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Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance

Public, Magnet Grades 4-8

143^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Better than 90% of New York middle schools

Summary

Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance is a high-performing public middle school in New York City's District #2, serving grades 4-8 with an enrollment of 116 students. The school has consistently ranked among the top middle schools in New York state, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance significantly outperforms the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 8th grade ELA proficiency rate was 95%, compared to 76.53% for the district and 52.38% for the state. The school also excels across different student subgroups, ranking 1st out of 778 New York middle schools for White students and 20th out of 396 for Asian students in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school's students perform exceptionally well on Regents exams, with proficiency rates far exceeding the district and state averages.

While Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance outperforms the nearby schools in most metrics, other high-performing schools in the district, such as Nyc Lab Middle School For Collaborative Studies and Middle School 255 Salk School Of Science, also demonstrate strong academic performance. The school's focus on dance and the arts, along with its small size and low student-teacher ratio, may be contributing factors to its exceptional academic outcomes.

112

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$35,134

Per pupil spending ?

45.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

890 Broadway
New York, NY 10003

(212) 254-1803

District: New York City Geographic District # 2

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.7%

African American:

19.6%

Asian:

18.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 97th percentile in 2015 → 90th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (87% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 10% of New York middle schools

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school87%

District avg68%

New York avg54%

Elementary school

156^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 6%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

From top 3% (2015) to top 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

143^rd of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Top 10%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From top 3% (2015) to top 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 11Middle Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 2

