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Which teacher or staff member at NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
673
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360016705891
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
1818 AMSTERDAM AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10031 · (212) 283-5400 · New York County
GRADES 05–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL673 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
642 students
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 5 | 20 | 3% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 102 | 15% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
63.5%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +31.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 31 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 51.0% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 673 | 95.4% | 50.3% |
| CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BRONX | 523 | 94.1% | 49.4% |
| WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE BRONX | 575 | 95.1% | 23.3% |
| AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 603 | 91.9% | 40.2% |
| ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 528 | 95.6% | 32.9% |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS NEW YORK | 552 | 92.0% | 38.8% |
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 HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #729 of 1,135 | #70 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #115 of 1,109 ▲ 513 | #14 of 112 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #715 of 1,135 ▲ 86 | #77 of 125 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 673 | #372 of 1,216 | #17 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,029 of 1,058 | #106 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #851 of 1,070 | #104 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #71 of 1,167 | #9 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #404 of 743 | #49 of 79 |
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
673
-101 (-13%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 673 | 41.5 | 16.2:1 | 95% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 43.5 | 16.4:1 | 87% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 44.9 | 16.3:1 | 97% (709) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 84% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 89% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 51 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 99% (763) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Federal records list NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL as a high school in NEW YORK, New York. It has an enrollment of 673 students in grades 5 through 12.
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Of every 100 students at NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, about 87 are Hispanic. It is also 10% Black. For comparison, the population of New York County is roughly 24% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
There are 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.2:1. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
Among New York public high schools, NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 10.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the wider New York County area, median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County counts 358 public schools with about 152,104 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL from the closest public school, PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% decline, from 774 to 673. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.2:1 to 16.2:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
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- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY0.1 mi · 399
- WILLIAM LYNCH SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 315
- PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL0.2 mi · 387
- PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS0.3 mi · 378
- NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM0.3 mi · 623
- COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS0.4 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 673 students in grades 05-12.
Is NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 05-12.
How many teachers does NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL have?
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 87% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in New York County.
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