WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL

Set in NEW YORK, New York, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is a high-enrollment all-grades campus, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. It serves 908 students across grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 67% bigger than typical.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is one of 45 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, a district that hosts 17,415 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 3% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL shows 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.6%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for New York County put the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 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 EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JHS 143 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL has expanded 11%, going from 820 students in 2018 to 908 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.