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High School For Law & Public Service

Public Grades 9-12

1118^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,234 New York High Schools

Better than 9% of New York high schools

Summary

High School For Law & Public Service is a public high school in New York, NY, serving 426 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #6, which is ranked 642 out of 874 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

High School For Law & Public Service has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New York high schools, with a ranking between 987-1168 out of 1,200+ schools. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 75.1% to 84.3%, below the state average, and its dropout rate has fluctuated between 4.0% and 12.7%, also higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has experienced very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.5% to 58.3% in recent years. Proficiency rates on Regents exams are significantly lower than the district and state averages across various subject areas.

Nearby schools, such as High School For Excellence And Innovation, Inwood Early College For Health And Information Technologies, and College Academy (The), have similar performance metrics to High School For Law & Public Service, with low statewide rankings and test scores. However, these nearby schools tend to have slightly higher graduation rates and lower chronic absenteeism rates compared to High School For Law & Public Service. While the school has seen a significant increase in per-student spending, from $18,803 in 2020-2021 to $33,699 in 2023-2024, the impact on student outcomes has yet to be seen.

505

Students ?

14.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,817

Per pupil spending ?

97.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

549 Audubon Ave
New York, NY 10040

(212) 342-6130

District: New York City Geographic District # 6

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.3%

African American:

5.5%

White:

1.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2014 → 9th in 2025

Strengths

✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the New York average (83%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (34% vs 66% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (52% vs 31% New York)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg47%

New York avg66%

1,118^th of 1,234

New York public high schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 10High Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 6

642^nd of 874New York City Geographic District # 6 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	11.6	1118 of 1234	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	1069 of 1242	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	987 of 1228	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.9	1121 of 1190	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.9	1168 of 1207	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.3	1098 of 1210	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.2	1047 of 1221	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.7	1122 of 1255	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.4	1013 of 1255	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	15.9	1022 of 1237	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	12.4	1031 of 1217	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.7	915 of 1198	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	20.0	963 of 1165	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	25.9	865 of 1117	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.0	839 of 1086	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	15.8	898 of 1027	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	18.4	852 of 1002	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	11.3	886 of 986	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	10.1	854 of 935	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	555 of 713	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	585 of 690	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	512 of 671	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.7	596 of 686	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.6	487 of 679	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	41.2	393 of 669	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.9	267 of 637	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.3	146 of 583	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	22.0	432 of 481	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.6	416 of 565	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.9	357 of 546	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	1113 of 1206	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	987 of 1219	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	974 of 1197	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	1076 of 1155	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.2	1147 of 1193	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	1065 of 1176	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	766 of 885	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.6	709 of 865	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.2	650 of 851	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	704 of 760	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.6	780 of 815	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	711 of 791	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	31.9	465 of 607	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.0	365 of 564	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.3	194 of 531	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	22.7	340 of 389	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	391 of 493	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	411 of 498	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	8.0	1107 of 1179	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	981 of 1170	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	837 of 1155	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	6.9	1047 of 1101	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.2	1146 of 1179	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.9	1059 of 1154	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	1093 of 1201	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	1099 of 1211	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	965 of 1191	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	4.3	1117 of 1154	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.2	1167 of 1190	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.5	1102 of 1176	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	1020 of 1149	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	1065 of 1144	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	899 of 1130	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.0	934 of 1038	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.8	1109 of 1132	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	1063 of 1095	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)41st percentile+32 vs school

Homeless (2025)23rd percentile+14 vs school

African American (2025)22nd percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile+4 vs school

Special Education (2025)11th percentile~ school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Living Environment53%-4 vs state

Common Core Algebra II44%-31 vs state

U.S. History and Government37%-38 vs state

Global History and Geography34%-42 vs state

Algebra I34%-22 vs state

Common Core English Language Arts32%-43 vs state

Earth and Space Sciences25%-31 vs state

Life Science Biology24%-34 vs state

Common Core Geometry12%-11 vs state

Geometry11%-49 vs state

Chemistry7%-58 vs state

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by a student
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The High School for Law & Public Service so a very good school no matter what people may have or had said about this school might be true or might an simple opinion I understand everybody has there own opinion about everything but your opinion can be correct because people may say that Law & public service is a bad school but to tell u the truth this school is not bad is the students in it.

