NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL

As a modestly sized four-year high school in NEW YORK, New York, NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL teaches 421 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. That puts it 37% below 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. NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder is composed of 28% Black, 5% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.6%.

NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 420 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 37% to 28%. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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