1
Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,007
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007700116
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
444 W 56TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 262-8113 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,007 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
696 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 257 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 276 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 231 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 243 | 24% |
Student demographics
65%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
88.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES this school | 1,007 | 69.1% | 63.3% |
| YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 1,111 | 75.5% | 57.3% |
| EAST SIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 693 | 69.4% | 54.7% |
| QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL FOREST HILLS | 1,068 | 66.9% | 63.8% |
| METROPOLITAN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL FOREST HILLS | 837 | 68.9% | 48.2% |
| ACADEMY FOR CAREERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM LONG ISLAND CITY | 555 | 74.4% | 61.0% |
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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #481 of 1,135 | #41 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #591 of 1,109 ▲ 137 | #46 of 112 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #233 of 1,135 ▲ 44 | #24 of 125 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,007 | #240 of 1,216 | #10 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #894 of 1,058 | #86 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #169 of 1,070 | #32 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #533 of 1,167 | #106 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #255 of 743 | #38 of 79 |
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
1,007
-181 (-15%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 1,431
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 1,007 | 74 | 13.6:1 | 69% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 1,053 | 76 | 13.9:1 | 71% (745) |
| 2022-23 | 1,083 | 77.8 | 13.9:1 | 74% (798) |
| 2020-21 | 1,188 | 78 | 15.2:1 | 78% (931) |
| 2017-18 | 1,201 | 69 | 17.4:1 | 81% (974) |
| 2015-16 | 1,266 | 63 | 20.1:1 | 74% (942) |
| 2010-11 | 1,431 | 59 | 24.3:1 | 62% (883) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES runs as a large high school in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,007 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 51% bigger than average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES along with 118 other schools, enrolling 54,599 students in total.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES's enrollment is 54% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% White, 14% Black, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. By the diversity index, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES comes in at 65%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES operates with 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.6:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES reports 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in New York County, the average is about the same, 70%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 49.6%. HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES scores 63.3%, 13.8 points above that line.
New York County census figures show that median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES is among the 358 public schools in New York County.
INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES is ahead of the 44.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,188 in 2020-21 and 1,007 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.2:1 to 13.6:1.
Community posts for HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,485 students
- HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIES (THE)High · 1,455 students
- JHS 104 SIMON BARUCHMiddle · 1,023 students
- JHS 167 ROBERT F WAGNERMiddle · 945 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
- INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 222
- CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 168
- PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS0.2 mi · 398
- PS 4520.3 mi · 404
- HIGH SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT0.3 mi · 228
- FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHow large is HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES enrolls approximately 1,007 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES serve?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
At HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, the student body is approximately 16% White, 54% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.