Enrollment
200
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007705626
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
525 W 50TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 586-0981 · New York County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
171 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 59 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 30% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION this school | 200 | 85.5% | 43.5% |
| COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE BRONX | 185 | 89.7% | 61.5% |
| HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES NEW YORK | 189 | 81.5% | 40.7% |
| MOTT HAVEN COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 248 | 90.3% | 49.0% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT NEW YORK | 228 | 91.2% | 45.0% |
| BRONX THEATRE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 217 | 92.6% | 33.2% |
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 OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #870 of 1,135 | #84 of 125 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #972 of 1,109 ▲ 108 | #92 of 112 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #718 of 1,135 ▲ 5 | #79 of 125 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #1,070 of 1,216 | #113 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #164 of 1,058 | #17 of 111 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #601 of 1,070 | #93 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #339 of 1,167 | #75 of 133 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.3% | #41 of 743 | #11 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
200
-57 (-22%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 200 | 21.9 | 9.2:1 | 86% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 25.5 | 8.8:1 | 84% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 25.4 | 9.1:1 | 80% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | 85% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 85% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 75% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 83% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is a very small high school in New York, with an address in NEW YORK. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 200 students. It has 70% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 is the district for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. It has 119 schools and 54,599 students.
At URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, 70% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 25% Black and 3% White. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all New York County residents. The diversity index for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 9.2 students per teacher. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. The school reported 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION lands at C, ahead of 28% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is -0.1 points: 43.5% actual, 43.5% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that the median household earns about $103,931 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
MANHATTAN BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 200, down from 257 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 10.3:1 to 9.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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- MANHATTAN BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 393
- HIGH SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT0.0 mi · 228
- FOOD AND FINANCE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 474
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Frequently asked questions
About URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONHow large is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 09-12.
Is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION an elementary, middle, or high school?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
What is the student diversity at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION?
Student demographics at URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION are roughly 3% White, 70% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION in?
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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