MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS

Set in NEW YORK, New York, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS is a minimally staffed 6-8 campus, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4. It serves 171 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, which oversees 30 schools and 11,316 students, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest reads as 26% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 3, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS. On composite proficiency, MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MS 224 MANHATTAN EAST SCHOOL FOR ARTS & ACADEMICS has showed little movement, going from 174 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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