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Manhattan Business Academy

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Manhattan Business Academy ranks 805 th of 1234 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

805^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,234 New York High Schools

Better than 35% of New York high schools

Summary

Manhattan Business Academy is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in New York City's New York City Geographic District # 2, with an enrollment of 407 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York high schools over the past decade, with a current statewide ranking of 805 out of 1,234 schools and a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state.

Manhattan Business Academy's key metrics are concerning, with a 4-year graduation rate ranging from 80.3% to 91.4% over the past few years, lower than the state average of around 84%, and a dropout rate fluctuating between 2.1% and 7.1%, higher than the state average. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 31.5% to 56.9% in recent years, significantly higher than the state and district averages. Academically, the school's performance on Regents exams is generally below the state and district averages across most subject areas, with only 8.33% of students proficient in Regents Chemistry in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 64.53% statewide.

Interestingly, Nyc Lab High School For Collaborative Studies and Nyc Museum School, both located in close proximity to Manhattan Business Academy, have significantly better academic outcomes, graduation rates, and student engagement metrics. This suggests that a comprehensive review of the school's educational strategies and support systems may be necessary to improve student outcomes and address the equity concerns highlighted by the data.

441

Students ?

12.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,159

Per pupil spending ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

351 W 18th St
New York, NY 10011

(212) 647-1983

District: New York City Geographic District # 2

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.5%

African American:

25.2%

Asian:

5.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 38th percentile in 2014 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the New York average (83%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (52% vs 66% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (49% vs 31% New York)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school52%

District avg65%

New York avg66%

805^th of 1,234

New York public high schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

30^th of 57High 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	35.0	805 of 1234	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.4	831 of 1242	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.7	855 of 1228	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.1	931 of 1190	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.9	844 of 1207	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.6	850 of 1210	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.1	795 of 1221	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	29.9	890 of 1255	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	33.9	846 of 1255	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	40.6	764 of 1237	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	42.8	754 of 1217	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	31.4	834 of 1198	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	17.9	991 of 1165	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	59.7	236 of 713	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	36.3	428 of 690	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.6	362 of 671	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.8	414 of 593	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.0	360 of 686	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.4	377 of 679	44.5%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	22.9	351 of 424	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.4	329 of 447	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	343 of 426	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.2	131 of 669	80.4%	★★★★☆
2024	55.9	215 of 637	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.9	181 of 583	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.6	340 of 481	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.9	381 of 565	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.1	355 of 546	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	30.4	853 of 1206	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.4	852 of 1219	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.6	866 of 1197	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.8	975 of 1155	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.3	809 of 1193	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.4	779 of 1176	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	38.6	507 of 885	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.6	445 of 865	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.4	447 of 851	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.5	535 of 760	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.4	465 of 815	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.1	464 of 791	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	278 of 607	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.2	272 of 564	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.7	386 of 531	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.4	240 of 389	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.7	191 of 493	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.0	341 of 498	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	737 of 1179	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	778 of 1170	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.5	797 of 1155	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	18.1	912 of 1101	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.6	775 of 1179	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.7	788 of 1154	31.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.5	731 of 1201	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.2	783 of 1211	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.4	810 of 1191	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.3	881 of 1154	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.0	847 of 1190	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	912 of 1176	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	43.2	594 of 1149	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.4	590 of 1144	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.9	702 of 1130	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.2	757 of 1038	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.0	603 of 1132	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.3	709 of 1095	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	707 of 788	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.9	516 of 781	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)80th percentile+46 vs school

African American (2025)67th percentile+32 vs school

Homeless (2025)54th percentile+19 vs school

Special Education (2025)48th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)43rd percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)39th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)37th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)29th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2023)17th percentile-13 vs school

White (2025)10th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Common Core English Language Arts84%+9 vs state

U.S. History and Government78%+3 vs state

Global History and Geography70%-6 vs state

Common Core Algebra II62%-13 vs state

Living Environment53%-4 vs state

Life Science Biology43%-15 vs state

Algebra I42%-14 vs state

Earth and Space Sciences25%-31 vs state

Geometry10%-50 vs state

Chemistry8%-56 vs state

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by a teacher
Friday, March 14, 2014

Even though I did not have a locker, the staff and administration made my assignment a positive one. Most days I was assigned classes. The students greeted me in the hallway, on the streets and on the local trains. The staff, security and the students seem to know each other by name. Student absenteeism seems to be checked on early in the day by calling home. The faculty appears to work very hard and appears to be very prepared and technologically skilled.

