Enrollment
424
High
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008303692
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES
549 AUDUBON AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10040 · (212) 927-1841 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
407 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
424
-37 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.5:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
89%
was 80%
% Black
7%
was 15%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is one of the cozy high schools in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 424 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 17,415 students; HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is among them.
In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES reports that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% 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 somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.
In the broader community, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES has edged down 8%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 80% to 89% over that span.
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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
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- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 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
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE0.0 mi · 505
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS0.0 mi · 359
- COLLEGE ACADEMY (THE)0.0 mi · 347
- EQUITY PROJECT CHARTER SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 1,075
- PS 1890.2 mi · 421
- PROFESSOR JUAN BOSCH PUBLIC SCHOOL0.3 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCESHow many students attend HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES enrolls approximately 424 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES serve?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is approximately 12.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES?
At HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES, the student body is approximately 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES public or private?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
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