I go to this school but before I attended this school I didn't wanted to go to this school so I wanted to transfer by the time I wanted to stay because is a great school and you have many privileges in this school too the teachers are great the lunch is not so bad but what the heck you could do things other school wont let you do but not bad things good things that can help think of what you want be when you grow up Close Quote

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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)			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 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	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
College Academy (The)	Public	9-12	549 Audubon Ave	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 927-1841	347	42	8.3	94.5%	3 (0.9%)	33 (9.5%)	302 (87.0%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	36.4	790^th of 1234 public high schools	36.0%		30.1	851^st of 1242 public high schools	31.5%	61		57.8	67.1	12.5	39.4	75.0	47.2	0.0	77.5	55.2	26.7	46.3	41.7								$42,830	$3,164	$39,666
High School For Media & Communications	Public	9-12	549 Audubon Ave	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 927-1841	359	30	12.1	99.2%	3 (0.8%)	27 (7.5%)	319 (88.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	10.3	1131^st of 1234 public high schools	8.3%		21.4	962^nd of 1242 public high schools	22.5%	169		63.0	33.0	20.0	24.4	43.7	39.3		43.9	30.0	13.1	18.4	20.3								$37,111	$4,203	$32,908
High School For Law & Public Service	Public	9-12	549 Audubon Ave	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 342-6130	505	36	14.0	97.2%	6 (1.2%)	28 (5.5%)	456 (90.3%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	11.6	1118^th of 1234 public high schools	9.4%		14.1	1069^th of 1242 public high schools	13.9%	49	6.7	43.8	32.1	12.5		34.1	52.9		36.9	33.8	24.0	11.1	25.0								$31,817	$2,924	$28,893
High School For Health Careers & Sciences	Public	9-12	549 Audubon Ave	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 927-1841	424	33	12.8	96.0%	5 (1.2%)	31 (7.3%)	378 (89.2%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	12.7	1096^th of 1234 public high schools	11.2%		10.4	1134^th of 1242 public high schools	8.7%	38	6.7	30.8	64.5	0.0	9.1	58.0	27.3		47.5	23.0	18.4	16.0	0.0								$36,763	$3,737	$33,025
City College Academy Of The Arts	Public	6-12	4600 Broadway	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-3164	573	52	10.9	88.8%	10 (1.7%)	10 (1.7%)	547 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	34	816^th of 1234 public high schools	33.9%		43.4	718^th of 1242 public high schools	42.2%	98		69.6	64.2		48.0	75.9	46.5	9.1	62.0	46.2	41.1	57.1		43.4	48.5	57.8	33.7	27.3	51.2	20.0	$31,669	$3,331	$28,338
High School For Excellence And Innovation	Public	9-12	650 Academy St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 569-1022	198	19	10.2	95.5%	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	192 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.6	1085^th of 1234 public high schools	12.1%		19.6	987^th of 1242 public high schools	20.5%	98			52.9			23.3	35.6		20.3	53.9	12.2										$36,254	$2,686	$33,569
Inwood Early College For Health And Information Technologies	Public	9-12	650 Academy St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-1394	380	37	10.2	96.6%	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.5%)	358 (94.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21.9	964^th of 1234 public high schools	21.9%		25.3	905^th of 1242 public high schools	27.1%	59	15.4		61.6		9.1	64.3	40.0		70.3	24.1	46.1	11.2	42.1								$32,848	$2,755	$30,093
Academy For Language And Technology	Public	9-12	1700 Macombs Rd	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 731-0219	356	22	16.1	99.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	355 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	47.3	681^st of 1234 public high schools	44.8%		44.3	713^th of 1242 public high schools	42.6%	32		90.6	66.3		33.9	84.1	92.0		85.7	73.4	34.2	46.3	20.2								$29,598	$3,984	$25,614
Charter High School For Law And Social Justice	Public, Charter	6-12	1960 University Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	Charter High School For Law And Social Justice	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 696-0042	523	46	11.2	94.1%	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.9%)	461 (88.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	15.2	1056^th of 1234 public high schools	14.4%		14.3	1063^rd of 1242 public high schools	14.4%	7	0.0	53.1	50.0	14.6	40.7	46.5	32.5		43.9	36.8		16.5		41.9			74.4				$25,948	$1,580	$24,368
Comprehensive Model School Project Middle School 327	Public	6-12	1501 Jerome Ave	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 294-8111	670	62	10.7	93.4%	6 (0.9%)	120 (17.9%)	537 (80.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	30.6	853^rd of 1234 public high schools	30.9%		35.7	795^th of 1242 public high schools	36.0%	58	5.5	59.7	70.8	40.0	27.3	69.3	21.6		59.7	59.2	23.1	12.5	65.9	38.1	50.0	45.7	50.5	62.5	60.2	37.0	$32,875	$3,712	$29,162

Frequently Asked Questions about High School For Law & Public Service

What is the racial makeup of High School For Law & Public Service?

Students at High School For Law & Public Service are 90% Hispanic, 6% African American, 1% White.

What district is High School For Law & Public Service in?

New York City Geographic District # 6

Is High School For Law & Public Service a good school?

High School For Law & Public Service ranks in the bottom 9.4% of New York high schools.

How many students attend High School For Law & Public Service?

In the 2024-25 school year, 505 students attended High School For Law & Public Service.

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