Enrollment
78
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705522
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL
2-10 ASTOR PL, NEW YORK, NY 10003 · (212) 477-1555 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL78 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
6.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
62 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 9 | 16 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 20 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 24% |
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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -39.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 39 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in New York's top 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 HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL this school | 78 | 79.5% | 70.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) NEW YORK | 132 | 81.8% | 43.2% |
| BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 98 | 82.7% | 48.2% |
| ROBERT HALMI SENIOR ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION YONKERS | 155 | 78.1% | N/A |
| SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 112 | 89.3% | 53.5% |
| INNOVATION DIPLOMA PLUS NEW YORK | 110 | 91.8% | 34.5% |
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 HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 78 | #1,185 of 1,216 | #135 of 135 |
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
78
+20 (+34%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 74
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
was 3.9:1
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 | 78 | 11.3 | 6.9:1 | 79% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 15.5 | 4.8:1 | 83% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 94 | 13.5 | 7.0:1 | 79% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 58 | 15 | 3.9:1 | 90% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 62 | 10 | 6.2:1 | 90% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 61 | 8 | 7.6:1 | 82% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 74 | 8 | 9.3:1 | 85% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL.
About HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is located in NEW YORK, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 78 students on the rolls. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 88% below average.
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, whose 119 schools enroll 54,599 students.
The share of Hispanic students at HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is 62%, a majority. Other students are 13% White, 13% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all New York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL reported 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 6.9:1. The school's 6.9:1 compares with an average of 11.0:1 for high schools in New York. Roughly 79% of students at HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points above the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of New York public high schools.
A school in New York with HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 45.8%. HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL scores 70.0%.
For the population of New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across New York County, 358 public schools serve about 152,104 students.
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 34%, from 58 to 78. By 2024-25, the school had 6.9 students per teacher, compared with 3.9 in 2020-21.
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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
Quick facts
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
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- 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
- MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT0.4 mi · 194
- EAST VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 477
- CLINTON SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 846
- HARVEST COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 365
- MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 620
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE0.5 mi · 967
Frequently asked questions
About HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL?
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 78 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL have?
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.9:1.
What is the student diversity at HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 13% White, 62% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL?
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
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