URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES

Set in NEW YORK, New York, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is a tight-knit 9-12 campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. It enrolls 331 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 50% leaner than typical.

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is one of 44 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, a district that caters to 19,478 students overall.

Looking at the student body, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 5% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.7%.

Around the school, census data for New York County shows 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%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is one.

MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 69.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES has ticked down 17%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 34% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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