EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL

EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is a minimally staffed secondary school in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. The school teaches 185 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 19,478 students; EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 35% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 5-year window. Over the past 5-year window, the student count shrank 55%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 185 in 2023. Black enrollment moved from 25% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2023.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.