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URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)

145 W 84TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (212) 787-1189 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of New York public high schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.

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
326
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
294 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 98225%
Grade 1011335%
Grade 119228%
Grade 123711%
Ungraded21%
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
124%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
24475%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
5717%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
52%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
52%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
17754%
Female
14946%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2565.0%15.0%
2023-2461.0%17.0%
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 GREEN CAREERS (THE)

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)'s state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) this school32690.2%33.5%
CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)
BRONX
30991.3%33.7%
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
BRONX
36791.0%45.0%
NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX
28790.6%37.8%
FACING HISTORY SCHOOL (THE)
NEW YORK
39492.1%31.7%
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE
BRONX
33093.0%37.5%
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 GREEN CAREERS (THE) ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn New York County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.5%#1,034 of 1,135#114 of 125
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
15.0%#1,061 of 1,109
▼ 36
#107 of 112
▼ 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#682 of 1,135
▲ 126
#74 of 125
▲ 20
Enrollment
ranked largest first
326#881 of 1,216#88 of 135
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.9:1#289 of 1,058#29 of 111
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
40.7%#667 of 1,070#98 of 113
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
90.2%#216 of 1,167#41 of 133
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+6.2%#197 of 339#20 of 38
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
326
+29 (+10%) vs 2020
+74% since 2010-11, when it was 187
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2532632.99.9:190% (294)
2023-2431633.59.4:189% (280)
2022-233103110.0:189% (275)
2020-212972810.6:187% (257)
2017-183072910.6:186% (264)
2015-163392613.0:193% (314)
2010-111871810.4:176% (142)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE).

About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE), a small high school, is located in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment stands at 326 students, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 51% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 runs 44 schools with a combined 19,478 students. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) is one of them.

More than half of the students at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) are Hispanic (75%). The remaining shares are 17% Black and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. The diversity index for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

A staff of 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.9:1. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is 1.1 students per teacher. By family income, 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 20 points lower.

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of New York public high schools.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) is 41.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.5%.

For New York County, Census Bureau data show 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. Counting URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE), New York County has 358 public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, INNOVATION DIPLOMA PLUS, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.

The school's student count rose 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.

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New York County at a glance

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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 SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3
Address
145 W 84TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024
Phone
(212) 787-1189
County
New York County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
326
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
9.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
294 (90%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360007806148
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)
What is the total enrollment at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) enrolls approximately 326 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) serve?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE).
How diverse is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) reports a student body of 4% White, 75% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
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