ESSEX STREET ACADEMY

Set in NEW YORK, New York, ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is a modestly sized 9-12 campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. It instructs 366 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so ESSEX STREET ACADEMY sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that instructs 54,599 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ESSEX STREET ACADEMY shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 33% White, 19% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ESSEX STREET ACADEMY has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ESSEX STREET ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.5%; ESSEX STREET ACADEMY posts 88.0%, +36.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for New York County put the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which ESSEX STREET ACADEMY is one.

NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ESSEX STREET ACADEMY at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. ESSEX STREET ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 338 (now 366). The White share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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