URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN, a tiny 9-12 campus in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, hosts 127 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN sits 81% leaner than that benchmark.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder is composed of 29% Black, 5% White, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.
After controlling for student poverty, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 38.2%.
Around the school, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is RICHARD R GREEN HIGH SCHOOL OF TEACHING, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.1%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN's enrollment has decreased 47% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 127). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 61% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.
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