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Washington Heights Academy

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Washington Heights Academy ranks 332 nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

332^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 86% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Washington Heights Academy is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in New York City's New York City Geographic District # 6, with 477 students. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the years, but currently ranks 332 out of 2,445 New York elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Heights Academy consistently outperforms the New York City District 6 and the overall New York state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 5th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 80.56%, compared to 53.56% for District 6 and 56.61% for New York state. The school also excels in the performance of specific student subgroups, ranking in the top 5% of New York elementary schools for Hispanic students and the top 10% for English Language Learners and Special Education students.

Interestingly, the nearby Zeta Charter School - Inwood and Equity Project Charter School also outperform Washington Heights Academy and the district in academic achievement, suggesting that the charter school model may be a successful approach in this area. Despite the school's strong academic performance, it serves a high-need population, with 87.87% to 90.57% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years, highlighting the school's ability to overcome socioeconomic barriers and provide a quality education to its students.

463

Students ?

14.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$32,796

Per pupil spending ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

202 Sherman Ave
New York, NY 10034

(212) 304-3320

District: New York City Geographic District # 6

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.7%

African American:

2.6%

White:

2.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 45th percentile in 2014 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (78% vs 53% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of New York elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 41 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school78%

District avg47%

New York avg53%

Elementary school

332^nd of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 44 pts since 2015

From bottom 43% (2015) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

157^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Top 10%▲ up 14 pts since 2016

From top 25% (2016) to top 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 25Elementary 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	332 of 2445	86.4%	★★★★☆
2024	88.6	236 of 2445	90.3%	★★★★★
2023	82.9	382 of 2439	84.3%	★★★★☆
2022	58.3	968 of 2434	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	89.1	223 of 2413	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	77.1	465 of 2395	80.6%	★★★★☆
2017	71.8	618 of 2386	74.1%	★★★★☆
2016	55.2	1034 of 2366	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	43.7	1345 of 2352	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2014	45.6	1288 of 2345	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	51.1	1082 of 2325	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2012	58.4	1084 of 2320	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	44.8	1416 of 2286	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	49.6	1302 of 2263	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2009	47.0	1477 of 2257	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	65.6	181 of 938	80.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	84.8	273 of 2409	88.7%	★★★★☆
2024	85.6	278 of 2413	88.5%	★★★★☆
2023	76.8	502 of 2403	79.1%	★★★★☆
2022	47.4	1242 of 2401	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	84.0	312 of 2357	86.8%	★★★★☆
2018	78.9	396 of 2338	83.1%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	91.3	108 of 1569	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	87.1	111 of 1429	92.2%	★★★★★
2022	68.4	360 of 1503	76.0%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	82.0	86 of 730	88.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	77.2	317 of 2099	84.9%	★★★★☆
2019	92.5	96 of 2032	95.3%	★★★★★
2018	86.3	163 of 2045	92.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	80.6	366 of 2407	84.8%	★★★★☆
2024	88.9	201 of 2411	91.7%	★★★★★
2023	82.3	354 of 2400	85.3%	★★★★☆
2022	68.5	671 of 2400	72.0%	★★★★☆
2019	92.1	129 of 2358	94.5%	★★★★★
2018	69.8	623 of 2340	73.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	62.2	562 of 2134	73.7%	★★★★☆
2024	89.2	122 of 2110	94.2%	★★★★★
2022	76.0	264 of 2031	87.0%	★★★★☆
2019	95.5	53 of 1859	97.1%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	87.7	157 of 1500	89.5%	★★★★☆
2024	92.6	105 of 1504	93.0%	★★★★★
2023	85.6	179 of 1500	88.1%	★★★★☆
2022	87.1	149 of 1479	89.9%	★★★★☆
2019	86.9	158 of 1439	89.0%	★★★★☆
2018	90.8	102 of 1438	92.9%	★★★★★
2017	82.5	192 of 1455	86.8%	★★★★☆
2016	69.6	356 of 1429	75.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	85.4	166 of 1457	88.6%	★★★★☆
2024	87.5	149 of 1465	89.8%	★★★★☆
2023	87.3	149 of 1463	89.8%	★★★★☆
2022	87.7	121 of 1454	91.7%	★★★★★
2019	82.1	205 of 1370	85.0%	★★★★☆
2018	87.4	125 of 1353	90.8%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	92.1	53 of 965	94.5%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	93.0	71 of 1283	94.5%	★★★★★
2024	95.9	52 of 1296	96.0%	★★★★★
2023	85.9	122 of 1288	90.5%	★★★★★
2022	84.0	130 of 1306	90.0%	★★★★★
2019	89.1	105 of 1241	91.5%	★★★★★
2018	95.3	49 of 1245	96.1%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	92.2	96 of 1455	93.4%	★★★★★
2024	93.6	81 of 1464	94.5%	★★★★★
2023	79.6	236 of 1464	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	85.7	154 of 1455	89.4%	★★★★☆
2019	90.9	110 of 1366	91.9%	★★★★★
2018	91.8	86 of 1352	93.6%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	73.1	149 of 1139	86.9%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2025)93rd percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Homeless (2018)88th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)85th percentile+25 vs school

