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Enrollment
421
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705499
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL
350 GRAND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 475-4148 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
362 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 118 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 101 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 25% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 421 | 86.0% | 41.2% |
| BRONXDALE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 393 | 88.0% | 33.8% |
| MANHATTAN EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR ADVERTISING NEW YORK | 390 | 85.1% | 58.2% |
| BUSINESS OF SPORTS SCHOOL NEW YORK | 407 | 87.0% | 40.2% |
| PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 398 | 82.7% | 84.5% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE BRONX | 488 | 86.7% | 63.3% |
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 NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #916 of 1,135 | #93 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #948 of 1,109 ▲ 7 | #85 of 112 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #907 of 1,135 ▼ 70 | #98 of 125 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #661 of 1,216 | #52 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #157 of 1,058 | #16 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #367 of 1,070 | #62 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #332 of 1,167 | #72 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #337 of 339 | #38 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
421
-88 (-17%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 421 | 46.3 | 9.1:1 | 86% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 50.6 | 8.9:1 | 87% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 53.4 | 8.5:1 | 86% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 83% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 39 | 10.8:1 | 80% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 67% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 86% (358) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL.
About NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in NEW YORK, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 421 students. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district of 119 schools and 54,599 students.
More than half of enrollment at NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic: 60%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% White. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL reported 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.1:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. There are 362 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 86% of enrollment. That is 16 points above the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
Among New York public high schools, NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.4%. NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL scores 41.2%.
New York County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 509 to 421, a 17% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.1:1) than in 2020-21 (11.6:1).
The discussion board for NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR DUAL LANGUAGE AND ASIAN STUDIES0.0 mi · 368
- ESSEX STREET ACADEMY0.0 mi · 366
- LOWER MANHATTAN ARTS ACADEMY0.0 mi · 262
- URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW0.0 mi · 256
- PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN0.1 mi · 476
- PACE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 421 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 60% Hispanic, 28% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.