Enrollment
359
High
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008303685
HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS
549 AUDUBON AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10040 · (212) 927-1841 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
356 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -15.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
359
-45 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 18.2:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
89%
was 85%
% Black
8%
was 12%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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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- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE0.0 mi · 505
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- PS 1890.2 mi · 421
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Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONSHow many students attend HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS serve?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS is approximately 12.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS?
At HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS, the student body is approximately 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
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