URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL

URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of micro-enrollment scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, teacheing 128 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 81% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that teaches 54,599 students overall.

Looking at the student body, URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 23% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.3%; URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL posts 91.5%, +37.2 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 75.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. URBAN ACADEMY LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 128). Black enrollment moved from 30% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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