What high school did Richard Feynman attend?

Richard Feynman attended Far Rockaway High School in Queens, New York.

Feynman grew up in the Far Rockaway section of Queens and attended the local public high school before entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school’s alumni list later became unusually distinguished: it also included fellow Nobel laureates Burton Richter and Baruch Samuel Blumberg.

Feynman’s mathematical abilities were already conspicuous during his school years. He was moved into a higher-level mathematics class soon after starting high school, and by age 15 he had taught himself subjects including trigonometry, advanced algebra, infinite series, analytic geometry, and calculus. He also experimented with his own mathematical notation.

A common mix-up is to assign him to Bronx High School of Science or another famous New York specialized school. Those institutions are associated with many noted scientists, but Feynman’s documented high-school education was at Far Rockaway. The school operated for more than a century, from 1897 until it closed permanently in 2011.