance Counselor Report) |
| Average class size, 2024–25 | Physics 33, Biology 32, Geometry 32, Chemistry 29, Algebra I 29, English III 22 | NYSED Student and Educator Report |
| Computer science department | Eight teachers named, with courses from the introduction to post-AP work | The department’s own site |
| Inexperienced teachers, teachers out of certification, turnover | Not found | — |
The counts do not show how long teachers have stayed or whether they hold the certification for what they teach, and the class sizes are averages for a course, so a laboratory section or an elective can differ. The main office, (212) 312-4800, is the reliable check on who teaches the courses a student wants.
Does the school offer distinct STEM programs, and how have teams placed in competition?
Based on FIRST’s event records, Stuyvesant has three robotics teams (StuyPulse, FIRST Robotics Competition team 694, and FIRST Tech Challenge teams Stuy Fission 310 and Stuy Fusion 479), an iGEM synthetic-biology team and a college-level modelling team; in 2026 StuyPulse won the NYC Regional and ranked 4th of 74 in its FIRST Championship division.
| Team and season | Result | Who reports it |
|---|---|---|
| StuyPulse (FRC 694), 2026 | NYC Regional winners with the Autonomous Award; finalists at the Finger Lakes and Gotham regionals; 4th of 74 in the Championship division after a 10–0 qualifying record | FIRST event records |
| StuyPulse, 2025 | Winners at the Hudson Valley, Pittsburgh and NYC regionals; 9th of 75 in the Championship division | FIRST event records |
| StuyPulse, 2024 | FIRST Impact Award at the Finger Lakes Regional; finalists at the NYC Regional; 14th of 75 in the Championship division | FIRST event records |
| StuyPulse, 2023 | Winners at the Long Island #2 and NYC regionals; 25th of 77 in the Championship division | FIRST event records |
| Stuy Fission (FTC 310) and Stuy Fusion (FTC 479), 2022–23 to 2025–26 | Judged awards in every season, among them Inspire, Innovate and Think awards, and Dean’s List Finalist at the NYC Championship in 2023–24 and 2024–25 for Fission | FIRST Tech Challenge event records |
| iGEM team, 2024 | Silver medal in Paris for a living hydrogel with bacteria for wound treatment | The Spectator |
| Math modelers, December 2025 | Outstanding designation, the first for Stuyvesant, and two Meritorious designations at SCUDEM, a college-level modelling competition | The school’s news blog |
Placings show what the best-organised groups achieved, not how many students take part or how a typical student fares, and the 2026–27 season has not yet produced results. We found no competition team in cybersecurity or AI. The computer science department’s ten-course sequence and the research classes are programmes of a different kind, graded in our review.
How strong is this school in AI, data science and computer science compared with other schools?
Based on our grading, computer science is Stuyvesant’s strongest field (Excellent, 5.0 out of 5) and AI & Data one of its weakest (Weak, 2.0): the department teaches a ten-course sequence to post-AP level, while no artificial-intelligence or machine-learning course, club or competition team was found.
| Field | Our grade | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | Excellent · 5.0/5 | Foundations of Computer Science, AP Computer Science A (a reported 100% of 212 Grade 11 candidates scored 3 or higher in 2024–25), then Systems Level Programming, Computer Graphics, Software Development, Computational Media, Cybersecurity and Computer Ethics; eight department teachers |
| AI & Data | Weak · 2.0/5 | Python, AP Statistics (150 Grade 12 candidates tested, 92% scoring 3 or higher), a web-application course with databases, and a Meritorious modelling team on the quality of AI tools; no AI, machine-learning or data-science course, club or team |
We compare schools on one ladder and do not rank them here, so “compared with other schools” means that a Level 5 in computer science here is the same standard as a Level 5 anywhere we assess. The gap between the two fields is the finding: a student who wants to program will find a deep sequence, and a student who wants to build machine-learning systems will find the groundwork and little else.
Does the school give a strong STEM student enough opportunities—or will ambitious students quickly outgrow it?
