STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN

STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN, a tiny elementary-level community in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, caters to 140 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 68% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which oversees 44 schools and 19,478 students, STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN is one campus in the system.

Demographically, STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN reports that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 39% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Native American. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New York County put median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 4, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. STEM INSTITUTE OF MANHATTAN's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 133 (now 140). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 9% to 2%.

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