The Learning Environment Surveys create another source of questionable data. However, many teachers do respond to direct questions about their principals. What follows are the results from almost every Manhattan high school.
Question: “School leaders invite teachers to play a meaningful role in setting goals and making important decisions for the school”
Answers: “Strongly Agree” (10 pts), “Agree” (6.7 pts) “Disagree” (3.3 pts) or “Strongly Disagree” (0 pts).
Score: based on average response.
Percent: based on percent of answers “to a great extent” or “to some extent.”
The best: Score of 9 or higher, or 95% or higher, or both:
| School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
| Urban Academy Laboratory HS | Herb Mack | transfer | 100% | 10.0 |
| Vanguard HS | Louis Delgado | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 100% | 9.9 |
| Columbia Secondary School | Gary Biester | 6 to 12 | 100% | 9.8 |
| Lower Manhattan Arts Academy | John Wenk | Seward Park Campus | 100% | 9.7 |
| Forsyth Satellite Academy | Ingrid Roberts Haynes | transfer | 100% | 9.7 |
| Hudson HS of Learning Techologies | Nancy Amling | 100% | 9.7 | |
| Essex Street Academy | Erin Carstensen | 100% | 9.6 | |
| Coalition School for Social Change | Sheldon Young | 100% | 9.6 | |
| Harlem Village Academy Leadership Charter School | Sam Fragomeni | 6 to 12 Charter School | 100% | 9.5 |
| James Baldwin School: A School for Expedition | Elijah Hawkes | transfer, HS for Humanities Ed Campus | 100% | 9.4 |
| HS M560-City as School | Alan Cheng | transfer | 100% | 9.4 |
| Satellite Academy HS | Steven Zbaida | transfer | 100% | 9.4 |
| The Global Learning Collaborative | Jennifer Zinn | 100% | 9.4 | |
| Facing History School | Gillian Smith | Park West Campus | 100% | 9.3 |
| Harlem Village Academy Charter School | Laurie Warner/Ray Ankrum | 6 to 12 Charter School | 97% | 9.3 |
| Institute for Collaborative Education | John Pettinato | 6 to 12 | 100% | 9.2 |
| Urban Assembly for Media Studies | Cordelia Veve | MLK Campus | 96% | 9.1 |
| Professinal Performing Arts HS | Keith Ryan | 6 to 12 | 100% | 9.0 |
| Young Women’s Leadership School | Althea Bradshaw-Tyson | 6 to 12 | 92% | 9.0 |
| City College Academy of the Arts | Bernadette Drysdale | 6 to 12 | 100% | 8.9 |
| Manhattan International HS | Alan Krull | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 95% | 8.9 |
| New Design HS | Scott Conti | Seward Park Campus | 100% | 8.8 |
| HS of Hospitality Management | Matthew Corallo | Park West Campus | 96% | 8.8 |
| Cascades HS | Paul Rotondo | transfer | 100% | 8.3 |
| Landmark HS | Trevor Naidoo | 96% | 7.7 |
The worst: Score of 5 or lower, or 50% or lower, or both:
| School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
| NYC Museum School | Darlene Miller | 18% | 2.4 | |
| Independence HS | Ron Smolkin | transfer | 31% | 3.3 |
| Liberty HS for Newcomers | Melodee Khristan | transfer | 36% | 3.7 |
| HS of Arts and Technology | Anne Geiger | MLK Campus | 38% | 3.8 |
| New Heights Academy Charter School | Lisa Hackett/Kaye Houlihan | 6 to 12 Charter School | 37% | 4.2 |
| Harvey Milk HS | Alan Nolan | transfer | 38% | 4.2 |
| A. Philip Randolph HS | Henry Rubio | Campus, 9-10 | 41% | 4.3 |
| The Opportunity Charter School | Marya Baker | 6 to 12 Charter School | 44% | 4.4 |
| Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics | Jose David Jimenez | 44% | 4.4 | |
| Mott Hall HS | Altagracia Villalona | 45% | 4.5 | |
| Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts | Fia Davis | 52% | 4.6 | |
| HS for Dual Language and Asian Studies | Li Yan | Seward Park Campus | 41% | 4.7 |
| Frederick Douglass Academy | Gregory Hodge | 6 to 12 | 45% | 4.7 |
| Manhattan Theatre Lab HS | Evelyn Collins | MLK Campus | 50% | 4.7 |
| Academy of Environmentasl Sci | Irma Garceau | 47% | 4.9 | |
| Baruch College Campus HS | Alicia Perez-Katz | 47% | 5.1 |
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