Institute for Collaborative Education

This dataset does not include ELA, math, or science proficiency scores, so academic outcomes can't be benchmarked against the district average of roughly 73% ELA and 73% math proficiency. What is clear is the academic identity: a Humanities focus paired with Accelerated/Honors coursework, plus ELL Support and Spanish for world languages. The school covers the full 6–12 span, so families aren't forced to reapply or transition at middle-school graduation.

The daily experience here looks remarkably warm on paper: zero suspensions, 97% of teachers trust their principal, 96% trust their colleagues, and 93% rate instruction quality highly. Parent trust in teachers and the principal is also high at 94%. However, 85.8% of students are chronically absent — an exceptionally high figure even by post-pandemic NYC standards — while the daily attendance rate of 93.6% sits modestly above the district average of 92%. That gap suggests a small group of students is missing a great deal of school, which is worth asking about directly.

The student body is unusually white for a NYC public school at 42%, with Black students making up 23%, Hispanic 21%, Asian 7%, and multiracial 5% — a 78% diversity index. About 22% of students have IEPs, and 35.1% of students are classified as economically needy (well below the city average). The surrounding Gramercy neighborhood skews older and wealthier than the school itself, with a $153,847 median household income and just 10% of households containing children — meaning ICE draws families from well beyond the immediate blocks.

Gramercy is one of Manhattan's more affluent and adult-heavy enclaves, with a median household income around $154,000, an 83% bachelor's-degree rate, and a homeownership rate near 40%. Only about 10% of households have children, so the school serves as a magnet for families from a wider swath of lower and midtown Manhattan. The area is dense with professionals and well-educated residents, but relatively few young kids on the sidewalks compared to family-oriented neighborhoods further north or in the outer boroughs.

Families can reach the school via the L train at 1 Av (about a 3-minute walk) or 3 Av (about a 4-minute walk), with the 4, 5, and 6 lines at 14 St-Union Sq about 9 minutes away on foot.