HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL is one of the small 9-12 campuss in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 478 students on its rolls from grades 11 through 12. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that works with 54,599 students overall.

On demographics, HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% Black, 15% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-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 46.1%; this one delivers 72.5%, a residual of +26.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, New York County reports that median household income runs about $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. HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

PS 721 MANHATTAN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGH SCHOOL 560 CITY-AS-SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 36% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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