Nine New York City public schools earned a Blue Ribbon designation this year, an honor given to just 329 schools nationwide.
The award is given to schools for overall academic excellence or their work to close the achievement gaps between student groups. Schools from all five boroughs were honored.
This year’s winners included Queens’ P.S. 242, a school that serves pre-K to third graders; Park Slope’s P.S. 39; and five charter schools, including University Prep Charter High School in the Bronx — a unionized charter school started (as Green Dot New York Charter School) in partnership with the United Federation of Teachers in 2008.
“This is an extraordinary honor that proves a school that stresses collaboration to ensure student success pays off,” University Prep Principal Andrea d’Amato said in a statement.
Here’s the full list of this year’s New York City winners:
Excellence Girls Charter School
Icahn Charter School 4
P.S. 158 The Bayard Taylor School, in District 2
P.S. 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School, in District 25
P.S. 35 The Clove Valley School, in District 31
P.S. 39 The Henry Bristow School, in District 15
Success Academy Bronx 1
Success Academy Harlem 4
University Prep Charter High School