The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies is a secondary school in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York City. It serves students in grades 6–12 and was described as one of the best schools in Manhattan in 2010 by the New York Post & CUNY. The school is a part of the New York City Department of Education.AdmissionAdmission into the 6th grade is based on an entrance exam consisting of one page of mathematics problems and an essay. For admission into the 9th grade, students must follow the DOE high school admissions process. As of 2013, admissions requirements for the high school are a minimum of 85% in all 7th grade classes and a grade of 3 to 4 (or a score of 650) in the 7th grade reading and math exams. Admission into both the 6th and 9th grades is competitive, with 3000 students applying for 190 places in the 6th grade and with approximately 3000 students applying for 136 places in the 9th grade. Lab Middle and Lab High are two discrete schools, and students who are accepted to Lab Middle School are not automatically admitted to Lab high school. Lab high school gives priority to applicants from district 2.School hoursThe Lab School's hours are from 8:00 am for high school to 2:50 pm Students may arrive from 7:30 until 8:00 to have free breakfast in the school's cafeteria. It has one of the earliest dismissals among middle schools.PrincipalsThe principal of the NYC Lab Middle School is Megan Adams. The principal of the high school is Brooke Jackson. The founding principals were Sheila Breslaw and Rob Menken. The Lab School was founded in 1987 and the first location was on 82nd street between First and Second Avenue.
