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Enrollment
447
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007805505
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
122 AMSTERDAM AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10023 · (212) 501-1235 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of New York public high schools
- ATest 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
14.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
330 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 106 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 131 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 108 | 24% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
97.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Math scores are down about 2 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | N/A | 91.0% |
% 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
88.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+40.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 40 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/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (88.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 447 | 73.8% | 88.0% |
| YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP SCHOOL - ASTORIA LONG ISLAND CITY | 579 | 76.0% | 63.9% |
| UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 474 | 75.9% | 64.2% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| BARUCH COLLEGE CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 479 | 66.0% | 88.4% |
| EPIC HIGH SCHOOL - NORTH SOUTH RICHMOND HILL | 373 | 80.7% | 36.2% |
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/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #86 of 1,135 | #11 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #49 of 1,109 ▲ 37 | #5 of 112 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #32 of 1,135 | #6 of 125 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #622 of 1,216 | #47 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #929 of 1,058 | #92 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #61 of 1,070 | #16 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #499 of 1,167 | #99 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #306 of 339 | #35 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
447
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 447 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 74% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 29.9 | 14.7:1 | 75% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 75% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 67% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 61% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 60% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 65% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
About MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL, located in NEW YORK, New York, is a small high school. It has an enrollment of 447 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New York enroll around 668, and this school is 33% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 is the local district for MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL. It runs 44 schools with 19,478 students.
The biggest share of students at MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL, 41%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 26% Asian, 17% White, 13% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. The diversity index for MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is 2.9 students per teacher. Roughly 74% of students at MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of New York public high schools.
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is a top-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.8% with an actual 88.0%.
In the surrounding county, New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE), its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 88.0% against a local average of 62.3%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 452 to 447. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.1:1 to 14.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)0.0 mi · 93
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE0.0 mi · 531
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES0.0 mi · 331
- HIGH SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 392
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 2,251
- SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL0.1 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL?
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 447 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL?
At MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 41% Hispanic, 13% Black, 26% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.