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Alumni: what's one memory from HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
644
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007700700
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
100 TRINITY PL, NEW YORK, NY 10006 · (212) 346-0708 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
518 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 152 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 157 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 154 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 181 | 28% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
91.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE this school | 644 | 80.4% | 65.3% |
| ROBERT H GODDARD HS-COMM/TECH OZONE PARK | 613 | 82.1% | 60.7% |
| UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES NEW YORK | 527 | 86.9% | 53.2% |
| ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING NEW YORK | 438 | 84.5% | 40.7% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 487 | 80.1% | 48.8% |
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 OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #421 of 1,135 | #36 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #633 of 1,109 ▼ 115 | #49 of 112 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #148 of 1,135 ▼ 97 | #14 of 125 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #399 of 1,216 | #19 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #917 of 1,058 | #89 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #173 of 1,070 | #33 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #446 of 1,167 | #92 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #333 of 743 | #44 of 79 |
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
644
-91 (-12%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 812
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 644 | 46.6 | 13.8:1 | 80% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 50.4 | 13.3:1 | 79% (533) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 51.6 | 13.2:1 | 80% (545) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 81% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 41 | 18.1:1 | 81% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 76% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 42 | 19.3:1 | 78% (630) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE.
About HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE, located in NEW YORK, New York, is a mid-sized high school. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 644 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 enrolls 54,599 students in 119 schools, including HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE.
The largest group at HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE is Hispanic students, at 52%. Other groups include 18% Black, 18% Asian, and 9% White. By comparison, New York County residents are about 24% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE scores 65%.
With 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 2.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
Among New York public high schools, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE scores 65.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.4%.
New York County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE.
SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is the nearest public school to HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE, less than a tenth of a mile away. HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE ranks 5th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 735 in 2020-21 to 644 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.8:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
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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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- SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS0.0 mi · 204
- LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 264
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- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN0.3 mi · 127
- LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 313
- RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING0.3 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCEWhat is the total enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE?
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE enrolls approximately 644 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE serve?
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE?
At HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE, the student body is approximately 9% White, 52% Hispanic, 18% Black, 18% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE?
HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
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