352^nd of 874New York City Geographic District # 2 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	92.1	156 of 2445	93.6%	★★★★★
2024	95.0	90 of 2445	96.3%	★★★★★
2023	97.5	26 of 2439	98.9%	★★★★★
2022	94.3	86 of 2434	96.5%	★★★★★
2021	92.1	68 of 2201	96.9%	★★★★★
2019	93.8	113 of 2413	95.3%	★★★★★
2018	86.5	231 of 2395	90.4%	★★★★★
2017	91.4	125 of 2386	94.8%	★★★★★
2016	91.1	115 of 2366	95.1%	★★★★★
2015	93.0	79 of 2352	96.6%	★★★★★
2014	92.2	103 of 2345	95.6%	★★★★★
2013	90.0	154 of 2325	93.4%	★★★★★
2012	81.4	346 of 2320	85.1%	★★★★☆
2011	79.2	398 of 2286	82.6%	★★★★☆
2010	71.9	624 of 2263	72.4%	★★★★☆
2009	80.6	244 of 2257	89.2%	★★★★☆
2008	66.6	866 of 2227	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	74.5	554 of 2219	75.0%	★★★★☆
2006	70.1	740 of 2206	66.5%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	93.9	41 of 927	95.6%	★★★★★
2019	98.3	26 of 891	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	82.9	118 of 948	87.6%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	76.7	126 of 696	81.9%	★★★★☆
2023	87.2	28 of 605	95.4%	★★★★★
2022	69.8	205 of 671	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	74.1	124 of 548	77.4%	★★★★☆
2018	90.1	2 of 601	99.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	95.4	48 of 2409	98.0%	★★★★★
2024	89.1	198 of 2413	91.8%	★★★★★
2023	95.0	65 of 2403	97.3%	★★★★★
2022	93.5	84 of 2401	96.5%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	33 of 1955	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	93.7	91 of 2357	96.1%	★★★★★
2018	93.6	48 of 2338	97.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	89.8	91 of 1503	93.9%	★★★★★
2021	95.3	22 of 818	97.3%	★★★★★
2019	86.6	121 of 1315	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	85.8	118 of 1392	91.5%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	87.3	180 of 2098	91.4%	★★★★★
2024	89.3	144 of 2078	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.4	41 of 2041	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	90.0	134 of 2099	93.6%	★★★★★
2021	95.6	32 of 1678	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	94.3	76 of 2032	96.3%	★★★★★
2018	83.7	198 of 2045	90.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	93.1	111 of 2407	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	98.0	12 of 2411	99.5%	★★★★★
2023	98.8	1 of 2400	100.0%	★★★★★
2022	94.9	52 of 2400	97.8%	★★★★★
2021	86.0	170 of 1961	91.3%	★★★★★
2019	86.1	254 of 2358	89.2%	★★★★☆
2018	76.5	457 of 2340	80.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	94.2	21 of 1402	98.5%	★★★★★
2024	96.9	13 of 1392	99.1%	★★★★★
2023	94.0	24 of 1337	98.2%	★★★★★
2022	93.1	26 of 1399	98.1%	★★★★★
2021	91.1	18 of 1224	98.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.9	27 of 1338	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	90.5	40 of 1408	97.2%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	89.3	143 of 1500	90.5%	★★★★★
2024	98.3	21 of 1504	98.6%	★★★★★
2023	96.8	39 of 1500	97.4%	★★★★★
2022	96.5	49 of 1479	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	91.0	81 of 1242	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	96.5	53 of 1439	96.3%	★★★★★
2018	95.7	48 of 1438	96.7%	★★★★★
2017	97.4	37 of 1455	97.5%	★★★★★
2016	98.0	25 of 1429	98.3%	★★★★★
2015	96.5	38 of 1407	97.3%	★★★★★
2014	95.5	40 of 1401	97.1%	★★★★★
2013	91.4	85 of 1373	93.8%	★★★★★
2012	87.6	100 of 1337	92.5%	★★★★★
2011	87.1	112 of 1295	91.4%	★★★★★
2010	79.1	240 of 1243	80.7%	★★★★☆
2009	77.3	245 of 1224	80.0%	★★★★☆
2008	75.4	296 of 1185	75.0%	★★★★☆
2007	82.9	153 of 1123	86.4%	★★★★☆
2006	80.7	189 of 1095	82.7%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	87.6	20 of 396	94.9%	★★★★★
2023	87.3	18 of 388	95.4%	★★★★★
2022	72.3	97 of 381	74.5%	★★★★☆
2021	76.2	45 of 236	80.9%	★★★★☆
2019	90.0	18 of 369	95.1%	★★★★★
2018	86.5	29 of 374	92.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	93.9	65 of 1463	95.6%	★★★★★
2022	93.8	61 of 1454	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	89.9	64 of 1066	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	95.8	49 of 1370	96.4%	★★★★★
2018	93.7	55 of 1353	95.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	80.3	114 of 826	86.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	148 of 1283	88.5%	★★★★☆
2024	99.0	22 of 1296	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	42 of 1288	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	41 of 1306	96.9%	★★★★★
2021	87.1	75 of 935	92.0%	★★★★★
2019	94.9	63 of 1241	94.9%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	55 of 1245	95.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	96.2	48 of 1464	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	94.9	59 of 1455	95.9%	★★★★★
2021	85.2	112 of 1071	89.5%	★★★★☆
2019	90.0	117 of 1366	91.4%	★★★★★
2018	95.6	50 of 1352	96.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	93.5	28 of 775	96.4%	★★★★★
2024	98.0	1 of 778	99.9%	★★★★★
2023	95.9	12 of 772	98.4%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	21 of 748	97.2%	★★★★★
2018	81.9	96 of 763	87.4%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

White (2025)99th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)98th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2024)96th percentile~ school

Male (2025)95th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2022)94th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)91st percentile~ school

Asian (2025)82nd percentile-12 vs school

Middle school

Male (2023)97th percentile~ school

White (2025)96th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2023)96th percentile~ school

Asian (2024)95th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)88th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2019)86th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I91%+35 vs state

