High School Mathematics Science and Engineering at Ccny, New York NY

Original Research by School Decision on High School Mathematics Science and Engineering at Ccny

High School Mathematics Science and Engineering at CCNY is a regular public high school located on Convent Avenue in upper Manhattan, serving grades nine through twelve. The school enrolls a small student body distributed evenly across the four grades. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school roughly in the middle range for economic need among the district's secondary schools.

The student body is diverse in racial and ethnic composition. Asian students make up the largest single group, followed by white students, then Hispanic and Black students in smaller shares, with a handful of students identifying as multiracial or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. This composition differs from some other citywide high schools and reflects the broader demographic landscape of upper Manhattan, where the school is situated.

The school offers Advanced Placement coursework, providing pathways for students interested in college-level work during high school. Beyond that offering, detailed information about the full range of programs, course sequences, or support services was not available in the data reviewed. A parent evaluating this school would benefit from visiting the school website or speaking directly with the school to understand what career pathways, dual-enrollment options, or specialized STEM programming exist beyond AP, given the school's name and focus.

State assessment data and graduation rates were not provided, so no direct measure of academic proficiency or student outcomes is available for comparison. This gap prevents a quantified read on how the school's students perform on New York's assessments or how many complete their diplomas. The absence of these figures is typical for schools served by the NYC Public Schools data systems, where results are sometimes reported at the district level rather than by individual school, but a parent would want to ask the school directly about both its academic results and graduation outcomes.

The school is embedded within New York City's dense urban fabric on Convent Avenue, within easy walking distance of the subway and part of the mixed-use Upper Manhattan neighborhood. The area combines residential buildings, small commercial spaces, and institutional anchors like City College, whose engineering program is adjacent. The school's location offers students the transit access and street-life energy that characterize the city, though it is not a sprawling campus in the suburban sense; instead it occupies space within the neighborhood block fabric, as do most New York City public schools.

New York City's economy is anchored by finance, technology, and professional services, with tech roles expanding fastest. The broader economic conditions show housing values above state and national benchmarks, with rents rising modestly. The unemployment rate remains moderate. For a family considering this school, the context is a city with strong job markets in technical fields, which aligns with the school's apparent emphasis on mathematics, science, and engineering.

Under the NYC Solves initiative launched in the current school year, high schools have adopted a common Algebra 1 curriculum, Illustrative Mathematics, shifting away from school-by-school variation. This affects how mathematics is taught across the district. The school also sits within a district that has recently modified high school admissions so families can apply to an unlimited number of schools citywide rather than being capped at twelve choices, and where in-district preference still applies. These structural changes affect how students access the school and compete for enrollment.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=95%Cohort of 124 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

22 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

58 tested

27.6%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

83 tested

92.8%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

55 tested

81.8%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

67 tested

86.6%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

57 tested

80.7%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

25 tested · Grade 10

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

64 tested · Grade 10

90.6%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

7 tested

57.1%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

51 tested

66.7%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

45 tested

51.1%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

51 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

French Language and Culture

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

German Language and Culture

12 tested

58.3%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Art History

24 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Music Theory

21 tested · Grade 10

57.1%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

22 tested

95.5%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

151 tested

98.7%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

128 tested · Grade 10

93.0%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Math	128	98.0%
Ela	127	100.0%
Science	126	94.0%
Social Studies	110	100.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.