WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. Current enrollment sits at 463 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 17,415 students. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY records that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.6%; WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY posts 76.5%, +34.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY has contracted 19%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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