SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL

SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of tiny scale in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, hosting 112 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 83% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 29% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 53.5%.

Around the school, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIES (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 62%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 112 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.