MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS

MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is one of the sizable senior highs in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, with 1,657 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS sits 148% larger than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 11,316 students. MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Asian, 17% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS has 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 74.7%, a residual of +29.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,627 (now 1,657). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 54% to 44%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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