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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