URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW

URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW is one of the one-room-style senior highs in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 256 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW sits 62% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 29% Black, 11% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for New York County put the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ESSEX STREET ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT AND LAW has declined 18%, going from 311 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 39% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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