Enrollment
366
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705623
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY
350 GRAND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 475-4773 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
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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
10.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
234 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 | 99 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 103 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 22% |
Student demographics
72%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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 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 2 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% |
% 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
88.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 37 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 ESSEX STREET ACADEMY
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY's state test result (88.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSEX STREET ACADEMY this school | 366 | 63.9% | 88.0% |
| NYC ISCHOOL NEW YORK | 447 | 59.5% | 81.3% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY NEW YORK HARBOR SCHOOL NEW YORK | 518 | 62.4% | 50.7% |
| RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING NEW YORK | 405 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
| FRANK MCCOURT HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 407 | 69.0% | 58.2% |
| BROOKLYN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES BROOKLYN | 586 | 66.6% | 55.6% |
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 ESSEX STREET ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #85 of 1,135 | #10 of 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #258 of 1,135 ▲ 21 | #28 of 125 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #796 of 1,216 | #77 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #438 of 1,058 | #38 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #49 of 1,070 | #14 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #573 of 1,167 | #113 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #169 of 339 | #17 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
366
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 366 | 34.5 | 10.6:1 | 64% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 34.8 | 10.2:1 | 65% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 31.8 | 10.8:1 | 66% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 69% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 25.8 | 13.1:1 | 70% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 71% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 28 | 11.8:1 | 71% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ESSEX STREET ACADEMY.
About ESSEX STREET ACADEMY
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is a high school in NEW YORK, New York, reachable at (212) 475-4773. It teaches 366 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 45% lower.
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is one of the 119 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students in total).
About 36% of students at ESSEX STREET ACADEMY are Hispanic, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 33% White, 19% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 11 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY lists 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.6 students per teacher. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. About 64% of students at ESSEX STREET ACADEMY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 88.0%, is 36.5 points above the 51.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of New York schools.
The school's county is New York County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include ESSEX STREET ACADEMY.
Among nearby public schools, LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 61.8%, lower than ESSEX STREET ACADEMY's 88.0%.
Locale data from NCES put ESSEX STREET ACADEMY inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment at ESSEX STREET ACADEMY was 373 in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.3:1 in 2020-21, and 10.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY0.0 mi · 262
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES0.0 mi · 368
- NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 421
- URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW0.0 mi · 256
- PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN0.1 mi · 476
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Frequently asked questions
About ESSEX STREET ACADEMYHow large is ESSEX STREET ACADEMY?
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY enrolls approximately 366 students in grades 09-12.
Is ESSEX STREET ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ESSEX STREET ACADEMY have?
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at ESSEX STREET ACADEMY?
Student demographics at ESSEX STREET ACADEMY are roughly 33% White, 36% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is ESSEX STREET ACADEMY in?
ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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