HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS

HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS, an intimate 9-12 campus in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, serves 359 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 668.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS is one of 45 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, a district that instructs 17,415 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Beyond that, the school logs 8% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 39.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) records that median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS 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. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS. On composite proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 359). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 12% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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