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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