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What's something PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
522
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007701723
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
328 W 48TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10036 · (212) 247-8652 · New York County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
226 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 6 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 22% |
Student demographics
73%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
91.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.9% | 59.7% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 522 | 43.3% | 78.8% |
| CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CHESTER | 538 | 42.0% | 54.4% |
| BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) BROOKLYN | 743 | 50.2% | 61.0% |
| COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 714 | 44.5% | 83.1% |
| BEACON HIGH SCHOOL BEACON | 831 | 45.0% | 64.8% |
| WEST END SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 722 | 38.5% | 77.7% |
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 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #195 of 1,135 | #23 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #293 of 1,109 ▲ 220 | #21 of 112 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #167 of 1,135 no change | #17 of 125 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #515 of 1,216 | #33 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #975 of 1,058 | #97 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #35 of 1,070 | #11 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #793 of 1,167 | #128 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #535 of 743 | #57 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
522
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 522 | 35.2 | 14.8:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 34.8 | 14.8:1 | 39% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 36% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 35% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 37% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 34% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 21 | 23.6:1 | 30% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL.
About PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
In NEW YORK, New York, PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 522 students. It has 22% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (119 schools, 54,599 students) runs PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL.
The largest group at PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 34%. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 48% White share among all New York County residents. The diversity index for PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. The school reported 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 27 points below the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
On the allk12 Grade, PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 84% of New York public high schools.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (78.8%) and its predicted rate (59.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
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 roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 358 public schools in the county, enrolling about 152,104, PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL among them.
The closest school to PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 522, down from 572 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 16.8:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. 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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- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHigh · 1,007 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
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- 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
- PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST0.0 mi · 308
- URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY0.2 mi · 407
- BUSINESS OF SPORTS SCHOOL0.2 mi · 407
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HELL'S KITCHEN0.2 mi · 484
- STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 337
- PS 350.2 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL?
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 522 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL have?
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 34% White, 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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