Enrollment
178
High
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008105934
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
509 W 129TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 543-4460 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 2% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
7.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
160 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 | 39 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 41% |
| Grade 11 | 32 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 19% |
Student demographics
51%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
5.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 THE PERFORMING ARTS
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS this school | 178 | 89.9% | 22.2% |
| HARLEM RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 165 | 89.1% | 28.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART BROOKLYN | 142 | 86.6% | 47.2% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (THE) NEW YORK | 157 | 91.7% | 39.5% |
| ROCKAWAY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ROCKAWAY PARK | 232 | 90.5% | 19.2% |
| BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BROOKLYN | 154 | 96.1% | 20.8% |
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 THE PERFORMING ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #1,121 of 1,135 | #125 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #1,106 of 1,109 ▼ 78 | #112 of 112 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,108 of 1,135 ▼ 41 | #123 of 125 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #1,107 of 1,216 | #121 of 135 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #225 of 1,167 | #44 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.8% | #20 of 743 | #6 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
178
-199 (-53%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 178 | 22.8 | 7.8:1 | 90% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 25.7 | 8.5:1 | 90% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 25.9 | 10.2:1 | 89% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 84% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 90% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 82% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 82% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
As a very small high school, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS serves students in NEW YORK, New York. It reported 178 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 73% lower.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is one of the 28 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 (7,761 students in total).
The largest group at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is Black students, at 53%. Enrollment also includes 45% Hispanic. Among people living in New York County, the Black share is about 14%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS scores 51%.
A staff of 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 7.8:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 20 points.
Among New York public high schools, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 41.9% for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 22.2%. The 19.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
American Community Survey estimates for New York County show that median household income comes to about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
Of the public schools around it, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is closest to URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.1%; URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS's is 22.2%, ranking 7th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS as City: Large.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS had 377 students in 2020-21 and 178 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.5:1 to 7.8:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 THE PERFORMING ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS enrolls approximately 178 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS serve?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is approximately 7.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS reports a student body of 1% White, 45% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.