High School of Arts and Technology

Standardized proficiency numbers weren't included in this dataset, so the academic picture is programmatic rather than test-based: AP courses sit alongside ELL support, world languages, and an arts/digital-media cluster that students apply into. The Arts & Technology track drew 974 applicants for 57 seats—a 5.9% offer rate—and Digital Media drew 375 applicants for 54 seats (14.3%). Average class size is 23.1, matching the district average. Families who want hard outcome data should request school-level proficiency and graduation numbers before deciding.

The day-to-day feel reads as calm and family-friendly. Parent satisfaction is 100%, parent-teacher trust 99%, parent-principal trust 99%, and zero suspensions were reported—well below the district average of roughly 0.39%. Teachers tell a more mixed story: 78% trust the principal, 83% rate instruction quality positively (under the district average of 87%), and only 68% report collegial trust with peers—the lowest survey dimension here. Teacher responses were small (27), so read those numbers with some caution, but the family-side signal is unusually strong across the board.

The student body is 65% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, and 1% Native American, with a 53% diversity index and an 86.6 economic need index—meaning most students arrive from high-need backgrounds. Twenty-four percent have IEPs and the school runs a dedicated ELL support program. That profile diverges sharply from the surrounding Upper West Side-Lincoln Square census area, where median household income is $162,360 and just 8.9% of residents live below the poverty line.

The Upper West Side-Lincoln Square census area has a median household income of $162,360, an 8.9% poverty rate, 83.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and just 15% of households with children under 18. Homeownership sits around 37% with a median home value of about $1.5 million—this is one of Manhattan's wealthiest residential pockets with comparatively few kids on the block. Most of this school's students are coming in from across the city, not from around the corner.

Three subway options are within roughly an 11-minute walk: 66 St-Lincoln Center on the 1 line is about 5 minutes away, 72 St on the 1/2/3 lines about 7 minutes, and 59 St-Columbus Circle on the 1 line about 11 minutes.