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A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL
A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of high-enrollment scale in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, educateing 1,421 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL sits 113% bigger than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 17,415 students. A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 32% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.6%; actual is 62.8%, +21.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Five-year trend. A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,379 (now 1,421). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 28% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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