New York City Geographic District # 1 operates 26 public schools serving 9,653 students, placing it in the mid-size range in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 17 combined, 6 high, 3 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in New York County.
and 61.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% African American, 13.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bard High School Early College, with a diversity index of 75.9/100.
New Explorations Into Sciencetech and Math High School accounts for 16.8% of all New York City Geographic District # 1 student enrollment
That concentration means New York City Geographic District # 1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
New York City Geographic District # 1 school enrollment varies 12× across entities
New York City Geographic District # 1 school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 1,620 students (highest), a spread of 1,489 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
New York City Geographic District # 1 reports 61.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
New York City Geographic District # 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 61.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to New York City Geographic District # 1's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in New York City Geographic District # 1?
New York City Geographic District # 1 has 26 schools, including 17 combined, 6 high, 3 middle. Total enrollment is 9,653 students.
What is the demographic composition of New York City Geographic District # 1?
New York City Geographic District # 1 students are 52.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% African American, 13.3% White, 11.2% Asian, averaged across 26 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.