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High School for Contemporary Arts

800 EAST GUN HILL ROAD

District 11 · NYC Public Schools · High school · Grades 9–12 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

225 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -170 students (-43.0%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–2019395
2019–2020362
2020–2021322
2021–2022303
2022–2023283
2023–2024281
2024–2025295
2025–2026225

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $37,216 per student (state & local $33,761 · federal $3,455).

Same-year medians: District 11 $34,656 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$18,379$1,481$16,898388
2019–2020$18,706$1,097$17,609370
2020–2021$22,576$1,419$21,157325
2021–2022$25,032$3,187$21,845301
2022–2023$26,674$2,798$23,876282
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$39,711$11,318$28,393280
2024–2025$37,216$3,455$33,761283

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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