Based on our grading, an ambitious student has a high ceiling in computer science, robotics, mathematics, physics and biology research, and would outgrow the school in AI, clean energy, battery storage, Earth systems and aerospace, where we found no course and at most a club.
| Area | Ceiling | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Computer science | High | The sequence goes past AP to Systems Level Programming, Computer Graphics and Software Development |
| Robotics | High | Three teams and a $1.4 million laboratory; StuyPulse has reached the FIRST Championship in each of 2023–2026 |
| Mathematics and physics | High | The state counts about 250 Grade 12 students in AP Calculus BC and about 100 each in AP Physics C Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism in 2024–25 |
| Biology and research | High, with a limit | A research class sequence, iGEM and Regeneron Scholars; independent research relies on a laboratory outside the school |
| AI, clean energy, batteries, Earth systems, aerospace | Low | No course in any; a club at most |
The limit is access, not content: a student-newspaper report from 2023–24 found too few senior sections of AP Physics C and some computer science courses in one year, and the school’s academic policies say course sequencing considers seat availability, staffing and budget. Ask which sections run this year.
Are students producing serious projects, research, inventions or portfolios—or mainly completing classroom exercises?
Based on the student newspaper, FIRST records and the school’s blog, Stuyvesant students produce serious work: four seniors were named Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars in January 2026, an iGEM team won a silver medal in Paris in 2024 for a living hydrogel, StuyPulse designs and builds a robot each season, and a modelling team earned the school’s first Outstanding at SCUDEM.
| Work | What it is | Where it is recorded |
|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Science Talent Search, January 2026 | Four Scholars, with projects on knot invariants, HDAC7 and STAT3 inflammatory pathways, ferroelectric carbon-nanotube membranes for ammonia synthesis, and therapeutic gene targets for cataract and glaucoma | The Spectator, Volume 116, Issue 10 |
| iGEM, 2024 | A student team, begun in December 2023 with hardware, software and biology sub-teams, built a living hydrogel with bacteria inside it for wound treatment and won a silver medal | The Spectator, Volume 115, Issue 5 |
| Competition robots | StuyPulse designs, builds and programs a robot to each season’s game, and won the 2026 NYC Regional | FIRST event records |
| SCUDEM modelling, December 2025 | Teams modelled cosmic-dust degradation, long-term trends in the quality of AI tools, and bird flocking | The school’s news blog |
At least two of the four Scholars worked with outside mentors or laboratories, one of them for a year and a half, and one completed her report while not enrolled in the school’s Regeneron class, so the school’s part is the sequence and the students rather than the laboratory. These are the documented highlights; we cannot tell how typical they are of an ordinary student’s year.
Which future-critical STEM fields is this school genuinely strong in—and which ones are major gaps?
Based on our grading, Stuyvesant is strong in computer science (5.0 out of 5), robotics (4.0) and biotechnology (4.0), cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing are developing, AI, clean energy, Earth systems and aerospace are thin, and battery storage is absent. The overall score is 72/100, Developing.
| Field | Our grade | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | Excellent · 5.0/5 | A ten-course sequence to post-AP level; AP Computer Science A with a reported 100% pass rate |
| Robotics | Excellent · 4.0/5 | Three FIRST teams, a $1.4 million laboratory, the 2026 NYC Regional win |
| Biotechnology | Excellent · 4.0/5 | A research class sequence, four 2026 Regeneron Scholars, an iGEM silver medal |
| Cybersecurity | Developing · 3.0/5 | A spring-term penetration-testing and cryptography course; no competition team found |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Developing · 3.0/5 | A Drafting & 3D Modeling course new in 2025–26, a maker lab and a 3D metal printer; no manufacturing credential found |
| AI & Data | Weak · 2.0/5 | Python and statistics groundwork; no AI course, club or team |
| Clean Energy | Weak · 2.0/5 | AP Environmental Science and an Environmental Club; no energy course |
| Earth & Geospatial | Weak · 2.0/5 | AP Environmental Science and an astronomy and meteorology club; no geospatial course |
| Aerospace | Weak · 2.0/5 | A rocketry club and an astronomy club; no aerospace course |
| Batteries | Weak · 0.0/5 | No coursework, club or competition record found |
The pattern is concentrated depth: three fields at Level 4 or 5 beside five at Level 2 or below. The school’s own site disallows automated reading, so a course listed only there would be missing from these grades, and the grades could rise if the current catalogue shows work we could not see.
