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District 05 · NYC Public Schools · Middle school · Grades 6–8 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

89 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -36 students (-28.8%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–2019125
2019–2020103
2020–202193
2021–202280
2022–202376
2023–202478
2024–202586
2025–202689

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $68,996 per student (state & local $66,028 · federal $2,968).

Same-year medians: District 05 $42,840 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$33,387$2,548$30,839126
2019–2020$42,870$2,279$40,591100
2020–2021$43,245$2,653$40,59292
2021–2022$60,333$7,034$53,29978
2022–2023$64,545$6,690$57,85573
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$79,921$8,537$71,38478
2024–2025$68,996$2,968$66,02886

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Sources: New York City Public Schools enrollment data and spending per student reported by the New York State Education Department. Missing years are not zero. Enrollment and spending are not school-quality ratings. How we check the data