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HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
Located at 100 TRINITY PL, in NEW YORK, New York, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE is a middle-of-the-pack senior high that instructs 644 students (grades 9 through 12), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 18% Black, 18% Asian, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than New York County's rate of about 70%.
After controlling for student poverty, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of +19.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (New York County) records that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE is one.
The closest other public school is SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.1%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE has decreased 13%, going from 744 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 45% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
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