HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES

HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES operates as a close-knit four-year high school in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Current enrollment sits at 368 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that educates 54,599 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES shows that 94% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.2%; HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES posts 92.0%, +45.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ESSEX STREET ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 368). Asian enrollment moved from 86% to 94% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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