URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

As a very small 9-12 campus in NEW YORK, New York, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION caters to 200 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. That puts it 70% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 25% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.5%.

Across the wider county, New York County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

MANHATTAN BRIDGES 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 43%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 5% to 1% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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