The Beacon School

The Beacon School is located at:
522 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 465-4230 / Website (click here)
2023/24 Interim Acting Principal: Johnny Ventura

The Beacon School (District Borough Number 03M479) is a city-wide public high school and part of the New York City Department of Education. Beacon is also a member of a group of schools called the New York Performance Standards Consortium.

Beacon offers a dynamic, inquiry-based curriculum for all students that exceeds standards set by the New York State Regents. Technology and arts are infused throughout the college preparatory curriculum. Each year, students must present performance-based projects to panels of teachers, and pass New State Regents tests and community service to graduate.

Our focus on technology and arts reflects the strengths we believe students need in an ever-expanding and complex world. Arts instruction and technology are infused throughout the curriculum so that students can maximize the ways in which they see, represent and impact their world.

Beacon strives to create a collaborative work environment that nurtures intellectual diversity, prepares students to attend an institution of higher learning and to become active citizens in their larger communities.

Beacon nurtures a strong sense of community through its advisory system, caring faculty and staff, and extensive extracurricular and sports programs.

Find out more about Beacon here — or click here to contact Beacon’s Parent Coordinator, School Secretary or another member of staff.

[Updated August 2023]