Will your child be ready for jobs that don’t exist yet?
Here’s what the evidence actually shows for Stuyvesant High School — not what the brochure claims.
72/100 — Developing overall. Stuyvesant’s computer science, robotics and biotechnology provision is advanced: an eight-teacher computer science department whose sequence runs from Foundations of Computer Science and AP Computer Science A (a reported 100% pass rate among the 212 Grade 11 candidates tested) to Systems Level Programming, Computer Graphics and Software Development; StuyPulse, a FIRST Robotics team that won the 2026 NYC Regional and ranked 4th of 74 in its Championship division; and, in biotechnology, a research class sequence, four 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars and an iGEM team that won a silver medal in Paris in 2024.
But: battery storage is absent, and AI and clean energy are thin.
Best positioned forComputer Science, Robotics, Biotechnology
Underdeveloped inBatteries, AI & Data, Clean Energy
Future-critical exposure5/15 domains
Very strong
- Computer Science
Strong
- Robotics
- Biotechnology
Limited
- Cybersecurity
- Advanced Manufacturing
Little / no pathway
- AI & Data
- Clean Energy
- Earth & Geospatial
- Aerospace
- Batteries
Best fit for
Less ideal for
Where the school is stronger than its marketing suggests
Curriculum
- Python in the full-year Foundations of Computer Science, and AP Statistics (150 Grade 12 students tested in 2024–25, 92% scoring 3 or higher)
- Software Development, a year-long course in which teams build web applications with Flask, JavaScript, SQL and MongoDB
- Computer Ethics, an elective after AP Computer Science A whose description raises hidden bias in algorithms
Evidence seen
- A student team received a Meritorious designation at SCUDEM, a college-level modelling competition, in December 2025 for “a mathematical model projecting long-term trends in the quality of AI tools” (school blog)
- The Alumni Association held an AI panel at the school on 8 February 2024, open to students
What's missing
- No artificial-intelligence, machine-learning or data-science course in the computer science department’s published list
- No AI or data club, or competition team, found
- The school’s own site could not be read (it disallows automated access), so a course listed only there would be missing
Curriculum
- Cybersecurity, a spring-term course in the computer science department: offensive penetration testing, cryptography and steganography with Linux tools; AP Computer Science A with a grade of at least 85 is the prerequisite
- Systems Level Programming (C and Linux) and Computer Ethics (security and privacy) sit in the same sequence
Evidence seen
- CyberStuy, a student-run event hosted by the computer science department, held its third edition in January 2019 (student newspaper)
What's missing
- No cybersecurity competition team (CyberPatriot or capture-the-flag) result found
- The last CyberStuy we found is from 2019
- No industry credential found, and one term is the whole of the dedicated provision
Curriculum
- Advanced Robotics students attend classes in the Lin Brothers Robotic Lab, which serves three robotics teams
Evidence seen
- StuyPulse, FIRST Robotics Competition team 694 (rookie year 2001), in 2026: NYC Regional winners with the Autonomous Award, ranked 4th of 74 in its FIRST Championship division after a 10–0 qualifying record, and ranked first of 48 at the BattleCry off-season event (FIRST event records)
- 2025: winners at the Hudson Valley and Pittsburgh regionals and at the NYC Regional; 2023: winners at Long Island #2 and the NYC Regional (FIRST event records)
- FIRST Tech Challenge teams Stuy Fission 310 and Stuy Fusion 479 won judged awards in each season from 2022–23 to 2025–26 (FIRST event records)
- The Lin Brothers Robotic Lab: $1.4 million, opened 8 December 2022, with a 3D metal printer from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (alumni news and student newspaper)
- Robots shown at Maker Faire Coney Island in 2024 and 2025
What's missing
- No alumni or industry link for the Career Bridge found
- The Advanced Robotics course has no published description we could read
