Enrollment
262
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705771
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY
350 GRAND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 505-0143 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
230 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 79 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 6.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY this school | 262 | 87.8% | 46.3% |
| GOTHAM COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 295 | 91.2% | 29.0% |
| PELHAM LAB HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 285 | 84.9% | 34.8% |
| COBBLE HILL SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES BROOKLYN | 316 | 85.8% | 29.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW NEW YORK | 256 | 87.5% | 54.7% |
| LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 264 | 83.0% | 39.0% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #796 of 1,135 | #75 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,060 of 1,109 ▲ 39 | #106 of 112 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #259 of 1,135 ▲ 224 | #29 of 125 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #988 of 1,216 | #100 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #105 of 1,058 | #11 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #348 of 1,070 | #60 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #281 of 1,167 | #60 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #170 of 743 | #28 of 79 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
262
-79 (-23%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 262 | 30.5 | 8.6:1 | 88% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 29.3 | 10.3:1 | 84% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 26.8 | 11.7:1 | 83% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 32 | 10.7:1 | 85% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 75% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 57% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 87% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY.
About LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is the name of a very small high school in NEW YORK, New York. It reported 262 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 61% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 serves 54,599 students across 119 schools.
The student body at LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is 58% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Classroom staffing at LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY totals 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.6:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is about 88%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is higher.
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of New York public high schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.7%. LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY scores 46.3%.
In New York County, home to about 1,629,477 people, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
Measured in a straight line, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW is less than a tenth of a mile from LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY. The five-mile area around LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY holds at least 8 other public schools. LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 341 to 262, a 23% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.6:1) than in 2020-21 (10.7:1).
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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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Nearby schools
- URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW0.0 mi · 256
- NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 421
- ESSEX STREET ACADEMY0.0 mi · 366
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES0.0 mi · 368
- PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN0.1 mi · 476
- MS 1310.2 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMYHow large is LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY?
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 262 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY serve?
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is approximately 8.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY?
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY reports a student body of 3% White, 58% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY public or private?
LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.