Male (2025)85th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2018)81st percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)74th percentile-13 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2025)95th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)93rd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Special Education (2019)87th percentile~ school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I100%+44 vs state

Math84%+29 vs state

English Language Arts76%+22 vs state

Science49%+4 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents Algebra I (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 Algebra I End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	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 3rd 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
Washington Heights Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	202 Sherman Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 304-3320	463	31	14.7	90.7%	11 (2.4%)	12 (2.6%)	434 (93.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	84.1	332^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	86.4%		88.6	236^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.3%	96	100.0	75.9	75.9	80.6	68.0	83.3	66.7	73.3	76.9	85.7	92.0	100.0	74.2	53.9	33.3	$32,796	$2,994	$29,802
Amistad Dual Language School	Public	K-8	4862 Broadway	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 544-8021	391	42	9.3	82.1%	5 (1.3%)	5 (1.3%)	375 (95.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	68.6	725^th of 2445 public elementary schools	70.3%		58.4	939^th of 2445 public elementary schools	61.6%	214	59.1	67.5	64.7	78.1	48.7	53.9	54.3	60.5	73.5	91.4	56.8	75.0		48.6	61.9	$36,077	$2,953	$33,124
Muscota	Public	K-5	4862 Broadway	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	No	(212) 544-0614	290	21	14.0	34.5%	131 (45.2%)	10 (3.4%)	116 (40.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.0%)	86.7	263^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	89.2%		87.4	262^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	89.3%	1		85.7	68.4	90.9				81.0	73.7	77.3				76.2		$31,937	$1,982	$29,955
Ps 98 Shorac Kappock	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	512 W 212th St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 927-7870	288	22	13.0	90.3%	8 (2.8%)	28 (9.7%)	248 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	21.5	2040^th of 2445 public elementary schools	16.6%		21.2	2029^th of 2445 public elementary schools	17.0%	11		27.3	31.6	56.7				26.1	42.5	40.0				22.9		$41,083	$3,697	$37,386
Amber Charter School Inwood	Public, Charter	K-4	532 W 215th St	New York	10034	New York County	Amber Charter School Inwood	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 964-2452	179	12	14.9	84.4%	6 (3.4%)	30 (16.8%)	140 (78.2%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	40.4	1457^th of 2445 public elementary schools	40.4%					(n/a)		42.1	57.1					53.9	51.4							$47,800	$675	$47,125
Ps 5 Ellen Lurie	Public	PK, KG-5	3703 10th Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-8109	425	37	11.5	95.1%	5 (1.2%)	40 (9.4%)	375 (88.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	18.6	2119^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.3%		16.8	2154^th of 2445 public elementary schools	11.9%	35		25.5	28.9	37.3				39.6	41.4	44.3				24.6		$42,592	$3,526	$39,066
Ps 152 Dyckman Valley	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	93 Nagle Ave	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 567-5456	456	36	12.7	94.5%	11 (2.4%)	23 (5.0%)	386 (84.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.0%)	34.5	1636^th of 2445 public elementary schools	33.1%		29.5	1760^th of 2445 public elementary schools	28.0%	124		61.9	47.5	39.1				52.3	51.6	40.0				34.8		$37,215	$3,472	$33,743
Professor Juan Bosch Public School	Public	K-5	12-18 Ellwood St	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 569-0327	254	36	7.0	81.1%	28 (11.0%)	8 (3.1%)	201 (79.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.3%)	63.8	854^th of 2445 public elementary schools	65.1%		60	906^th of 2445 public elementary schools	62.9%	52		46.7	61.8	77.8				35.3	76.5	82.8				65.5		$51,916	$3,367	$48,549
Zeta Charter School - Inwood	Public, Charter	PK, KG-7	401 W 218th St	New York	10034	New York County	Zeta Charter School - Inwood	Yes	No	No	Yes	(929) 447-5281	824			80.9%	15 (1.8%)	121 (14.7%)	672 (81.6%)	7 (0.8%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	96.4	41^st of 2445 public elementary schools	98.3%		93.9	119^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.1%	78		95.6	86.9	93.8	91.9	94.8		94.7	92.6	91.8	98.8	100.0		86.6		$21,536	$2,552	$18,984
Paula Hedbavny School	Public	K-8	3761 10th Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 521-2060	258	30	8.4	77.9%	28 (10.9%)	16 (6.2%)	211 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	35.2	1615^th of 2445 public elementary schools	33.9%		37.7	1516^th of 2445 public elementary schools	38.0%	99	72.7	47.1	41.7	53.3	34.6	55.3	81.1	29.4	41.7	51.6	50.0	63.4	71.4	40.0	78.4	$44,639	$2,986	$41,653

Frequently Asked Questions about Washington Heights Academy

How many students attend Washington Heights Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 463 students attended Washington Heights Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Washington Heights Academy?

Students at Washington Heights Academy are 94% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% White.

Is Washington Heights Academy a good school?

Washington Heights Academy ranks 332^nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Washington Heights Academy in?

New York City Geographic District # 6

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