Summary:
Pace High School is a public high school located in New York City's District 2, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 529. The school has a diverse student body, with a racial makeup of 4.73% White, 29.87% African American, 48.2% Hispanic, 9.83% Asian, and smaller percentages of Native American, Pacific Islander, and multi-racial students.
Pace High School faces several challenges, including consistently ranking in the lower half of New York high schools on academic performance, with proficiency rates ranging from 0% to 82.28% across different subject areas on Regents exams. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 74.4% and 87.8% in recent years, which is lower than the state average, and it has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, reaching 73% in the 2022-2023 school year. While the school's Asian and African American students perform relatively better than their peers in the state, the Hispanic and White student populations struggle, with lower rankings compared to other high schools.
Pace High School's performance is generally lower than the nearby schools within the same district, such as Emma Lazarus High School, Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, and Lower Manhattan Arts Academy, which tend to have higher academic achievement, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 74.29% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to these challenges, despite the school's increased per-student spending over the years.
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Detail:
Student/teacher ratio: 8.7
Number of students: 529
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
48.2%
African American:
29.9%
Asian:
9.8%
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Two or more races:
5.9%
White:
4.7%
American Indian:
0.8%
Pacific Islander:
0.8%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 74.3%
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