At a Glance
A small East Harlem high school where teachers report near-universal trust and collaboration
Best suited for
Families looking for a small, inclusive East Harlem high school — especially those prioritizing a collaborative staff culture and proximity to multiple subway lines — who are comfortable forming their own picture of academic fit given the limited outcome data.
What stands out
- Teachers report 100% collegial trust and 100% instructional quality in the NYC School Survey — a rare combination.
- Principal-teacher trust sits at 94%, well above the district average of 87%.
- The school explicitly serves students with special needs alongside general education students across grades 9–12.
- Transit access is unusually strong for a small school — three subway stations within a 10-minute walk.
Things to consider
- No proficiency or academic outcome data is available for this profile — a real gap when evaluating a high school.
- Family survey engagement was effectively zero (1 response), making it hard to gauge how connected parents feel.
- Only 13 teachers responded to the survey, consistent with a small school but limiting the strength of any climate conclusions.
- District 4 includes high-performing peers like Tag Young Scholars (97) and Success Academy Harlem 3 (95), so families have strong alternatives nearby.
- East Harlem has fewer families with children than most NYC neighborhoods, which can mean a thinner peer network for students outside school.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 4
District 4 spans East Harlem and the Upper West Side and includes some of the city's strongest public schools — Tag Young Scholars and Success Academy Harlem 3 both score in the 90s — which raises the bar for any traditional school in the area. Reynolds is a small inclusion-focused school whose distinct value lies more in climate and size than in measurable academic differentiation from its peers.
Academics
Proficiency data isn't included in this dataset, so we can't say whether students here are meeting city benchmarks in ELA, math, or science. That's a meaningful gap — especially in District 4, where peers like Tag Young Scholars and Success Academy Harlem 3 post strong results and set a high bar. Without outcome numbers, the school's academic story has to be read from its climate signals rather than its test scores.
Culture
The staff culture here looks genuinely strong on the survey: every teacher who responded rated instruction quality highly, every one rated collegial trust highly, and 94% trusted the principal. That said, only 13 teachers responded — a small number that suggests this is a small school and that the picture may not capture the full range of staff views. The bigger flag is on the family side: only one family responded to the survey, signaling weak engagement with formal feedback channels rather than necessarily weak satisfaction.
Community
Detailed student demographic data isn't available for this profile, but the school draws from a neighborhood where the population is predominantly working-class, with a median household income around $44,000 and roughly 29.5% of residents living below the poverty line. The school explicitly serves students with special needs alongside general education students in grades 9–12, making inclusion part of its identity.
Neighborhood
East Harlem is a working-class Manhattan neighborhood where family households are uncommon — only about 8.6% of households include children, well below the city norm — and homeownership is rare at under 8%, even as the median home value reflects Manhattan's broader housing market pressures. About 37.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the median household income sits near $44,000. Many of the families whose kids attend Reynolds are renters navigating a neighborhood shaped more by singles and adult households than by young families.
103 St (6) is about a 4-minute walk, 110 St (6) is about 5 minutes, and 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza (2 3) is roughly 10 minutes away.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 1 families responded (0% rate)
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High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. We don't have Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School's program list, so read how each of its programs admits on MySchools before you rank it.
High school application
- Opened
- Tue, Oct 6
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 4
- Offers
- Wed, Mar 3
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the high school application, in 8th grade.
- 2Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades 9 to 12 in East Harlem (South).
- What grades does Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School serve?
- Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School serves grades 9 to 12.
- Is Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School public, charter, or private?
- Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School is a public school in NYC Community School District 4.
- What neighborhood is Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School in?
- Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School is in East Harlem (South), Manhattan.