HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 2-10 ASTOR PL, in NEW YORK, New York, HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is a very small high school that works with 78 students (grades 9 through 12), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 88% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 13% White, 13% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 70.0%, a residual of +24.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.4%.

HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 26% since 2018, when it stood at 62 (now 78). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 21% to 13% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.