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: “The Principal is an effective manager who makes the school run smoothly”
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% | 9.8 |
| Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School | Brett Kimmel | 6 to 12 | 100% | 9.6 |
| Louis D. Brandeis HS | Arleen Liquori | 100% | 9.5 | |
| Harlem Village Academy Leadership Charter School | Sam Fragomeni | 6 to 12 Charter School | 100% | 9.5 |
| East Side community School | Mark Federman | 6 to 12 | 98% | 9.3 |
| Satellite Academy HS | Steven Zbaida | transfer | 100% | 9.2 |
| HS M560-City as School | Alan Cheng | transfer | 100% | 9.2 |
| Central Park East HS | Bennett Lieberman | 100% | 9.2 | |
| Coalition School for Social Change | Sheldon Young | 97% | 9.2 | |
| Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day HS | Michael Toise | transfer | 97% | 9.1 |
| Harlem Village Academy Charter School | Laurie Warner/Ray Ankrum | 6 to 12 Charter School | 97% | 9.0 |
| Vanguard HS | Louis Delgado | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 94% | 9.0 |
| James Baldwin School: A School for Expedition | Elijah Hawkes | transfer, HS for Humanities Ed Campus | 100% | 8.9 |
| Cascades HS | Paul Rotondo | transfer | 100% | 8.9 |
| Bard HS Early College | Michael Lerner | 97% | 8.9 | |
| City College Academy of the Arts | Bernadette Drysdale | 6 to 12 | 100% | 8.8 |
| The HS of Fashion Industries | Daryl Blank | 98% | 8.8 | |
| Forsyth Satellite Academy | Ingrid Roberts Haynes | transfer | 100% | 8.7 |
| Lower East Side Preparatory HS | Martha Polin | transfer | 98% | 8.3 |
| Institute for Collaborative Education | John Pettinato | 6 to 12 | 96% | 8.1 |
| Life Sciences Secondary School | Genevieve Stanislaus | 6 to 12 | 95% | 8.1 |
| Manhattan Bridges HS | Mirza Sanchez Medina | Park West Campus | 95% | 8.0 |
The worst: Score of 5 or lower, or 50% or lower, or both:
| School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
| The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers | Alexandra Rathmann-Noonan | only 6 teachers responded | 0% | 1.7 |
| Independence HS | Ron Smolkin | transfer | 22% | 2.8 |
| Community Health Academy of the Heights | Stephania Vu | 6 to 12 | 22% | 2.8 |
| Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law | David Glasner | Seward Park Campus | 13% | 2.9 |
| HS of Arts and Technology | Anne Geiger | MLK Campus | 35% | 3.0 |
| NYC Museum School | Darlene Miller | 36% | 3.1 | |
| Heritage School | Luis Alberto Duany | 19% | 3.2 | |
| Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts | Fia Davis | 34% | 3.2 | |
| The Opportunity Charter School | Marya Baker | 6 to 12 Charter School | 34% | 3.5 |
| Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics | Jose David Jimenez | 34% | 3.6 | |
| A. Philip Randolph HS | Henry Rubio | Campus, 9-10 | 28% | 3.7 |
| Repertory Company HS for Theatre Arts | Michael Mehmet, Jr | 30% | 3.7 | |
| Talent Unlimited HS | Linda Hamil | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 37% | 3.7 |
| Landmark HS | Trevor Naidoo | 38% | 4.1 | |
| Harvey Milk HS | Alan Nolan | transfer | 56% | 4.1 |
| Manhattan Theatre Lab HS | Evelyn Collins | MLK Campus | 54% | 4.2 |
| Liberty HS for Newcomers | Melodee Khristan | transfer | 44% | 4.5 |
| Murry Bergtraum HS for Business Careers | Andrea Lewis | 51% | 4.5 | |
| Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Herma Hall | 6 to 12 | 51% | 4.6 |
| Marta Valle HS | Mimi Fortunato | 55% | 4.6 | |
| Academy of Environmentasl Sci | Irma Garceau | 42% | 4.7 | |
| Henry Street School for International Studies | Erin Balet | 6 to 12 | 50% | 4.7 |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis HS | Edward Demeo | 55% | 4.8 | |
| Humanities Preparatory Academy | Julie Conason | transfer, HS for Humanities Ed Campus | 50% | 5.0 |
| HS for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry | Stephen Noonan | MLK Campus | 48% | 5.3 |
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