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Enrollment
1,372
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007800592
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL
522 W 44TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10036 · (212) 465-4230 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,372 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
843 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 335 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 335 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 350 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 26% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
97.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% |
% 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
98.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+46.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 99% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 46 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 BEACON HIGH SCHOOL
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (98.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEACON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,372 | 61.4% | 98.5% |
| OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,090 | 56.2% | 37.2% |
| QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL FOREST HILLS | 1,068 | 66.9% | 63.8% |
| SCHOLARS' ACADEMY ROCKAWAY PARK | 1,184 | 52.4% | 82.1% |
| ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 1,485 | 48.5% | 81.0% |
| ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIES LONG ISLAND CITY | 1,206 | 67.8% | 70.0% |
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 BEACON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 98.5% | #8 of 1,135 | #3 of 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #31 of 1,135 ▼ 28 | #5 of 125 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,372 | #122 of 1,216 | #9 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #976 of 1,058 | #98 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #28 of 1,070 | #10 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #584 of 1,167 | #115 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #730 of 743 | #77 of 79 |
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
1,372
-138 (-9%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,159
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,372 | 92.7 | 14.8:1 | 61% (843) |
| 2023-24 | 1,435 | 94.8 | 15.1:1 | 50% (723) |
| 2022-23 | 1,449 | 89.7 | 16.2:1 | 45% (656) |
| 2020-21 | 1,510 | 81 | 18.6:1 | 35% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 1,380 | 61.2 | 22.5:1 | 25% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 1,307 | 58 | 22.5:1 | 25% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 1,159 | 53 | 21.9:1 | 22% (258) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEACON HIGH SCHOOL.
About BEACON HIGH SCHOOL
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment totals 1,372 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New York enroll around 668, and this school is 105% larger than that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 (44 schools, 19,478 students) runs BEACON HIGH SCHOOL.
White students make up 35% of enrollment at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. In New York County overall, about 48% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 92.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.8:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. Of all students at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is a top-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.4% with an actual 98.5%.
The school is in New York County, where the median household earns about $103,931 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across New York County, 358 public schools serve about 152,104 students.
The closest school to BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is PS 51 ELIAS HOWE, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BEACON HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 62.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,372, down from 1,510 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.6 to 14.8 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the BEACON HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
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- PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)Elementary · 607 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
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- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Other Beacon High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Beacon High. BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLBEACON, NY · 831 students
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 214 students
Nearby schools
- PS 51 ELIAS HOWE0.0 mi · 451
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HUDSON YARDS0.2 mi · 365
- BUSINESS OF SPORTS SCHOOL0.3 mi · 407
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HELL'S KITCHEN0.3 mi · 484
- URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY0.3 mi · 407
- STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About BEACON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,372 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does BEACON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL?
At BEACON HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 35% White, 33% Hispanic, 12% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees BEACON HIGH SCHOOL?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.