Curriculum
- AP Environmental Science (99% of Grade 10 candidates scored 3 or higher in 2024–25, NYSED)
Evidence seen
- The Environmental Club, active in October 2025 (school blog); a 2018 student-newspaper report describes a rooftop garden, the Billion Oyster Project and a Green Team
What's missing
- No energy or climate-technology course, laboratory or project found
- The club work reported is gardening and oyster restoration, not energy technology
Curriculum
- A research class sequence: a biology track from Grade 10 to Grade 12 beside a social-science track, reported by the student newspaper in 2024–25
- AP Biology, AP Chemistry and AP Environmental Science, with 100% of AP Biology candidates in Grades 11 and 12 scoring 3 or higher in 2024–25 (NYSED)
Evidence seen
- Four Stuyvesant students were named Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars in January 2026, for work ranging from knot invariants to gene targets for cataract and glaucoma drawn from UK Biobank data; four more were named in 2025
- An iGEM team travelled to Paris in October 2024 and won a silver medal for a living hydrogel with bacteria for wound treatment, with hardware, software and biology sub-teams and a laboratory principal investigator
- StuyBio (USABO), Brain Bee and NeuroSTUYence clubs, reported in 2024–25
What's missing
- The Alumni Association’s research-mentoring page says Stuyvesant “has experienced a noticeable decline in its presence in the Science Talent Search” and recruits alumni laboratories and mentors for students’ independent research
- No laboratory-techniques or biotechnology course found in the lists we could read
- No alumni outcome record found
Curriculum
- Foundations of Computer Science, a single-semester course in Racket and NetLogo, with a full-year version that adds Python, HTML and CSS; the department’s course list marks it as required of all sophomores, and Wikipedia says every student completes a semester of computer science
- AP Computer Science A in Java, with an honors endorsement for students at 95 or above; Computational Media in Python; Computer Graphics, where students build a graphics engine; Systems Level Programming in C; and a year-long Software Development course
Evidence seen
- AP Computer Science A in 2024–25: 212 Grade 11 candidates tested, a reported 100% scoring 3 or higher (NYSED)
- Eight department teachers are named on the department’s own site, which says the school “offers one of the country’s most innovative and exciting computer science programs”
- StuyHacks, a student hackathon, drew about 160 students in January 2020
What's missing
- The requirement is on the department’s list page but not on the Foundations course page itself
- No AP Computer Science Principles course in the NYSED AP list
- A 2023–24 student-newspaper report found too few sections of some senior computer science electives in one year
- No alumni record of study or work in computing found
Creativity cannot be graded the way a course can. It can only be evidenced through what students made.
| Criterion | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + technology | ||||
| Design | ||||
| Architecture | ||||
| Engineering design | ||||
| Media / digital production | ||||
| Maker learning | ||||
| Interdisciplinary projects |
Four strands run for three years or more. 2023 and 2024 are equally dense, at 4 of 7 criteria.
The record — 5 artefacts
Students on StuyPulse, Stuyvesant’s FIRST Robotics Competition team 694, design, build and program a robot each season to a published game. The team competed in every season from 2023 to 2026, won the NYC Regional in 2023, 2025 and 2026, and took the Autonomous Award at the 2026 event. Its robots were shown at Maker Faire Coney Island in 2024 and 2025.
FIRST event records, 2023 to 2026 · Maker Faire exhibitor pages
Students on Stuy Fission, FIRST Tech Challenge team 310, design and build a robot each season to a published game. The team won judged awards at FIRST Tech Challenge events in each season from 2022–23 to 2025–26, among them Innovate Awards in 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25, and showed its robots at Maker Faire Coney Island in 2025.
