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Townsend Harris High School

Location
Queens, New York, United States
Mascot
Hawks
Established
1904
Townsend Harris High School

Townsend Harris High School at Queens College is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the borough of Queens in New York City. Students and alumni often refer to themselves as "Harrisites." Townsend Harris consistently ranks as among the top 100 high schools in the United States. In 2020, U.S. News and World Report ranked THHS at #1 in New York City, #1 in New York State and #5 in the nation.

Type Public (magnet) secondary
Established 1904, refounded 1984
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1108
Color(s) Crimson and gold
Mascot Hawks
Newspaper The Classic, The Phoenix
Yearbook The Crimson and Gold

Over Townsend Harris High School

Public magnet high school for the humanities ranked the #40 best high school in the nation by the U.S. News and World Report. In 2010, it was named #1 high school in New York City by the New York Post.

Prestaties van Townsend Harris High School

The original incarnation of the school was shut down in 1942 by mayor Fiorello La Guardia due to budgetary reasons. It was refounded in 1984 thanks largely to original school alumni. 

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