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Enrollment
1,657
High
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007904518
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
260 PLEASANT AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 876-4639 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,657 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
16.0:1
104 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
1,349 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 417 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 417 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 480 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 342 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
91.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in New York's top 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 MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS this school | 1,657 | 81.4% | 74.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICES NEW YORK | 1,728 | 85.6% | 65.0% |
| HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL JAMAICA | 2,298 | 85.9% | 45.0% |
| JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL OZONE PARK | 2,400 | 84.0% | 58.5% |
| JOHN BOWNE HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 2,778 | 78.8% | 51.7% |
| RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL RICHMOND HILL | 1,841 | 87.9% | 50.5% |
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 MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #264 of 1,135 | #29 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #241 of 1,109 ▼ 112 | #19 of 112 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #150 of 1,135 ▲ 109 | #16 of 125 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,657 | #75 of 1,216 | #4 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,022 of 1,058 | #105 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #84 of 1,070 | #20 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #423 of 1,167 | #89 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #297 of 339 | #33 of 38 |
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
1,657
+24 (+1%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 1,711
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,657 | 103.6 | 16.0:1 | 81% (1,349) |
| 2023-24 | 1,648 | 101.9 | 16.2:1 | 82% (1,357) |
| 2022-23 | 1,641 | 96.4 | 17.0:1 | 80% (1,319) |
| 2020-21 | 1,633 | 91 | 17.9:1 | 82% (1,346) |
| 2017-18 | 1,627 | 77.9 | 20.9:1 | 85% (1,386) |
| 2015-16 | 1,610 | 75 | 21.5:1 | 82% (1,327) |
| 2010-11 | 1,711 | 78 | 21.9:1 | 81% (1,390) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS.
About MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is one of the public schools in NEW YORK, New York. It is a large high school. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 1,657 students. Enrollment is 148% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 runs 30 schools with a combined 11,316 students. MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is one of them.
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 44%. Smaller groups are 25% Asian, 17% Black, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS comes in at 70%.
The count of teachers at MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is 103.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. Around 81% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
The allk12 Grade for MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is A. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS would score about 45.0%. It scores 74.7%, a top-10% result among New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
New York County has about 1,629,477 residents, and median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
The next-closest public school is ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS at 1st of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS enrolled 1,633; in 2024-25, 1,657. Students per teacher fell from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 16.0 in 2024-25.
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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
- ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE0.0 mi · 253
- STOREFRONT ACADEMY HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 96
- PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA0.2 mi · 221
- PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA0.2 mi · 372
- RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.3 mi · 132
- PS 155 WILLIAM PACA0.3 mi · 192
Frequently asked questions
About MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHow large is MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS?
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS enrolls approximately 1,657 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS serve?
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS have?
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS employs 104 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS?
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS reports a student body of 10% White, 44% Hispanic, 17% Black, 25% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS?
MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.