FIRST Tech Challenge event records, 2022–23 to 2025–26 · Maker Faire exhibitor page
Students write, photograph, lay out and publish The Spectator, Stuyvesant’s biweekly student newspaper, in print and online. It has appeared since 1915, its website has won Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards for online media, and its issues for 2023 to 2026 are archived at stuyspec.com.
Archived issues, stuyspec.com · Wikipedia, The Spectator
Students on Stuy Fusion, FIRST Tech Challenge team 479, design and build a robot each season to a published game. The team won judged awards in each season from 2022–23 to 2025–26, including a third-place Design Award in 2023–24, second- and third-place Inspire Awards in 2024–25 and 2025–26, and a second-place Reach Award at the 2025–26 NYC Championship.
FIRST Tech Challenge event records, 2022–23 to 2025–26
A team of Stuyvesant students began work in December 2023 on a living hydrogel with bacteria inside it for wound treatment, with hardware, software and biology sub-teams. They presented it in Paris in October 2024 and won a silver medal, with top-five placings for Best Entrepreneurship and Best Integrated Human Practices.
The Spectator, Volume 115, Issue 5
Nothing found for
No student work was found evidencing these. For a school this well documented, an unrecorded programme is unlikely to be a large one.
What a family should ask about directly
- The school’s own website and its course-and-schedule host disallow automated reading, so its course catalogue, bell schedule and staff directory could not be read here. Courses and teams are known instead from the computer science department’s site, the state’s AP report, the school’s news and document pages, FIRST event records and the student newspaper. Ask for the current Program of Studies and for the eligibility rules: the school’s academic policies say honors, AP and elective courses “typically have eligibility, prerequisite, and/or teacher recommendation requirements”.
- The state reports 2024–25 average class sizes of 32 in Biology, 33 in Physics, 32 in Geometry and 29 in Chemistry. Ask how laboratory periods are staffed, how many students share a bench, and whether the practical work in the research and robotics classes sits inside those averages.
- A 2023–24 student-newspaper report found too few senior sections of AP Physics C and of some computer science courses in one year, and the academic policies say course sequencing considers “seat availability, staffing and budget”. Ask how many sections of each advanced STEM course run this year, and how seats are assigned when more students qualify than there are places.
- AI & Data and clean energy are graded thin and battery storage absent. A student set on machine learning or energy technology finds groundwork in Python, statistics and AP Environmental Science, a modelling-competition team and an alumni panel, and no course or club in the field. Ask whether any course or club in these fields is planned, and what a student who wants them does in Grades 11 and 12.
- Independent research depends on a laboratory outside the school: the Alumni Association’s research-mentoring page says Stuyvesant “has experienced a noticeable decline in its presence in the Science Talent Search” and recruits alumni laboratories and mentors, while four students were named Scholars in 2025 and four in 2026. Ask how many students complete a placed research project, how placements are found, and what the school provides for a student with no contact.
- The state reports a 99% four-year graduation rate for the cohort published in August 2025, with 96% earning the Advanced Regents designation, 96% attendance in 2024–25 and no suspensions. It reports no count of graduates by college enrolment or field of study, so whether the strong provision leads to STEM study is not shown. Ask for college-enrolment and major data by class.
