MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY

MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY is a high school of modestly sized scale in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, educateing 441 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder breaks down as 25% Black, 6% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.6%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +14.9 points.

In the broader community, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is QUEST TO LEARN, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 441). Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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