INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

As a small secondary school in NEW YORK, New York, INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL hosts 412 students from grades 9 through 12, part of INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. That puts it 38% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is the operating authority for INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 44% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 32.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site. INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. INNOVATION CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 412). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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