| Domain | Evidence class | Key sources |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Data | School-reported · Observed | School blog, 12 December 2025 (SCUDEM modelling results); computer science department course list (Python, Software Development, Computer Ethics); NYSED AP report (AP Statistics); Alumni Association events page (AI panel, 8 February 2024); no AI course, club or team found |
| Cybersecurity | School-reported · Observed | Computer science department Cybersecurity and Computer Ethics course pages; The Spectator, Volume 109, Issue 10 (CyberStuy, January 2019); no competition result or credential found |
| Robotics | Officially recorded · Corroborated | FIRST event records for team 694 (2023–2026) and FIRST Tech Challenge teams 310 and 479; Stuyvesant alumni news and The Spectator (Lin Brothers Robotic Lab); Maker Faire exhibitor pages (2024, 2025); StuyPulse team site |
| Clean Energy | Officially recorded · Observed | NYSED AP report (AP Environmental Science); school blog, 2 October 2025 (Environmental Club); The Spectator, 2018 (rooftop garden, Billion Oyster Project); no energy course found |
| Computer Science | Officially recorded · School-reported | NYSED AP and graduation reports (AP Computer Science A, 2024–25); computer science department site (course list, faculty, requirement note); Wikipedia (one-semester requirement); The Spectator (StuyHacks) |
| Earth & Geospatial | Officially recorded · Observed | NYSED AP report (AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography); The Spectator, 2024–25 (StuySky astronomy and meteorology club); no geospatial course found |
| Aerospace | Observed | The Spectator (Stuy Rocketry Club, 2023–24; StuySky, 2024–25); no aerospace course or competition result found |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Observed · Corroborated | The Spectator, 2025–26 (Drafting & 3D Modeling course); alumni news (3D metal printer in the Lin Brothers Robotic Lab); InsideSchools (maker lab, 2018); Maker Faire pages; no manufacturing credential found |
| Biotechnology | Corroborated · Observed | The Spectator (Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars, January 2025 and January 2026; research class sequence; iGEM silver medal, 2024; science clubs); NYSED AP report (AP Biology); Alumni Association research-mentoring page; no biotechnology techniques course found |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | Unsubstantiated | No coursework, club or competition record found |
Academics
Grades 9–12
Below is how we describe our academic programme: our mathematics, science and technology curriculum, the Advanced Placement courses we offer, and the faculty who teach computer science. The New York City high school directory describes us as “historically recognized for its strengths in math, science, and technology instruction.” Our academic policies state that honors, AP and elective courses “typically have eligibility, prerequisite, and/or teacher recommendation requirements,” so ask us below to confirm a course before you plan around it.
Mathematics, science & technology
Our computer science department says, “Stuyvesant High School offers one of the country’s most innovative and exciting computer science programs.” Its courses “start with the assumption that students have never been exposed to computer science,” and AP Computer Science A requires a Foundations of Computer Science grade of at least 85. Our academic policies set homework at no more than 30 minutes each school night in any course.
- Computer science: Foundations of Computer Science, Computational Media, AP Computer Science A (with an Honors section), Systems-Level Programming, Computer Graphics, Software Development, Cyber Security and Computer Ethics
- 31 Advanced Placement courses, in mathematics, sciences, languages, arts and social studies
- Advanced Robotics, taught in our Lin Brothers Robotic Lab
- Research classes, run as a sequence in biology and another in social science
- Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish
Advanced Placement courses
The 31 AP courses we offered in 2024–25, as reported to New York State.
Computer science faculty
Izagma Alonso
Teaches Foundations of Computer Science (full year) and Computational Media in Python.
James Dillon
Teaches Foundations of Computer Science (single semester) and AP Computer Science A.
JonAlf Dyrland-Weaver
Teaches AP Computer Science A and Computer Graphics.
Sam Konstantinovich
Teaches AP Computer Science A Honors, Systems-Level Programming and Cyber Security.
Irene Mouzakitis
Teaches Foundations of Computer Science (full year).
Topher Mykolyk
Teaches Foundations of Computer Science (full year) and Software Development.
Jessica Novillo
Teaches Foundations of Computer Science, full year and single semester.
Rick Platek
Teaches Foundations of Computer Science (single semester) and AP Computer Science A.
Ask about academics
Calendar
School year 2026–2027
The dates below are the upcoming dates in the New York City Department of Education 2026–2027 school calendar, which governs our year, together with the PSAT/NMSQT, Fall Open House and Career Exploration & Future Pathways Fair dates we have announced on our portal. Doors open at 7:30am on school days. Ask below if you need us to confirm a date before you plan around it.
