SEED HARLEM

Set in NEW YORK, New York, SEED HARLEM is a rural-scale middle school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5. It works with 66 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 531.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, which oversees 28 schools and 7,761 students, SEED HARLEM is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SEED HARLEM shows that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 44% Black, 5% Native American. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SEED HARLEM sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.1%; actual is 16.9%, a gap of -25.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which SEED HARLEM is one.

The closest other public school is PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SEED HARLEM. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEED HARLEM ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.2%.

SEED HARLEM operates from an urban location.

On the community side, members of the SEED HARLEM community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.