CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL

As a compact senior high in NEW YORK, New York, CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 389 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 42% leaner than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 26% Black, 11% Asian, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.4%; this one delivers 48.8%.

In the area at large, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is NYC ISCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 432 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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