INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE

INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE is one of the compact high schools in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 348 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE sits 48% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 comprises 119 schools with combined enrollment of 54,599 students; INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE is among them.

In terms of who attends, INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.9%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the area at large, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 349 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 74% across the same window.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.