HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL

HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of very small scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, instructing 165 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 75% below the state mean of about 668.

Across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 (7,761 students total), HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that 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 HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 222 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 43% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.