This Forest Hills Private School Is Among NY's Best In 2021

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — A Forest Hills school has been named one of the best private high schools in New York State, along with three others in the borough.

The Kew-Forest School on Union Turnpike ranked 54th on Niche.com's ranking of the best private high schools for 2021. It was one of four Queens schools that earned a spot in the top 100.

The Kew-Forest School earned the highest ranking on Niche.com's list of any Queens high school, while Manhattan schools made up all but one of the top 10 spots.

Here are all the Queens high schools that made the top 100, with their ranking:

• The Kew-Forest School, #54
• St. Demetrios Preparatory School, #73
• Archbishop Molloy High School, #95
• Garden School, #97

The rankings are "rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education," according to Niche.

Ranking factors include SAT and ACT scores, the caliber of colleges that students end up attending and the student-teacher ratio. Niche's full methodology is described here.

Check out the other New York City schools that made the top spots here and see the full list on Niche.com.