Plenty of paper was available to the staff. The one time that a copier was not working, it was fixed in less than 30 minutes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Chemistry (2025)	Regents Common Core Algebra II (2025)	Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2025)	Regents Common Core Geometry (2025)	Regents Earth Science (2025)	Regents Global History and Geography (2025)	Regents Living Environment (2025)	Regents Physics (2025)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	Regents Geometry (2025)	Regents Earth and Space Sciences (2025)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)			NY State Assessments Math (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 Common Core Algebra II End of Course	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Common Core Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Global History and Geography End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents Physics 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	Regents Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth and Space Sciences End of Course	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 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Landmark High School	Public	9-12	351 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 647-7410	289	33	8.8	85.5%	19 (6.6%)	63 (21.8%)	186 (64.4%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.5%)								(n/a)			51.9																	$35,504	$2,959	$32,545
Humanities Preparatory Academy	Public	9-12	351 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 929-4433	261	21	12.6	67.4%	46 (17.6%)	37 (14.2%)	143 (54.8%)	20 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.7%)								(n/a)			78.8																	$29,517	$2,206	$27,311
James Baldwin School-A School For Expeditionary Lrning	Public	9-12	351 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 627-2812	138	20	6.7	92.8%	4 (2.9%)	47 (34.1%)	80 (58.0%)	3 (2.2%)	4 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			53.3																	$45,214	$2,734	$42,481
Manhattan Business Academy	Public	9-12	351 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 647-1983	441	36	12.3	90.7%	23 (5.2%)	111 (25.2%)	271 (61.5%)	26 (5.9%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	35	805^th of 1234 public high schools	34.8%		32.4	831^st of 1242 public high schools	33.1%	26	8.3	61.9	84.1			69.7	52.5		77.9	41.7	43.5	10.0	24.7							$30,159	$2,685	$27,474
Quest To Learn	Public	6-12	351 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 488-3645	390	40	9.7	76.4%	59 (15.1%)	85 (21.8%)	204 (52.3%)	23 (5.9%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	11 (2.8%)	6.3	1191^st of 1234 public high schools	3.5%		21.6	961^st of 1242 public high schools	22.6%	230		20.0	45.8	0.0	7.7	38.6	30.8		33.3	28.0	13.5	7.3	13.4	36.4	39.5	30.0	33.3	37.2	14.8	$38,109	$4,020	$34,089
Hudson High School Of Learning Technologies	Public	9-12	351 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 488-3330	189	18	10.3	81.5%	10 (5.3%)	48 (25.4%)	123 (65.1%)	7 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10	1138^th of 1234 public high schools	7.8%		13.3	1083^rd of 1242 public high schools	12.8%	55		20.0	56.1	11.1	0.0	46.4	37.5		42.2	23.2	33.3	15.4	29.6							$36,163	$2,366	$33,797
Nyc Lab High School For Collaborative Studies	Public	9-12	333 W 17th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 691-6119	413	40	10.2	58.4%	146 (35.4%)	28 (6.8%)	98 (23.7%)	117 (28.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.3%)	74.7	240^th of 1234 public high schools	80.6%		73.7	269^th of 1242 public high schools	78.3%	29	68.7	81.6	94.2	28.6		92.7	66.7	62.5	85.2	86.5	85.4	80.7								$35,904	$1,678	$34,227
Nyc Museum School	Public	9-12	333 W 17th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 675-6206	481	32	15.1	55.9%	168 (34.9%)	35 (7.3%)	146 (30.4%)	92 (19.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (7.3%)	69.7	340^th of 1234 public high schools	72.4%		70.4	330^th of 1242 public high schools	73.4%	10	60.0	78.6	88.1	42.1		95.7	10.0		80.2	55.9	85.7	66.1	85.6							$25,333	$1,324	$24,009
Liberty High School Academy For Newcomers	Public	9-12	250 W 18th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 691-0934	460	35	13.0	90.2%	22 (4.8%)	128 (27.8%)	296 (64.3%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47.2	683^rd of 1234 public high schools	44.7%		22.8	942^nd of 1242 public high schools	24.2%	259	54.6	23.6	80.0	0.0	48.9	79.6	65.1		91.7	53.1	36.8	25.0	52.0							$28,090	$2,356	$25,734
High School Of Fashion Industries (The)	Public, Magnet	9-12	225 W 24th St	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 255-1235	1,455	122	11.8	81.3%	76 (5.2%)	419 (28.8%)	862 (59.2%)	58 (4.0%)	11 (0.8%)	3 (0.2%)	26 (1.8%)	32.9	824^th of 1234 public high schools	33.2%		39	762^nd of 1242 public high schools	38.6%	62	32.7	34.3	87.0	9.9	15.4	70.1	37.0	4.4	66.0	39.9	37.7	31.5	50.2							$28,732	$2,773	$25,959

Frequently Asked Questions about Manhattan Business Academy

What district is Manhattan Business Academy in?

New York City Geographic District # 2

What is the racial makeup of Manhattan Business Academy?

Students at Manhattan Business Academy are 61% Hispanic, 25% African American, 6% Asian, 5% White, 2% American Indian.

Is Manhattan Business Academy a good school?

Manhattan Business Academy ranks 805^th of 1234 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Manhattan Business Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 441 students attended Manhattan Business Academy.

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