Brightly-lit, cheery and welcoming, Millennium High School has some of the most striking architecture of any public school in the city. Housed on several floors of a 1929 office building near Wall Street, the school boasts a river views from its cafeteria, wide corridors, and interior staircases to connect one floor to another. Cork walls serve as bulletin boards and help muffle sound. Classrooms with bright blue floors and high-tech chrome and gray tables and chairs encircle the exterior of the floors. Pleasant lounge areas in the center of the floors have upholstered sofas and hardwood tables and chairs where students may study, talk to a teacher, or just hang out between classes and after school.

The teaching staff are all experienced, and teacher turnover is low. The facilities are very pleasant. Until they secure a real gym, students have use of a fully equipped executive gym... read more

"It's clear that it's about the process of what you're learning. My kid comes home 'oh my God, we had the greatest argument today. It's not about the grades."