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New York, New York - 118 schools
54,995
Total Enrollment
118
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Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New York City Geographic District # 2 operates 118 public schools serving 54,995 students, placing it among the largest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 65 high, 37 combined, 11 middle, 5 elementary schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio 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 45.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.9% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% White, 15.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ballet Tech/Nyc Public School for Dance, with a diversity index of 76.8/100.
Its largest campus is Stuyvesant High School, enrolling 3,261 students (6% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Harvey Milk High School, at 78 students, a 42x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
New York City Geographic District # 2 school enrollment varies 42× across entities
New York City Geographic District # 2 school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 3,261 students (highest), a spread of 3,183 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. 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 # 2 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
New York City Geographic District # 2 chronic absenteeism rate is 45.5% — 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 # 2'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 # 2?
New York City Geographic District # 2 has 118 schools, including 65 high, 11 middle, 37 combined, 5 elementary. Total enrollment is 54,995 students.
What is the demographic composition of New York City Geographic District # 2?
New York City Geographic District # 2 students are 40.9% Hispanic or Latino, 22.4% White, 15.8% Asian, 15.1% African American, averaged across 118 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.