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Essex Street Academy High School
350 Grand St
New York NY, 10002, New York County
Phone: 212-475-4773
Ranking: (768 out of 989, bottom 22%)*
Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 25 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 20 | |||||||
Total Students: | 351 | 339 | 343 | 329 | 365 | 353 | 344 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 86 | 24.5% | 83 | 24.5% | 93 | 27.1% | 82 | 24.9% | 72 | 19.7% | 90 | 25.5% | 78 | 22.7% |
Grade 10: | 97 | 27.6% | 93 | 27.4% | 97 | 28.3% | 92 | 28.0% | 102 | 27.9% | 85 | 24.1% | 87 | 25.3% |
Grade 11: | 89 | 25.4% | 87 | 25.7% | 69 | 20.1% | 90 | 27.4% | 78 | 21.4% | 79 | 22.4% | 68 | 19.8% |
Grade 12: | 79 | 22.5% | 75 | 22.1% | 84 | 24.5% | 65 | 19.8% | 71 | 19.5% | 68 | 19.3% | 95 | 27.6% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | 1 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 42 | 11.5% | 31 | 8.8% | 16 | 4.7% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 174 | 49.6% | 167 | 49.3% | 183 | 53.4% | 178 | 54.1% | 185 | 50.7% | 179 | 50.7% | 178 | 51.7% |
Female: | 177 | 50.4% | 172 | 50.7% | 160 | 46.6% | 151 | 45.9% | 172 | 47.1% | 166 | 47.0% | 162 | 47.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.6% |
Asian: | 18 | 5.1% | 20 | 5.9% | 14 | 4.1% | 17 | 5.2% | 17 | 4.7% | 18 | 5.1% | 21 | 6.1% |
Hispanic: | 154 | 43.9% | 182 | 53.7% | 209 | 60.9% | 191 | 58.1% | 210 | 57.5% | 196 | 55.5% | 197 | 57.3% |
Black: | 120 | 34.2% | 102 | 30.1% | 94 | 27.4% | 96 | 29.2% | 108 | 29.6% | 108 | 30.6% | 88 | 25.6% |
White: | 56 | 16.0% | 28 | 8.3% | 26 | 7.6% | 24 | 7.3% | 28 | 7.7% | 29 | 8.2% | 36 | 10.5% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 1.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 226 | 64.4% | 215 | 63.4% | 209 | 60.9% | 204 | 62.0% | NA | NA | 212 | 60.1% | 214 | 62.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 26 | 7.4% | 20 | 5.9% | 30 | 8.7% | 28 | 8.5% | NA | NA | 44 | 12.5% | 25 | 7.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.26 | 12.71 | 17.64 | 11.53 | 13.39 | 13.50 | 17.30 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
Regents | ||||||
2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 44% | 72% | 78% |
2008 | English | End of course | % met std | 68% | 72% | 82% |
2009 | English | End of course | % met std | 63% | 74% | 82% |
2010 | English | End of course | % met std | 60% | 77% | 83% |
2011 | English | End of course | % met std | 65% | 80% | 85% |
2012 | English | End of course | % met std | 82% | 79% | 82% |
2007 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 35% | 51% | 63% |
2008 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 51% | 53% | 67% |
2009 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 86% | 58% | 72% |
2007 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 50% | 68% | 75% |
2008 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 71% | 66% | 75% |
2007 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 52% | 73% | 77% |
2008 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 53% | 64% | 76% |
2009 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 100% | 53% | 61% |
2007 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 100% | 97% | 97% |
2008 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 51% | 94% | 95% |
2007 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 86% | 68% | 79% |
2008 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 79% | 71% | 83% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Essex Street Academy High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.