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Enrollment
474
High
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007603680
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL
200 MONROE ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 962-4341 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
360 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 120 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 126 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 110 | 23% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 474 | 75.9% | 64.2% |
| MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 447 | 73.8% | 88.0% |
| EPIC HIGH SCHOOL - NORTH SOUTH RICHMOND HILL | 373 | 80.7% | 36.2% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP JAMAICA | 497 | 76.3% | 87.3% |
| ROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING | 587 | 80.9% | 50.0% |
| QUEENS SCHOOL OF INQUIRY (THE) FLUSHING | 593 | 65.9% | 52.9% |
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 UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #455 of 1,135 | #40 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #294 of 1,109 ▲ 183 | #22 of 112 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #452 of 1,135 ▼ 116 | #53 of 125 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #579 of 1,216 | #41 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #831 of 1,058 | #81 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #106 of 1,070 | #22 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #485 of 1,167 | #98 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #331 of 339 | #37 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
474
-101 (-18%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 474 | 36.6 | 13.0:1 | 76% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 39.4 | 12.2:1 | 82% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 38.4 | 12.7:1 | 83% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 91% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 27.3 | 17.3:1 | 89% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 341 | 22 | 15.5:1 | 87% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
About UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL is located in NEW YORK, New York. The school's enrollment of 474 students covers grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 29% lower than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 26 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, which enrolls 9,363 students in total.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 42%. The school is also 32% Asian, 14% Black, and 11% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. The chance that two students picked at random at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
The school reported 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.0:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 76% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL are 17.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (64.2% actual, 47.1% predicted).
Among New York County residents, median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County, which together enroll about 152,104 students.
PS 184 SHUANG WEN is the public school closest to UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 47.2% on proficiency, and UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 64.2%.
The federal government classifies UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
Enrollment was 575 in 2020-21 and 474 in 2024-25, a decrease of 101 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.9:1 to 13.0:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- PS 184 SHUANG WENElementary · 767 students
- EAST SIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLHigh · 693 students
- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGEHigh · 569 students
- LOWER EAST SIDE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 553 students
- EAST VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 477 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
- PS 184 SHUANG WEN0.1 mi · 767
- UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 131
- ORCHARD COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 255
- MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL II0.1 mi · 73
- PS 134 HENRIETTA SZOLD0.1 mi · 164
- PS 110 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE0.3 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLHow large is UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL have?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL?
At UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 42% Hispanic, 14% Black, 32% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.