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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE this year?
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Enrollment
531
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007805113
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE
122 AMSTERDAM AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10023 · (212) 501-1201 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New York public high schools
- CTest 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
11.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
468 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 203 | 38% |
| Grade 10 | 113 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 98 | 18% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE this school | 531 | 88.1% | 47.8% |
| WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN BROOKLYN | 622 | 86.7% | 51.7% |
| LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY FOR NEWCOMERS NEW YORK | 460 | 90.2% | 55.7% |
| YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL OF THE BRONX BRONX | 502 | 93.0% | 45.2% |
| BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY BRONX | 429 | 90.4% | 45.0% |
| CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) BRONX | 407 | 86.5% | 58.2% |
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 LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #771 of 1,135 | #72 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #878 of 1,109 ▲ 22 | #71 of 112 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #437 of 1,135 ▼ 32 | #51 of 125 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #503 of 1,216 | #30 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #674 of 1,058 | #54 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #488 of 1,070 | #84 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #274 of 1,167 | #58 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #99 of 339 | #13 of 38 |
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
531
+129 (+32%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 531 | 44.8 | 11.8:1 | 88% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 35.6 | 12.6:1 | 87% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 34.9 | 12.8:1 | 85% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 90% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 89% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 88% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 85% (428) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE.
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE is a small high school in NEW YORK, New York, (ZIP code 10023). The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 531 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 21% below the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, operates 44 schools serving 19,478 students.
The student body at HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE is 65% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 26% Black, 5% White, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
For every teacher at HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE, there are about 11.8 students; the school has 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of New York public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE would be expected to post about 42.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.8%.
In New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
Measured in a straight line, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is less than a tenth of a mile from HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE is behind the 67.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
The federal government classifies HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE's location as City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 531, from 402 in 2020-21. The ratio was 15.5:1 in 2020-21 and 11.8:1 in 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
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES0.0 mi · 331
- MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 447
- MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)0.0 mi · 93
- HIGH SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 392
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 2,251
- SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL0.1 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICEHow many students attend HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 09-12.
Is HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE have?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE?
At HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE, the student body is approximately 5% White, 65% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
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