At a Glance
An unscreened Manhattan high school with selective-level demand, anchored by a humanities curriculum and near-zero suspensions.
Best suited for
Families who want a small, humanities-oriented public high school in a transit-perfect Manhattan location and are comfortable with an unscreened lottery and a student body that draws from well beyond the immediate neighborhood.
What stands out
- 2,255 applicants competing for 95 seats — selective-level demand despite being unscreened.
- Zero suspensions, an exceptionally rare climate marker at the high school level.
- Humanities-centered academic program with AP coursework in a small-school setting.
- Parent trust in teachers (91%) and principal (96%) runs high even with overall satisfaction a tick below average.
- Three subway lines within a six-minute walk, including a 2-minute hop to the L.
Things to consider
- Survey response rates are very thin (6% of families, 22 teachers), so climate numbers should be read as signals rather than verdicts.
- Teacher-principal trust at 79% lags the other survey dimensions and is worth asking about at a tour.
- The school serves a more economically diverse student body than the surrounding neighborhood, which can mean families travel from across the city.
- At 432 students across four grades, course offerings and electives are necessarily narrower than at a large zoned high school.
- Overall parent satisfaction at 87% trails the District 2 average of 92%.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 2
District 2 is known for standout elementary schools — many peer schools score in the 94–99 range — but Harvest is one of a small set of small, themed public high schools operating in that same competitive landscape. Its unscreened-but-oversubscribed model is closer to a citywide specialty school than to a typical zoned high school.
Academics
The school's academic identity is built around its humanities and AP course offerings plus world languages (French, Spanish) and ELL support — a college-prep orientation rather than a test-driven one, given that state proficiency data is not available for this profile. With 432 students across four grades and an average class size of 25.8, it sits roughly at the district average class size of 25.8.
Culture
The day-to-day climate looks warm and stable: zero suspensions is exceptional, and parent-principal trust (96%) and parent-teacher trust (91%) signal that families who engage feel heard. Teacher-reported instruction quality (93%) actually beats the district average of 90%, though teacher-principal trust at 79% is the softest spot in the survey picture. Parent satisfaction overall (87%) runs below the district average of 92% — worth noting, though the family survey response rate of just 6% means these numbers reflect a small slice of the school community.
Community
The student body is majority Hispanic (57%) with a sizable Black population (21%) and smaller White (12%), Asian (5%), and multiracial groups — a more economically and racially mixed group than the Greenwich Village neighborhood that surrounds the building. The economic need index of 72.5 (meaning roughly three in four students qualify for economic assistance) and a 22% IEP share point to a school that draws well beyond its immediate zip code. About 9.5% of neighborhood households have children, so most Harvest families are commuting in.
Neighborhood
Greenwich Village around the school is one of the wealthiest, most educated corners of the city — median household income near $181,000, a 7.1% poverty rate, and 88% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Only about 9.5% of neighborhood households include children, so this is very much an adult-and-young-professional neighborhood with a school threaded through it. Getting here is the easy part: three subway lines converge within a few blocks.
Three stations are within easy walking distance: 6 Av (L) about 2 minutes away, 14 St (F, M) about 3 minutes, and 14 St (1, 2, 3) about 6 minutes — practically door-to-door for most of Manhattan.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 20 families responded (6% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
Priority given to students who are eligible for Free Lunch (based on family income) for up to 63% of seats.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. Harvest Collegiate High School admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- Harvest Collegiate High SchoolUnscreened
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.
- 2Unscreened programs fill by random lottery among the families who rank them.
- 3Rank 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 Harvest Collegiate High School a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for Harvest Collegiate High School yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades 9 to 12 in Greenwich Village.
- What grades does Harvest Collegiate High School serve?
- Harvest Collegiate High School serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into Harvest Collegiate High School?
- Harvest Collegiate High School admits by application through a random lottery, with no academic screen.
- Is Harvest Collegiate High School public, charter, or private?
- Harvest Collegiate High School is a public school in NYC Community School District 2.
- What neighborhood is Harvest Collegiate High School in?
- Harvest Collegiate High School is in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.