MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING

Set in NEW YORK, New York, MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. It instructs 390 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 668.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 27% Black, 8% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) reports that median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING is one.

Nearest neighbor: URBAN ASSEMBLY MAKER ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING. On composite proficiency, MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 47% to 60%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.