GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 40 IRVING PL, in NEW YORK, New York, GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate 9-12 campus that teaches 420 students (grades 9 through 12), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Black, 13% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.0%; actual is 70.2%, +22.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 36% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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