RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING

As a cozy senior high in NEW YORK, New York, RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING teaches 405 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% White, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (New York County) records that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 74.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 3% to 26%.

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