Enrollment
279
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706169
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL
100 HESTER ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 925-5017 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
269 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 260 | 93% |
| Grade 10 | 11 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 7 | 3% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 41 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 EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 279 | 96.4% | 80.8% |
| EPIC HIGH SCHOOL-SOUTH SOUTH OZONE PARK | 435 | 92.6% | 45.5% |
| LAFAYETTE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BUFFALO | 475 | 96.8% | 23.2% |
| EPIC HIGH SCHOOL - NORTH SOUTH RICHMOND HILL | 373 | 80.7% | 36.2% |
| LOWER EAST SIDE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 553 | 89.2% | 65.0% |
| FLUSHING INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 390 | 89.2% | 64.3% |
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 EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #170 of 1,135 | #21 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #57 of 1,109 ▲ 217 | #6 of 112 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #171 of 1,135 ▲ 228 | #19 of 125 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #963 of 1,216 | #96 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #573 of 1,058 | #45 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #130 of 1,070 | #25 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #47 of 1,167 | #5 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #316 of 339 | #36 of 38 |
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
279
+42 (+18%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 279 | 24.7 | 11.3:1 | 96% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 25.9 | 11.7:1 | 94% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 92% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 21 | 11.3:1 | 93% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 95% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 14 | 17.7:1 | 92% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 235 | 14 | 16.8:1 | 99% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL.
About EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in NEW YORK, New York. It had 279 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 58% below average.
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. The district has 119 schools and 54,599 students.
No group is above 50% at EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. Other reported shares: 35% Asian, 18% Black, and 6% White. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 16 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
The school had 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 26 points above the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
On the allk12 Grade, EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 91% of New York public high schools.
A school in New York with EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 39.5%. EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL scores 80.8%.
In the wider New York County area, 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.
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from PACE HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 68.9% on proficiency, and EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 80.8%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 237 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 279 by 2024-25.
The EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- PACE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 499
- MS 1310.0 mi · 257
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Frequently asked questions
About EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL?
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 09-12.
Is EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL?
At EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 41% Hispanic, 18% Black, 35% Asian.
Who oversees EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL?
EMMA LAZARUS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.