Enrollment
337
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706373
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
439 W 49TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 399-3520 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
303 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 100 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 80 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 39.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL this school | 337 | 89.9% | 45.0% |
| BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) BRONX | 375 | 90.9% | 41.3% |
| MILLENIUM ART ACADEMY BRONX | 348 | 89.9% | 40.7% |
| FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS BRONX | 351 | 88.3% | 60.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE (THE) NEW YORK | 370 | 89.5% | 37.8% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES NEW YORK | 331 | 86.1% | 30.7% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #827 of 1,135 | #78 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #959 of 1,109 ▼ 200 | #87 of 112 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #719 of 1,135 ▼ 78 | #80 of 125 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #858 of 1,216 | #86 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #103 of 1,058 | #10 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #527 of 1,070 | #88 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #224 of 1,167 | #43 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #264 of 743 | #39 of 79 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
337
-71 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 337 | 39.2 | 8.6:1 | 90% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 39 | 9.2:1 | 86% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 38.1 | 9.8:1 | 85% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 34 | 12.0:1 | 85% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 85% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 27 | 10.4:1 | 77% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
About STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school in NEW YORK, New York. The school's 337 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 has a total of 119 schools and 54,599 students, STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL among them.
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is 67% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 4% White, and 4% Asian. In New York County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is 39.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 8.6:1. That is lower than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school counts 303 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 90%. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.0%, compared with a predicted 41.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
New York County has these Census figures: the median household income is $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County is home to 358 public schools and about 152,104 public school students.
The nearest public school is BUSINESS OF SPORTS SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 337, a 17% decrease from 408 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.0:1 to 8.6:1 over the same years.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL?
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 09-12.
Is STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL have?
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
What is the student diversity at STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian.
Is STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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