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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706251

URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY

439 W 49TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 246-1041 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public high schools
  • B-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

Enrollment
407
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
288 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 911228%
Grade 1011629%
Grade 118521%
Grade 129423%
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
4511%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
24660%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
7719%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
287%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
51%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
33983%
Female
6817%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2572.0%48.0%
2023-2474.0%46.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY

URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY this school40770.8%57.8%
TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
46368.3%60.2%
HARVEST COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
36572.6%80.0%
GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
42073.3%70.2%
FRANK MCCOURT HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
40769.0%58.2%
QUEST TO LEARN
NEW YORK
39076.4%35.9%
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 URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn New York County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
57.8%#583 of 1,135#52 of 125
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#622 of 1,109
▲ 63
#48 of 112
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.0%#544 of 1,135
▲ 27
#61 of 125
▲ 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
407#697 of 1,216#58 of 135
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.0:1#698 of 1,058#57 of 111
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
58.2%#288 of 1,070#53 of 113
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
70.8%#522 of 1,167#103 of 133
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.3%#485 of 743#53 of 79
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 2024-25
Enrollment
407
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2540733.912.0:171% (288)
2023-2441833.412.5:172% (303)
2022-2342533.412.7:168% (289)
2020-214573413.4:168% (311)
2017-184443313.4:158% (256)
2015-164793215.0:171% (338)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY.

About URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY

URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY is a small high school in NEW YORK, New York, (ZIP code 10019). Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 407 students. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 has a total of 119 schools and 54,599 students, URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY among them.

Hispanic students make up a majority at URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY, at 60%. The remaining shares are 19% Black, 11% White, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.

Dividing enrollment by its 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY reports 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 70% average for public schools in New York County.

allk12 grades URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY scores 57.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.0%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for New York County show that the median household income is $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY is one of 358 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY is STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY is 3rd on average proficiency.

Federal data place URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY's enrollment dropped 11%, to 407. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 12.0:1.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

New York County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
Address
439 W 49TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019
Phone
(212) 246-1041
County
New York County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
407
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
12.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
288 (71%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360007706251
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
How many students attend URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY?
URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY serve?
URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY.
How diverse is URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY?
URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY reports a student body of 11% White, 60% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY?
URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
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