MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY

MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY is a secondary school of tight-knit scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, serveing 388 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 comprises 119 schools with combined enrollment of 54,599 students; MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY is among them.

Demographically, MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 16% Asian, 15% White, 13% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 68.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (New York County) logs 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%. MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.1%.

MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 68% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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