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What's the biggest difference between UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES and what you expected?
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Enrollment
527
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706309
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
40 IRVING PL, NEW YORK, NY 10003 · (212) 253-3110 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
458 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 160 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 142 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 139 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 16% |
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES this school | 527 | 86.9% | 53.2% |
| ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING NEW YORK | 438 | 84.5% | 40.7% |
| BRONX RIVER HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 419 | 84.5% | 52.0% |
| BROOKLYN LAB SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 459 | 86.1% | 39.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE NEW YORK | 644 | 80.4% | 65.3% |
| ENERGY TECH HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND CITY | 487 | 80.1% | 48.8% |
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 UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #681 of 1,135 | #66 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #816 of 1,109 ▲ 2 | #59 of 112 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #376 of 1,135 ▲ 25 | #41 of 125 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #507 of 1,216 | #32 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,038 of 1,058 | #108 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #237 of 1,070 | #44 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #309 of 1,167 | #67 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.7% | #44 of 339 | #6 of 38 |
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
527
+101 (+24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 527 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 87% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 83% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 41 | 11.4:1 | 84% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 86% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 84% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 79% (331) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES.
About UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is a small high school in NEW YORK, New York. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 527 students. Enrollment is 21% lower than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 is made up of 119 schools with 54,599 students in all.
At 58%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES combined. Smaller groups are 15% Black, 14% Asian, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
A ratio of 17.0:1 comes from the school's 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 87% of students at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 17 points above the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
Measured against New York public high schools, UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 43.0% for a school in New York with UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES's free or reduced-price lunch share. UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES posts 53.2%.
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is located in New York County, where median household income is about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
The closest public school, HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE), is less than a tenth of a mile from UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 426 in 2020-21 and 527 in 2024-25, a gain of 101 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.0:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
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- ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,485 students
- HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIES (THE)High · 1,455 students
- JHS 104 SIMON BARUCHMiddle · 1,023 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHigh · 1,007 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE)0.0 mi · 132
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UNION SQUARE0.0 mi · 967
- INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE0.0 mi · 348
- ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING0.0 mi · 438
- GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 420
- BALLET TECH/NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR DANCE0.2 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCESHow large is UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES?
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES serve?
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is approximately 17.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES?
Student demographics at UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES are roughly 7% White, 58% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES?
UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.