MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL

MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of mid-tier scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, teacheing 620 students in grades 10 through 12.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 42% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL 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 40.4%; this one delivers 67.0%, a residual of +26.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for New York County shows median household income runs about $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 COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 67.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 587 students in 2018 compared to 620 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 22% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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