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Martin Van Buren High School

230-17 HILLSIDE AVENUE

District 26 · NYC Public Schools · High school · Grades 9–12 (2025–2026)

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Enrollment

1,054 students in school year 2025–2026. Change since 2018–2019: -108 students (-9.3%).

Whole-school enrollment by school year
School yearStudents
2018–20191,162
2019–20201,151
2020–20211,140
2021–20221,098
2022–20231,053
2023–20241,129
2024–20251,140
2025–20261,054

Spending per student

Latest reported, school year 2024–2025: $28,400 per student (state & local $26,348 · federal $2,052).

Same-year medians: District 26 $29,810 · citywide $33,315

Reported spending per student by school year
School yearTotalFederalState & localStudents (state count)
2018–2019$16,758$744$16,0141169
2019–2020$15,504$643$14,8611153
2020–2021$15,302$1,013$14,2891158
2021–2022$16,711$1,541$15,1701095
2022–2023$17,642$932$16,7101066
From 2023–2024, figures include a share of citywide costs, such as central offices. Not comparable with earlier years.
2023–2024$27,244$3,681$23,5631126
2024–2025$28,400$2,052$26,3481131

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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