URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5. The school teaches 178 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, which oversees 28 schools and 7,761 students, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 45% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.9%; actual is 22.2%, a gap of -19.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for New York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is one campus in the mix.

URBAN ASSEMBLY ACADEMY FOR FUTURE LEADERS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 51%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

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