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District 20 · NYC Public Schools · Middle school · Grades 6–8 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

1,223 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -391 students (-24.2%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–20191,614
2019–20201,637
2020–20211,536
2021–20221,484
2022–20231,378
2023–20241,362
2024–20251,325
2025–20261,223

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $28,760 per student (state & local $25,920 · federal $2,840).

Same-year medians: District 20 $30,669 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$13,233$917$12,3161620
2019–2020$13,028$704$12,3241633
2020–2021$14,033$1,326$12,7071538
2021–2022$17,164$2,696$14,4671464
2022–2023$17,444$1,853$15,5911367
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$27,564$4,199$23,3651359
2024–2025$28,760$2,840$25,9201329

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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