HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE)

As a tight-knit high school in NEW YORK, New York, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) hosts 370 students from grades 9 through 12, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest breaks down as 23% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JUDITH S KAYE SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) has decreased 35%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 29% to 23% across the same window.

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