ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL

Set in NEW YORK, New York, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate senior high, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. It enrolls 538 students across grades 9 through 12.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL records that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.0%; actual is 89.2%, +34.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for New York County put 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. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

YORKVILLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 78.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 538 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 64% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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