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Enrollment
474
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705622
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL
525 W 50TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 586-2943 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
399 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 144 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 131 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
54%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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 474 | 84.2% | 56.8% |
| QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FAR ROCKAWAY | 507 | 85.4% | 40.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE BRONX | 488 | 86.7% | 63.3% |
| BUSINESS OF SPORTS SCHOOL NEW YORK | 407 | 87.0% | 40.2% |
| NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 421 | 86.0% | 41.2% |
| VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 396 | 82.8% | 61.0% |
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 FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #604 of 1,135 | #53 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #971 of 1,109 ▼ 285 | #91 of 112 ▼ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #505 of 1,135 ▲ 64 | #58 of 125 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #580 of 1,216 | #42 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #475 of 1,058 | #39 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #409 of 1,070 | #71 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #365 of 1,167 | #80 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.8% | #64 of 339 | #9 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
474
+55 (+13%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 474 | 44 | 10.8:1 | 84% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 40.5 | 11.2:1 | 84% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 36.7 | 11.9:1 | 84% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 84% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 88% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 83% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 83% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL.
About FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the public schools in NEW YORK, New York. It is a small high school. The school reports 474 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a system of 119 schools with 54,599 students.
By race and ethnicity, FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL is 60% Hispanic. The school is also 31% Black, 4% White, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all New York County residents. By the diversity index, FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 54%.
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.8:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 84% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
The allk12 Grade for FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 44.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.8%.
Census estimates describe New York County this way: median household income is about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of New York County number 358 and enroll about 152,104.
Nearest public school: FACING HISTORY SCHOOL (THE), less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 56.8% compares with 45.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 419 to 474. The school's ratio fell from 14.4:1 to 10.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,485 students
- HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIES (THE)High · 1,455 students
- JHS 104 SIMON BARUCHMiddle · 1,023 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHigh · 1,007 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- FACING HISTORY SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 394
- HIGH SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT0.0 mi · 228
- MANHATTAN BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 393
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION0.0 mi · 200
- CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 168
- PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS0.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL?
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 60% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL in?
FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.