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Independence High School

02M544

09,10,11,12 - Manhattan, District 2

850 10TH AVENUE (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

263 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $1,736,864 ($6,604/student)

No DOE Quality Report for this school type

Overview

Independence High School is a high school school (grades 09,10,11,12) in Manhattan, Community School District 2.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	328
2014-15	317
2015-16	314
2016-17	338
2017-18	334
2018-19	319
2019-20	342
2020-21	315
2021-22	360
2022-23	274
2023-24	281
2024-25	270
2025-26	263

% female: 42.6% (2025-26)

% poverty: 93.5% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 34.6% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 27.4% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 0% (2025-26)

Black: 34.6% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 60.8% (2025-26)

White: 3.4% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0.4% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.8% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.95 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

No DOE Quality Report for this school type

Year	Metric	Value
2024	SAT math mean	367
2024	SAT reading & writing mean	360
2023	SAT math mean	394
2023	SAT reading & writing mean	398
2022	SAT math mean	402
2022	SAT reading & writing mean	385
2021	SAT math mean	394
2021	SAT reading & writing mean	411
2020	SAT math mean	404
2020	SAT reading & writing mean	409
2019	SAT math mean	417
2019	SAT reading & writing mean	428
2018	SAT math mean	406.9
2018	SAT reading & writing mean	429.6

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

No grade 3-8 state test row is published for the grades this school serves.

Specialized high school offers

No SHSAT feeder-school row is published for this school. DOE reports this for middle schools whose 8th graders entered high-school admissions.

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$1,736,864	not reported	$6,604
FY 2026	$1,287,299	not reported	$4,895

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
Class Size Reduction Planning HS	$497,066
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning HS	$353,229
Title I SWP	$273,407
Contract for Excellence FY 09 HS	$127,553
Title I SWP STH	$84,684
TL CB School Staff	$72,857
TL College & Career Advising	$70,721
C4E Class Size Transition HS	$55,019
Contract for Excellence FY 2024 HS	$47,961
TL C4E FSF	$38,580
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In HS	$27,767
TL ELA/Math Student Support	$23,872
TL 12-Month AP HS	$19,115
Title III LEP	$12,465
TL ELL High School Graduation	$11,412
High Need Support for Title I	$7,898
TL Computer Maintenance HS	$3,745
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$2,734
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,480
High Need Support for Title I STH	$2,446
Title I SWP Translation Services	$1,853

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

PTA funding not reported for this school.

Sources & methodology

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

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