Enrollment
331
High
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007805630
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES
122 AMSTERDAM AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10023 · (212) 501-1110 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- ·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
9.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
285 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 104 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 21% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 MEDIA STUDIES
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES this school | 331 | 86.1% | 30.7% |
| JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 316 | 86.1% | 39.7% |
| LANDMARK HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 289 | 85.5% | 56.0% |
| RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS BRONX | 385 | 87.0% | 63.3% |
| FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS BRONX | 351 | 88.3% | 60.3% |
| STEPHEN T MATHER BUILDING ARTS AND CRAFTMANSHIP HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 337 | 89.9% | 45.0% |
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 MEDIA STUDIES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,074 of 1,135 | #118 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #817 of 1,109 ▲ 224 | #60 of 112 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #973 of 1,135 ▲ 102 | #108 of 125 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #872 of 1,216 | #87 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #168 of 1,058 | #18 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #485 of 1,070 | #83 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.1% | #327 of 1,167 | #70 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #219 of 743 | #35 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
331
-44 (-12%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 331 | 36.1 | 9.2:1 | 86% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 35.3 | 8.8:1 | 82% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 32.2 | 9.8:1 | 88% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 86% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 86% (344) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 70% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 76% (263) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES.
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES
Federal records list URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES as a high school in NEW YORK, New York. It educates 331 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 50% smaller than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 is the local district for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES. It runs 44 schools with 19,478 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES, at 66%. The remaining shares are 24% Black, 5% White, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES total 36.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school counts 285 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 86%. It compares with 70% for public schools in New York County.
allk12 grades URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (30.7%) and its predicted rate (43.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
New York County census figures show that the median household income is $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. New York County is home to 358 public schools and about 152,104 public school students.
MANHATTAN/HUNTER SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 30.7% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Federal data show a 12% enrollment decrease, from 375 in 2020-21 to 331 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.5:1 to 9.2:1.
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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 MEDIA STUDIESHow large is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 09-12.
Is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES an elementary, middle, or high school?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is approximately 9.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES?
Student demographics at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES are roughly 5% White, 66% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES in?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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