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What's something ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,485
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007701911
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL
231-249 E 56TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 752-4340 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL1,485 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 89% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
720 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 422 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 404 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 314 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 345 | 23% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
89.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,485 | 48.5% | 81.0% |
| NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SELDEN | 1,553 | 45.1% | 53.3% |
| NORTH BABYLON HIGH SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 1,607 | 48.0% | 63.5% |
| WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION | 1,939 | 49.1% | 79.5% |
| CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOL CENTEREACH | 1,467 | 43.3% | 56.7% |
| BAY SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 1,862 | 44.3% | 72.5% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #166 of 1,135 | #20 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #137 of 1,109 ▼ 61 | #15 of 112 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #197 of 1,135 ▼ 28 | #21 of 125 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,485 | #97 of 1,216 | #5 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #923 of 1,058 | #91 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #65 of 1,070 | #17 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #713 of 1,167 | #125 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #266 of 339 | #29 of 38 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,485
-24 (-2%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,285
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,485 | 106.7 | 13.9:1 | 48% (720) |
| 2023-24 | 1,485 | 97.5 | 15.2:1 | 46% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 1,469 | 99.5 | 14.8:1 | 52% (759) |
| 2020-21 | 1,509 | 96 | 15.7:1 | 58% (874) |
| 2017-18 | 1,445 | 88 | 16.4:1 | 63% (913) |
| 2015-16 | 1,448 | 88 | 16.4:1 | 65% (944) |
| 2010-11 | 1,285 | 77 | 16.7:1 | 63% (815) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL.
About ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in NEW YORK, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. The school serves 1,485 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 122% larger than that.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, 119 schools enroll a combined 54,599 students.
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 40%. It is also 31% White, 13% Black, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 16 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
A ratio of 13.9:1 comes from the school's 106.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 48% of students at ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.8 points (81.0% versus 57.2%), a top-10% result in New York on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for New York County show that median household income is about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 1,509 in 2020-21 to 1,485 in 2024-25, a change of 24 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 13.9:1 over the same years.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL0.0 mi · 531
- EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 2670.3 mi · 353
- PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON0.5 mi · 541
- TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 463
- ELLA BAKER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 337
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL?
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,485 students in grades 09-12.
Is ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL have?
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL employs 107 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 31% White, 40% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.