PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one of the intimate 9-12 campuss in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 522 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that instructs 54,599 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL reports that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one.

PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST 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. On composite proficiency, PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL has fell 7%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 22% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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