Enrollment
93
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007805774
MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)
122 AMSTERDAM AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10023 · (212)799-4064 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
84 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 25 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 32 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 19 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 17 | 18% |
Student demographics
57%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.
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NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
21.0%
NY avg 56.5%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #1,179 of 1,216 | #134 of 135 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
93
-268 (-74%) vs 2017
-76% since 2010-11, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
6.5:1
was 11.6:1
% White
6%
was 2%
% Hispanic
57%
was 58%
% Black
31%
was 34%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 93 | 14.4 | 6.5:1 | 90% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 109 | 15.8 | 6.9:1 | 84% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | 25 | 7.8:1 | 89% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 82% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 80% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 68% (268) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE).
About MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)
Students in NEW YORK, New York, attend MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE), a small high school. Enrolled students number 93 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 86% lower than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) is one of 44 schools. The district enrolls 19,478 students.
At 57%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) combined. Other students are 31% Black, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, New York County residents are about 24% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) employs 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 6.9:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, higher than at this school. MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)'s free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 90%. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) would score about 41.8%. It scores 47.3%, 5.5 points above that figure.
New York County census figures show that median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE). Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 47.3% is below the 67.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 361 students in 2017-18 and 93 in 2023-24. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Over that span, the White share moved 4 points, to 6%. By 2023-24, the school had 6.5 students per teacher, compared with 11.6 in 2017-18.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)How large is MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)?
MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) enrolls approximately 93 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) serve?
MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) is approximately 6.9:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)?
MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) reports a student body of 6% White, 57% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE)?
MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
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