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
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 110 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 125 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 99 | 23% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
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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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES this school | 424 | 96.0% | 37.8% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES BRONX | 381 | 95.0% | 52.3% |
| CROTONA INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 354 | 95.8% | 40.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE NEW YORK | 505 | 97.2% | 38.0% |
| INWOOD EARLY COLLEGE FOR HEALTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES NEW YORK | 380 | 96.6% | 43.8% |
| COLLEGE ACADEMY (THE) NEW YORK | 347 | 94.5% | 51.8% |
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 HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #979 of 1,135 | #107 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #974 of 1,109 ▲ 120 | #94 of 112 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #683 of 1,135 ▼ 41 | #75 of 125 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #654 of 1,216 | #51 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #821 of 1,058 | #77 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #876 of 1,070 | #106 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #57 of 1,167 | #6 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #500 of 743 | #54 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
424
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 424 | 32.9 | 12.9:1 | 96% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 36.1 | 12.0:1 | 90% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 30.4 | 12.1:1 | 91% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 88% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 97% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 97% (516) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 32 | 22.2:1 | 93% (660) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES.
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is a small high school in New York, with an address in NEW YORK. Federal data show 424 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, operates 45 schools serving 17,415 students.
Roughly 89% of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES are Hispanic. Other groups make up 7% Black. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 12.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES, which has 32.9. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 96%. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
Among New York public high schools, HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.7%. HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES scores 37.8%.
Looking at the county, New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, COLLEGE ACADEMY (THE), is the closest to HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS & SCIENCES ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 398 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 424 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 11.7:1 to 12.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Nearby schools
- COLLEGE ACADEMY (THE)0.0 mi · 347
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE0.0 mi · 505
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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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