Enrollment
310
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007805627
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL
215 W 114TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10026 · (212) 865-9260 · New York County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 3% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
7.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
287 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 6 | 20 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 76 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 13% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
38.3%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
19.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 19.6% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL this school | 310 | 92.6% | 27.6% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF STATEN ISLAND (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 280 | 92.5% | 40.1% |
| PERFORMING ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 406 | 90.4% | 52.5% |
| ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS BROOKLYN | 398 | 89.2% | 34.9% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 228 | 89.9% | 28.8% |
| FDNY-CAPTAIN VERNON A RICHARDS HS BROOKLYN | 417 | 90.9% | 24.3% |
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 FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,095 of 1,135 | #123 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #1,015 of 1,109 ▼ 10 | #99 of 112 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,082 of 1,135 ▲ 23 | #121 of 125 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #909 of 1,216 | #92 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.4:1 | #28 of 1,058 | #4 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #375 of 1,070 | #66 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #148 of 1,167 | #25 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #354 of 743 | #45 of 79 |
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
310
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 310 | 42.1 | 7.4:1 | 93% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 35.5 | 8.9:1 | 92% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 40 | 8.1:1 | 92% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 30 | 10.8:1 | 87% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 81% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 66% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 69% (286) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL.
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL is a small high school with an address in NEW YORK, New York. The school serves 310 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of 44 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which enrolls 19,478 students in total.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 58% Black. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% Native American. By comparison, New York County residents are about 14% Black. By the diversity index, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL comes in at 55%.
The school reported 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 7.4:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 93% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 23 points.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.0%. FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL scores 27.6%.
In the county around the school, New York County, median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL is among the 358 public schools in New York County.
The closest public school, WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS, is less than a tenth of a mile from FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL went from 324 students to 310. The ratio was 10.8:1 in 2020-21 and 7.4:1 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
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Frequently asked questions
About FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 310 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL serve?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.4:1 students per teacher at FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 32% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL public or private?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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