Enrollment
255
High
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007605614
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
220 HENRY ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 406-9411 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- B+Beats 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
7.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
226 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 74 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 56 | 22% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY this school | 255 | 88.6% | 53.8% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW NEW YORK | 256 | 87.5% | 54.7% |
| BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 290 | 89.0% | 37.0% |
| UNITY CENTER FOR URBAN TECHNOLOGIES NEW YORK | 259 | 86.9% | 74.7% |
| SCHUYLERVILLE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 324 | 88.9% | 40.8% |
| LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 264 | 83.0% | 39.0% |
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 ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #670 of 1,135 | #63 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #877 of 1,109 ▲ 31 | #70 of 112 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #311 of 1,135 ▼ 78 | #32 of 125 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #1,000 of 1,216 | #104 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #38 of 1,058 | #6 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #249 of 1,070 | #49 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #259 of 1,167 | #55 of 133 |
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
255
-40 (-14%) vs 2020
-43% since 2010-11, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 255 | 33.5 | 7.6:1 | 89% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 88% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 83% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 79% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 173 | 18 | 9.6:1 | 91% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 182 | 20 | 9.1:1 | 86% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 93% (418) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
About ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
At 220 HENRY ST in NEW YORK, New York, ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY operates as a very small high school. Total enrollment is 255 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 62% lower.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, 26 schools enroll a combined 9,363 students.
More than half of enrollment at ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is Hispanic: 57%. Next come 23% Black, 14% Asian, and 4% White. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY scores 60%.
There are 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, giving a ratio of 7.6:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. A total of 226 students, or 89%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 19 points lower.
Among New York public high schools, ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is 11.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 53.8%. Predicted: 42.4%.
The school's county is New York County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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 ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II, is the closest to ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY enrolled 295 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 255. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 7.6:1.
This page is set up for the ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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Frequently asked questions
About ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMYHow many students attend ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY?
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 255 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY serve?
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY have?
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.6:1.
How diverse is ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY?
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY reports a student body of 4% White, 57% Hispanic, 23% Black, 14% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY in?
ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.