SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Math scores are down about 9 points since 2023.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
About SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS
SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS, an one-room-style high school in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, caters to 204 students, covering grades 9 through 11. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 69% smaller than typical.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is one campus in the system.
Demographically, SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Black, 17% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -7.8 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for New York County put the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS is one campus in the mix.
LEADERSHIP & PUBLIC SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL 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), SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.1%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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