HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE

Located at 549 AUDUBON AVE, in NEW YORK, New York, HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE is a low-enrollment secondary school that teaches 505 students (grades 9 through 12), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE sits 24% below that benchmark.

Across the 45 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 (17,415 students total), HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE higher than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE is one.

Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE has shrank 6%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 14% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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