Enrollment
84
Middle
DISTRICT 81 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008104436
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS
509 W 129TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 543-4960 · New York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
81 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 27 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
46.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 28.0% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS this school | 84 | 96.4% | 35.4% |
| SEED HARLEM NEW YORK | 66 | 89.4% | 16.9% |
| NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 92 | 98.9% | 15.9% |
| MS 266 PARK PLACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 75 | 88.0% | 45.9% |
| IS 313 SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BRONX | 99 | 100.0% | 18.0% |
| RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS NEW YORK | 132 | 97.7% | 36.8% |
Matched among New York middle 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 URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #788 of 796 | #41 of 42 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
84
-8 (-9%) vs 2020
-67% since 2010-11, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
was 6.1:1
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 | 84 | 13.6 | 6.2:1 | 96% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 17 | 4.6:1 | 96% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 14.2 | 5.2:1 | 93% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 92 | 15 | 6.1:1 | 96% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 167 | 13 | 12.8:1 | 91% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 10 | 15.4:1 | 92% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 11 | 23.4:1 | 89% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS.
About URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS is a public middle-grades school in NEW YORK, New York. In all, 84 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. It has 84% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New York (about 531).
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, whose 28 schools enroll 7,761 students.
The student body at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 50%. The remaining shares are 43% Black and 5% White. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 6.2 students per teacher. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS lands at C, ahead of 25% of New York public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS would score about 39.5%. It scores 35.4%, 4.1 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that the median household earns about $103,931 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, is the closest to URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 38.5% proficiency; URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS posts 35.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2020-21, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS enrolled 92 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 84.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERSWhat is the total enrollment at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS?
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS enrolls approximately 84 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS serve?
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS?
Approximately 6.2:1 students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS?
At URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS, the student body is approximately 5% White, 50% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS in?
URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
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