Blog · Who feeds which college · October 2, 2026
The high school that sends the most students to New York University is Jericho Senior High School
The angle
- Jericho Senior High School sent 34 graduates per class year to New York University, from its Class of 2026 list. It stands first of 249 schools whose published lists name New York University.
- Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California, is second with 26 per class year. Three of the top 10 schools sit in New York, the state where New York University is located.
- On the acceptances side, a separate list, Brooklyn Technical High School is first with 69 admissions per class year, from its Class of 2010 list.
Some high schools publish a matriculation list. That is a list where a school says which colleges its graduates enrolled in. We rank those lists by students per class year. That means the count a school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. A one-year list and a five-year list can then sit on the same page.
Jericho Senior High School is a public school in Jericho, New York. Its list printed 34 graduates enrolling at New York University. The school's own words for the span are "Class of 2026." That span is one class year. So the figure per class year is 34. Jericho stands first of 249 schools whose published lists name New York University.
| Rank | High school | City, State | Type | Students per class year | Count as printed | Class years (the school's words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jericho Senior High School | Jericho, NY | public | 34 | 34 | Class of 2026 |
| 2 | Harvard-Westlake School | Studio City, CA | private | 26 | 26 | BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025 (counts from the column headed “CLASS OF '25”) |
| 3 | Syosset Senior High School | Syosset, NY | public | 21 | 21 | Class of 2025 |
| 4 | Millburn High School | Millburn, NJ | public | 17 | 17 | Class of 2025 (counts from the column headed “CLASS OF 2025 ENROLLMENT”) |
| 5 | Henry M. Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA | public | 16 | 16 | 2025 |
| 6 | Great Neck North High School | Great Neck, NY | public | 13.4 | 67 | Classes of 2021–2025 |
| 7 | Greenwich High School | Greenwich, CT | public | 13 | 13 | Class of 2026 |
| 8 | Princeton High School | Princeton, NJ | public | 13 | 13 | Class of 2025 |
| 9 | Palo Alto Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA | public | 12 | 12 | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 (counts from the column headed “2026”) |
| 10 | Choate Rosemary Hall | Wallingford, CT | private | 10.8 | 54 | Class of 2021-2025 |
Three of these 10 schools are in New York. Three are in California. Two are in New Jersey, and two are in Connecticut. Harvard-Westlake School is second with 26 per class year. Its list says "BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025," and the counts come from the column headed "CLASS OF '25." Syosset Senior High School in Syosset, New York, is third with 21 per class year, from its Class of 2025 list.
Enrolled lists and acceptances lists are two different things, and we never mix them. An enrollment list counts the graduate who went. An acceptances list counts every college that admitted a student. So that same student can appear many times. Those lists are ranked on their own. There, Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn, New York, is first, with 69 admissions per class year from its Class of 2010 list. In all, 29 schools' acceptances lists name New York University.
A school that is not on this list did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read. That is all absence means. It is never a statement about that school's graduates.
See the full board, with the top 25 and the acceptances section, at the New York University feeder-schools board. The college page is New York University.
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.