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Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers

02M550

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

250 WEST 18 STREET (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

348 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $2,125,011 ($6,106/student)

No DOE Quality Report for this school type

Overview

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

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	339
2014-15	407
2015-16	427
2016-17	430
2017-18	427
2018-19	422
2019-20	428
2020-21	375
2021-22	352
2022-23	430
2023-24	461
2024-25	461
2025-26	348

% female: 38.5% (2025-26)

% poverty: 94.3% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 2.3% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 88.2% (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: 4.6% (2025-26)

Black: 38.5% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 50.3% (2025-26)

White: 6% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0% (2025-26)

Native American: 0.6% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: not reported (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	379
2024	SAT reading & writing mean	383
2023	SAT math mean	418
2023	SAT reading & writing mean	395
2022	SAT math mean	410
2022	SAT reading & writing mean	416
2021	SAT math mean	410
2021	SAT reading & writing mean	414
2020	SAT math mean	427
2020	SAT reading & writing mean	412
2019	SAT math mean	406
2019	SAT reading & writing mean	393

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	$2,125,011	not reported	$6,106
FY 2026	$1,661,400	not reported	$4,774

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
Title I SWP	$382,287
C4E Class Size Reduction Planning HS	$376,716
Contract for Excellence FY 2024 HS	$299,400
TL C4E FSF	$240,548
Title I SWP STH	$214,129
Class Size Reduction Planning HS	$190,147
Contract for Excellence FY 09 HS	$145,407
TL College & Career Advising	$61,533
TL CB School Staff	$51,054
Title I 1003a TSI/CSI PS	$39,600
Title III LEP	$34,695
Title 1 SIG - Planning Grant for Schools	$20,000
TL 12-Month AP HS	$19,115
High Need Support for Title I	$11,043
Title I 1003a TSI/CSI OTPS	$9,900
TL Computer Maintenance HS	$7,881
Title III LEP Carryover	$7,160
High Need Support for Title I STH	$6,185
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$3,823
Title I SWP Translation Services	$2,388
Title I CSI Participatory Budgeting	$2,000

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.

Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.