JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH

As a well-populated middle-grades school in NEW YORK, New York, JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH educates 1,023 students from grades 6 through 8, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 93% above typical.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH reports that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 81.5%, a residual of +20.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (New York County) records that 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 JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH is one.

The closest other public school is MS 255 SALK SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 73.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JHS 104 SIMON BARUCH has decreased 10%, going from 1,139 students in 2018 to 1,023 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 33% to 25% across the same window.

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