THE ROGER REES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE 2016-2017 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS INCLUDE
| High School | City |
| Brooklyn | |
| Brooklyn Tech High School | Brooklyn |
| Poly Prep Country Day School | Brooklyn |
| The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn |
| Manhattan | |
| Hunter College High School | New York |
| Professional Performing Arts School | New York |
| Talent Unlimited High School | New York |
| Nassau County | |
| Carle Place High School | Carle Place |
| Nyack High School | Upper Nyack |
| Paul D Schreiber High School | Port Washington |
| Wantagh High School | Wantagh |
| Staten Island | |
| St. Joseph Hill Academy High School | Staten Island |
| New Dorp High School | Staten Island |
| Susan Wagner High School | Staten Island |
| Suffolk County | |
| Bay Shore High School | Bay Shore |
| Hauppauge High School | Hauppauge |
| North Babylon High School | North Babylon |
| St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School | West Islip |
| West Babylon High School | West Babylon |
| Westchester County | |
| Archbishop Stepinac | White Plains |
| Ossining High School | Ossining |
| Pleasantville High School | Pleasantville |
| Rye Neck High School | Mamaroneck |
| Walter Panas High School | Cortlandt Manor |