STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island public high school is the second best public high school in New York City and New York State, according to a new ranking.

Niche -- a website dedicated to ranking and reviewing schools across the country -- has released its list of the best public high schools in New York City for 2020. Staten Island Technical High School ranked second as the best public high school in both the city and state.

The ranking is based on an analysis of academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education. The ranking is determined by a number of factors, including test scores, college data, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality and high school ratings.

Staten Islands school district, District 31, ranked 141st in the ranking of best school districts in New York State.

Here are Niches top 25 best public high schools in New York City, along with their ranking among public high schools in New York State.

25. Midwood High School at Brooklyn College

Location: Brooklyn

Number of students: 4,011

State rank: 105

24. Maspeth High School

Location: Queens

Number of students: 1,048

State rank: 102

23. Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 1,596

State rank: 97

22. Scholars Academy

Location: Queens

Number of students: 1,351

State rank: 93

21. Millennium High School

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 660

State rank: 91

20. Manhattan Hunter Science High School

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 448

State rank: 75

19. NYC Lab High School for Collaborative Studies

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 531

State rank: 70

18. Columbia Secondary School

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 687

State rank: 69

17. Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences

Location: Brooklyn

Number of students: 1,025

State rank: 59

16. Fiorello H. Laguardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 2,701

State rank: 55

15. The Brooklyn Latin School

Location: Brooklyn

Number of students: 725

State rank: 47

14. The Beacon School

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 1,291

State rank: 45

13. Queens High School for the Sciences at York College

Location: Queens

Number of students: 464

State rank: 38

12. New Explorations into Science, Technology & Math School

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 1,743

State rank: 32

11. Bard High School Early College

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 549

State rank: 27

10. Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 544

State rank: 23

9. Brooklyn Technical High School

Location: Brooklyn

Number of students: 5,664

State rank: 18

8. Bard High School Early College Queens

Location: Queens

Number of students: 598

State rank: 16

7. High School of American Studies at Lehman College

Location: Bronx

Number of students: 377

State rank: 15

6. Baccalaureate School for Global Education

Location: Queens

Number of students: 515

State rank: 12

5. High School Math Science & Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY)

Location: Manhattan

Number of students: 464

State rank: 7

4. Bronx High School of Science

Location: Bronx

Number of students: 2,977

State rank: 4

3. Townsend Harris High School

Location: Queens

Number of students: 1,109

State rank: 3

2. Staten Island Technical High School

Location: New Dorp

Number of students: 1,313

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