Harvey Milk High School
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · New York, New York
Harvey Milk High School in New York, New York enrolled 78 students in 2024-25 with 11.3 full-time teachers, 6.9 students per teacher against the New York high-school median of 10.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 21-39% (New York: 87.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 17% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 16%
94 students in 2022-23, 75 students in 2023-24, 78 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 13.5 to 11.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 94 | 13.5 | 7.0 |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 15.5 | 4.8 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 11.3 | 6.9 |
6.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 96 of every 100 New York high schools
Among the 1,158 New York high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 10.8; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Harvey Milk High School reported.
- Advanced Placement coursesnot reported
- Gifted and talented programnot reported
- Counselors (FTE)not reported
- Out-of-school suspensionsnot reported
- Chronically absent88.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
64.9% of students were Hispanic, 13.5% White, 13.5% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic64.9%
- White13.5%
- Black13.5%
- Two or more races4.1%
- Asian2.7%
- Pacific Islander1.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
21-39% of the 18 students in Harvey Milk High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.2% across New York. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | New York | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 21‑39% | 83% | 87.2% |
| Students in the class | 18 | 8,765 | 202,009 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in New York
128 public high schools in New York report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuyvesant High School | 3,261 | 20.4 | 44.2% |
| Fiorello H Laguardia High School | 2,251 | 14.7 | 29.1% |
| High School for Health Professions & Human Services | 1,728 | 16.3 | 81.3% |
| Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics | 1,657 | 16.0 | 76.3% |
| Art and Design High School | 1,485 | 13.9 | 43.4% |
| High School of Fashion Industries (the) | 1,455 | 11.9 | 78.4% |
| A Philip Randolph Campus High School | 1,421 | 15.9 | 89.0% |
| Beacon High School | 1,372 | 14.8 | 57.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Harvey Milk High School
- Manhattan School for Career DevelopmentThe nearest public high school, 0.4 miles away: 194 students, 5.5 per teacher (2024-25).0.4 mi
- Clinton School (the)The next nearest public high school, 0.4 miles away: 846 students, 13.7 per teacher (2024-25).0.4 mi
- Compare Harvey Milk High School with Manhattan School for Career DevelopmentStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much New York City Geographic District # 2 spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
- The largest public schools in New YorkHarvey Milk High School is the number 1,163 by size of 1,195 New York high schools open in 2024-25.#1,163 of 1,195
- New York schools by students per teacher6.9 students per teacher here against the New York median of 10.8 for high schools.6.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Harvey Milk High School
How many students attend Harvey Milk High School?
78 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 94 in 2022-23. It is a high school in New York, NY.What is the student-teacher ratio at Harvey Milk High School?
6.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New York median for high schools is 10.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Harvey Milk High School a Title I school?
Harvey Milk High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What is the graduation rate at Harvey Milk High School?
21-39% of the 18 students in Harvey Milk High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.2% across New York. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Harvey Milk High School in?
New York City Geographic District # 2, NCES district ID 3600077. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 360007705522 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.