English Language Arts90%+37 vs state

Science88%+43 vs state

Math83%+28 vs state

Life Science Biology82%+24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Chemistry (2025)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)					NY State Assessments Math (2025)					NY State Assessments Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Chemistry End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance	Public, Magnet	4-8	890 Broadway	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 254-1803	112	10	11.2	45.5%	40 (35.7%)	22 (19.6%)	17 (15.2%)	21 (18.8%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	10 (8.9%)	89.3	143^rd of 1500 public middle schools	90.5%		98.3	21^st of 1504 public middle schools	98.6%	122			90.9	81.8	88.9	88.0	88.9	88.9	95.0	100.0	92.0	55.6	82.4		88.0		$35,134	$1,296	$33,837
Middle School 255 Salk School Of Science	Public	6-8	320 E 20th St	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 614-8785	378	22	17.4	19.6%	177 (46.8%)	8 (2.1%)	45 (11.9%)	104 (27.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.4%)	96.5	52^nd of 1500 public middle schools	96.5%		97.7	32^nd of 1504 public middle schools	97.9%	20			98.9	97.9			89.5	93.0	82.8			85.5	94.0				$26,900	$1,400	$25,500
Junior High School 104 Simon Baruch	Public	6-8	330 E 21st St	New York	10010	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 674-4545	1,023	64	15.9	37.2%	372 (36.4%)	69 (6.7%)	227 (22.2%)	257 (25.1%)	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	88 (8.6%)	90	132^nd of 1500 public middle schools	91.2%		91.2	120^th of 1504 public middle schools	92.0%	12			100.0	86.3			80.4	85.1	84.6			66.6	83.6	66.7			$24,660	$1,415	$23,246
Nyc Lab Middle School For Collaborative Studies	Public	6-8	333 W 17th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 691-6119	538	48	11.1	40.9%	149 (27.7%)	22 (4.1%)	71 (13.2%)	247 (45.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (8.7%)	96.3	54^th of 1500 public middle schools	96.4%		96.3	54^th of 1504 public middle schools	96.4%				96.3	88.8			88.4	87.1	84.4			87.6	91.9				$30,133	$1,342	$28,791
Middle School 297	Public	6-8	75 Morton St	New York	10014	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 295-7555	297	34	8.8	74.7%	63 (21.2%)	32 (10.8%)	170 (57.2%)	20 (6.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.0%)	28.7	1153^rd of 1500 public middle schools	23.1%		41.5	885^th of 1504 public middle schools	41.2%	268			87.0	91.3			39.4	47.6	45.4			35.5	48.0	9.3		24.3	$34,610	$1,553	$33,057
Tompkins Square Middle School	Public	6-8	600 E 6th St	New York	10009	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 995-1430	290	21	13.8	74.5%	47 (16.2%)	44 (15.2%)	168 (57.9%)	22 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	46.3	792^nd of 1500 public middle schools	47.2%		52.3	675^th of 1504 public middle schools	55.1%	117			100.0				39.4	50.6	65.2			32.1	45.7	50.9		43.1	$36,218	$2,493	$33,724
School For Global Leaders	Public	6-8	145 Stanton St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 260-5375	150	18	8.4	89.3%	13 (8.7%)	20 (13.3%)	96 (64.0%)	12 (8.0%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	63.3	498^th of 1500 public middle schools	66.8%		44.3	823^rd of 1504 public middle schools	45.3%	325			81.8				52.4	51.1	45.7			56.8	66.0	72.2		58.3	$43,392	$3,329	$40,063
Middle School 131	Public	6-8	100 Hester St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 219-1204	257	34	7.6	91.1%	9 (3.5%)	31 (12.1%)	90 (35.0%)	122 (47.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	56.3	623^rd of 1500 public middle schools	58.5%		56.1	605^th of 1504 public middle schools	59.8%	18		93.1	68.7				33.3	45.5	50.7			60.7	59.2			69.2	$49,349	$3,001	$46,347
Hunters Point Community Middle School	Public	6-8	1-50 51st Ave	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 609-3300	397	46	8.6	72.5%	70 (17.6%)	48 (12.1%)	210 (52.9%)	45 (11.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.3%)	76.3	300^th of 1500 public middle schools	80.0%		74.2	308^th of 1504 public middle schools	79.5%	8			55.4	68.4			63.3	66.3	70.7			58.3	70.3				$32,466	$2,073	$30,393
University Neighborhood Middle School	Public	6-8	220 Henry St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 267-5701	131	17	7.7	94.7%	7 (5.3%)	26 (19.8%)	93 (71.0%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	26	1209^th of 1500 public middle schools	19.4%		41.8	880^th of 1504 public middle schools	41.5%	329	5.3		36.4				25.9	51.4	45.2			12.5	36.1				$60,896	$4,824	$56,071

Frequently Asked Questions about Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance

What district is Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance in?

New York City Geographic District # 2

Is Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance a good school?

Yes. Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance ranks in the top 9.5% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance?

In the 2024-25 school year, 112 students attended Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance.

What is the racial makeup of Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance?

Students at Ballet Technical/Nyc Public School For Dance are 36% White, 20% African American, 19% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races.

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