Enrollment
157
High
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008106380
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)
2005 MADISON AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 831-5201 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
7.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
144 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 17% |
Student demographics
59%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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -31.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 31 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)'s state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) this school | 157 | 91.7% | 39.5% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BROOKLYN | 154 | 96.1% | 20.8% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS NEW YORK | 178 | 89.9% | 22.2% |
| CASCADES HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 135 | 92.6% | 42.7% |
| WORLD ACADEMY FOR TOTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 199 | 94.0% | 24.8% |
| MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS NEW YORK | 136 | 91.2% | 37.7% |
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 SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #950 of 1,135 | #99 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #961 of 1,109 ▲ 81 | #89 of 112 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,008 of 1,135 ▼ 468 | #113 of 125 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #1,128 of 1,216 | #124 of 135 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #164 of 1,167 | #30 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #64 of 743 | #15 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 2024-25Enrollment
157
-48 (-23%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 157 | 21.1 | 7.5:1 | 92% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 22.5 | 6.5:1 | 92% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 153 | 26.9 | 5.7:1 | 88% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 205 | 23 | 8.9:1 | 90% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 81% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 18 | 11.3:1 | 77% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE).
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)
Federal records list URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) as a high school in NEW YORK, New York. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 157 students enrolled. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 76% smaller than that.
Besides URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE), NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 runs 27 other schools. The district enrolls 7,761 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE), at 46%. Other groups include 45% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. By comparison, New York County residents are about 14% Black. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)'s diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 7.5 students per teacher. That is 3.6 students per teacher below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 92% of students. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.5% is 1.8 points below the 41.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in New York County, the median household income is $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, New York County has 358 public schools and roughly 152,104 students.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE). The five-mile area around URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 50.9% proficiency; URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) posts 39.5%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 157 students in 2024-25, 48 fewer than the 205 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (7.5:1) than in 2020-21 (8.9:1).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)How large is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) enrolls approximately 157 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) serve?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)?
Approximately 7.5:1 students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE).
How diverse is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE)?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) reports a student body of 1% White, 45% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) public or private?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.