LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL

LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of rural-scale scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, hosting 264 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 25% Black, 9% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 39.0%.

In the surrounding community, New York County reports 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%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL has declined 49%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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