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MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS
MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS operates as a rural-scale four-year high school in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Current enrollment sits at 136 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 38% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 37.7%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
URBAN ASSEMBLY-EARLY COLL HS EMER MD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.7%.
MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS's enrollment has edged down 48% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 136). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 39% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.
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