Enrollment
261
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702914
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY
351 W 18TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011 · (212) 929-4433 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
176 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 30% |
Student demographics
64%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+37.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 38 points, placing it in New York's top 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 HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (88.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 261 | 67.4% | 88.0% |
| FRANK MCCOURT HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 407 | 69.0% | 58.2% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY NEW YORK | 407 | 70.8% | 57.8% |
| HARVEST COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 365 | 72.6% | 80.0% |
| REPERTORY COMPANY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEATRE ARTS NEW YORK | 206 | 68.0% | 54.2% |
| TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 463 | 68.3% | 60.2% |
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 HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #84 of 1,135 | #9 of 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #435 of 1,135 ▼ 378 | #49 of 125 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #992 of 1,216 | #101 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #785 of 1,058 | #72 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #199 of 1,070 | #38 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #549 of 1,167 | #110 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #120 of 339 | #14 of 38 |
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
261
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 261 | 20.7 | 12.6:1 | 67% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 20.7 | 13.0:1 | 67% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 21.9 | 11.7:1 | 69% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 83% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 82% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 73% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 193 | 14 | 13.8:1 | 59% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a very small high school in NEW YORK, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 261 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in New York enroll around 668, and this school is 61% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 is made up of 119 schools with 54,599 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 55% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 18% White, 14% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY are from different groups.
For every teacher at HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY, there are about 12.6 students; the school has 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 67%.
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a top-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.2% with an actual 88.0%.
In New York County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY from the closest public school, MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY was 258 in 2020-21 and 261 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow large is HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 261 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
How diverse is HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a student body of 18% White, 55% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY in?
HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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