PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL

PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment high school in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 11,316 students; PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest reads as 26% Black, 8% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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), PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 84.5%, a residual of +39.9 points.

In the area at large, New York County reports that median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL is one.

AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM 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. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.2%.

PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 400 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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