WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS

WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS operates as a tight-knit secondary school in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. Current enrollment sits at 319 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS sits 52% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 19,478 students; WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.7%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the surrounding community, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS is one.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY II SECONDARY 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 WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WADLEIGH PERF AND VISUAL ARTS has grew 17%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 54% to 37% across the same window.

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