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
January 2027
February 2027
March 2027
April 2027
May 2027
June 2027
Ask about the calendar
Our Story
Opened September 1904
We are Stuyvesant High School, at 345 Chambers Street in Manhattan, a New York City public high school serving Grades 9–12. We admit our students on the basis of the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. Our teams are the Peglegs, and our student newspaper, The Spectator, has been published since 1915. Our clubs are listed in the Epsilon clubs, publications and extracurriculars catalog, and our Stuy 101 workshop for freshman families notes 43 sports teams.
Milestones
We opened in September as Manhattan’s first specialized high school.
We moved to a building on East 15th Street.
We began admitting girls in September.
We moved into our current building in Battery Park City.
StuyPulse, our FIRST Robotics Competition team 694, played its rookie season.
Our maker lab opened in January.
Dr. Seung Yu became our principal in August.
Our Lin Brothers Robotic Lab opened on December 8, serving our three robotics teams: StuyPulse, Stuy Fission and Stuy Fusion.
Our first Spring Fun Fair was held on March 27, and four of our students were named Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars.
Leadership
Dr. Seung Yu
Wrote to our families with a welcome letter on September 9, 2026, and has led us since August 2020. Through the main office: (212) 312-4800.
Dina Ingram
Our contact for families; she posts our parent and family-engagement notices. Email parent.coordinator@stuy.edu.
Our doors open at 7:30am · Free breakfast is served from 7:30 to 9:30am in the fifth-floor cafeteria · Lunch is served in periods 4 through 8
Ask about our story
News
From the Stuyvesant blog
Recent posts from the blog on our Talos information hub, newest first.
Volunteers wanted for the Fall Open House
We are hosting our annual Fall Open House for prospective middle school families on October 14 and 15, and we need current parents and guardians to help. Volunteers arrive at 4pm for orientation and stay until 8pm, and doors open to visitors at 5pm. Some volunteers will supervise student fundraisers in three locations in the building.
History Day 2027 kickoff and celebration
We held our History Day 2027 kickoff and celebration at the Center for Brooklyn History from 4:30 to 6pm. Yihua (Helen) Zhang joined Ms. Sonya Ochshorn for a Q&A about creating an exhibit for last year’s History Day competition, which won the best in New York State award at the national contest.
Career Exploration & Future Pathways Fair, October 23
Our Career Exploration & Future Pathways Fair for all students runs from 12:00 to 3:00pm on October 23, led by Principal Yu and our faculty with support from the Alumni Association and the Parents’ Association. Each student attends two or three workshops, and we are asking about 80 alumni, parents and guardians to present.
PSAT/NMSQT for all students
We will offer the free PSAT/NMSQT to interested juniors on Friday, October 9 and Friday, October 23, with half the junior class each morning. Sophomores can take it free of charge as practice on Saturday, October 17; it does not count toward the NMSQT for 10th graders.
Check out a game in the Game Center
Our Game Center, in room 273 at the Family Engagement Office, lets students borrow games during free periods and lunch as a screen-free alternative. The collection includes more than a dozen games, such as Clue and Exploding Kittens.
Our first Spring Fun Fair
We held our first Spring Fun Fair on Friday, March 27. More than 80 presenters, including alumni, students, faculty and parents, ran workshops and presentations, and each student attended three interactive sessions on topics from finance to juggling.
82 students honored in Scholastic Art & Letters
We congratulated 82 Stuyvesant students as award recipients in the 2026 Scholastic Art & Letters competition.
Alumni Tech Entrepreneur Panel, March 12
Our Alumni Association invited alumni leaders in technology, venture capital and entrepreneurship to a panel in our cafeteria on Thursday, March 12, from 5:30 to 8:00pm.
Math modelers earn Outstanding in a college competition
At SCUDEM, a college-level modeling competition, our cosmic-dust team earned an Outstanding rating, a first for Stuyvesant. Two other teams earned Meritorious ratings, one for a model projecting long-term trends in the quality of AI tools and one for a bird-flocking model.
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