Enrollment
138
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705772
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING
351 W 18TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011 · (212) 627-2812 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
128 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 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 11 points since 2023.
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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
138
-101 (-42%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 12.6:1
% White
3%
was 5%
% Hispanic
58%
was 50%
% Black
34%
was 41%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING, a rural-scale secondary school in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, serves 138 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Black, 3% White, 3% Native American, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 58.5%.
In the broader community, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING is one.
Nearest neighbor: HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING. On composite proficiency, JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.0%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING has ticked down 42%, going from 239 students in 2018 to 138 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.
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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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- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
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- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
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Nearby schools
- HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES0.0 mi · 189
- QUEST TO LEARN0.0 mi · 390
- MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY0.0 mi · 441
- LANDMARK HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 289
- HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 261
- NYC MUSEUM SCHOOL0.1 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNINGHow large is JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING?
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING enrolls approximately 138 students in grades 09-12.
Is JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING have?
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.8:1.
How diverse is JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING?
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING reports a student body of 3% White, 58% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING?
JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
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