INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 850 10TH AVE, in NEW YORK, New York, INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment senior high that teaches 222 students (grades 9 through 12), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder looks like 34% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 302 (now 222). White enrollment moved from 10% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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