Townsend Harris High School
Townsend Harris High School at Queens College is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the New York City borough of Queens. Students and alumni are frequently referred to as “Harrisites.” Townsend Harris is frequently ranked among the top 100 high schools in the country.
U.S. News & World Report ranked THHS first in New York State in 2019, 2020, and 2021, and 12th overall in 2021.
Townsend Harris High School Address
Located in: Queens College, City University of New York
Address: 149-11 Melbourne Ave, Queens, NY 11367
Phone: (718) 575-5580
Number of students: 1,109 (2017)
District: New York City Public Schools
Founded: 1904
Grades: 9–12
Colors: Crimson, Gold
Yearbook: The Crimson and Gold
Mascot: Hawks
Townsend Harris High School Requirements 2022, Acceptance Rate
Townsend Harris High School application will open in late January 2022. The deadline to apply will be early March 2022 (the week of February 28, 2022). Students can apply to Townsend Harris through their home school, whether it is public or private.
Students at Townsend Harris are high achievers for life. Their commitment to personal development and academic discipline begins before students arrive at our school and continues after they leave.
Students from all five boroughs of New York City can apply to Townsend Harris, and they are chosen through a competitive screening procedure rather than a single entrance exam. Admission to the ninth grade is based on sixth-grade standardized-test scores, final report card grades, and seventh-grade marking period grades. Admission to the tenth grade is based on seventh-grade standardized-test scores, final report card grades, and eighth-grade marking period marks.
| 9th Grade Admission | Percentage | 10th Grade Admission | Percentage | |
| 6th Grade ELA/Math State Test Scores | 40% | 7th Grade ELA/Math State Test Scores | 40% | |
| 6th Grade Final Grades | 50% | 7th Grade Final Grades | 50% | |
| 7th Grade Marking Period Grades | 10% | 8th Grade Marking Period Grades | 10% |
All applicants will be ranked according to their composite rubric score, as follows:
- Rank of 1 = 91 – 100%
- Rank of 2 = 86 – 90%
- Rank of 3 = 81 – 85%
- Rank of 4 = 76 – 80%
- Rank of 5 =Â 71 – 75%
- Rank of 6 = 66 – 70%
- Rank of 7 = Below 66%
Townsend Harris High School Admission 2022
Low-income applicants (kids who qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch) are considered equally and randomly for the first 50% of offers among all applicants with the same rank, beginning with the rank of 1.
The remaining applicants with the same rank (both low-income and non-low-income) are then given equal and random consideration for the remaining 50% of offers. This is done separately for children in regular education and pupils with IEPs.
Alumni
Manfred Halpern, political scientist expert in modern Middle East
Neil Drumming (’92) journalist, writer, and director of the film Big Words (2013), and podcast producer for This American Life, Serial, and The New York Times
Performing arts and entertainment
Irving Caesar (’10) was a lyricist whose works include: “Swanee,” and “Tea for Two”. He co-wrote the songs in the musical No, No, Nanette, and was an early collaborator with George Gershwin.[12]
Hari Kondabolu (2000) is an American stand-up comic.
Frank Loesser is an Oscar, Tony, and Pulitzer prize award-winning composer and songwriter best known for Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.[13]
Edward G. Robinson (’10) was an actor known for films like Little Caesar, Double Indemnity, Key Largo and The Ten Commandments.
Divya Narendra ’00
Alexander Sachs was a banker and economist, best known for delivering the Einstein–Szilárd letter to Franklin Roosevelt, and convincing him to begin research into the construction of a nuclear weapon.
Nily Rozic is a New York State Assemblywoman