Beacon, unlike Stuyvesant, does not have an admissions test. But to win a spot, students must have high standardized test scores and grades, along with a strong portfolio of middle school work and ...

Hundreds of students at Manhattan’s elite Beacon High School staged ... girl complaining to two white school counselors about affirmative action in the college admissions process.

Roughly 300 students walked out of Beacon on Monday to protest its high-stakes admissions process, which they said has exacerbated segregation in the nation’s largest school system. The protest ...

High school students take AP® exams and IB exams to earn college credit and demonstrate success at college-level coursework. U.S. News calculated a College Readiness Index based on AP/IB exam ...

Ventura, a former school counselor, came to Beacon from Brooklyn Technical High School ... of the city’s most fiery debates ...

Students skipped class Monday to teach their own lessons about what they say is a culture of racism at the elite Beacon public high school ... after she was deferred admission from her top ...