High · New York
Frederick Douglass Academy
Free meals for allFrederick Douglass Academy, a public high school in New York, New York: grades 6–12, 619 students, 10.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District # 5.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 619
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.9
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 50% of high schools in New York
Median 10.8 · 1,173 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 65% of high schools in New York
Median 459 · 1,205 schools compared
Larger than 62% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%41%proficient
+10.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 67% of high schools in New York
Median 48% · 299 high schools compared
93 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%26%proficient
+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 89% of high schools in New York
Median 49% · 297 high schools compared
65 students tested, grades 6, 7 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District # 5.
Location
- Address
- 2581 7TH Ave, New York, NY 10039
- Phone
- (212)491-4107
- City or town
- New York
- County
- New York County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–12 | 394 | 12.9 | 89% | 89% | |
New Heights Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 5–12 | 673 | 16.2 | 53% | 64% |
| 9–12 | 185 | 9.6 | — | — | |
Health Opportunities High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 228 | 8.9 | — | — |
High School Mathematics Science and Engineering at CcnyFree meals for all | 9–12 | 576 | 18.2 | — | — |
Bronx Leadership Academy II High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 381 | 7.9 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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