BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE

BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE is one of the reasonably sized high schools in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, with 569 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 9,363 students; BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE is among them.

In terms of who attends, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE logs that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 15% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 78.8%, a residual of +22.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE has contracted 3%, going from 589 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 28% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.