HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION

HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, a micro-enrollment high school in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, teaches 198 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 70% below typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 17,415 students; HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION is among them.

In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.9%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of +7.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION is one.

Nearest neighbor: INWOOD EARLY COLLEGE FOR HEALTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.7%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 194 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 88% to 97% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.