PS 226
NEW YORK · NY · NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 · Public · K-12 combined
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PS 721 MANHATTAN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER → MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT → HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL → SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL → HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) → CASCADES HIGH SCHOOL → JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING → MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PS 226 compares for families
What families should know about PS 226.
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PS 721 MANHATTAN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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New York's public scholarships
New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.
Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 274 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS 721 MANHATTAN OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING CENTER NEW YORK |
Public | 1.3 | 24 | — |
| MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT NEW YORK |
Public | 0.6 | 38 | — |
| HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 0.5 | 78 | +27.9% |
| SATELLITE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 1.1 | 112 | -26.3% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) NEW YORK |
Public | 0.3 | 132 | -37.4% |
| CASCADES HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 0.8 | 135 | +23.9% |
| JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING NEW YORK |
Public | 1.3 | 138 | -6.1% |
| MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS NEW YORK |
Public | 1.8 | 136 | +0.7% |