Original Research by School Decision on Concord High School
Concord High School is a small, high-poverty secondary school serving grades nine through twelve on Staten Island's East Shore. With an enrollment well under two hundred students, it is considerably smaller than a typical high school and serves a student body that is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with the vast majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's size and demographic composition reflect the immediate neighborhood rather than borough-wide enrollment patterns.
The school sits within New York City Geographic District 31, which covers all of Staten Island. That district is currently managing a substantial elementary school seat shortage, a pressuring capacity issue that keeps the focus on lower grades, though it frames the broader educational infrastructure context in which Concord operates.
State assessment data and a four-year graduation rate were not available for Concord, which limits what can be said with certainty about academic performance and outcomes. The school's small size and enrollment composition suggest it may serve students with varied academic needs or those for whom a larger, more traditional high school environment did not prove the right fit. A parent or student considering Concord may want to reach out directly to the school to understand its academic approach, course offerings, and support systems, since those details are not in the publicly available data reviewed here.
The neighborhood context is relevant. Rhine Avenue, where the school is located, sits in a section of Staten Island that retains a suburban, residential character even as the borough overall develops. Staten Island maintains detached homes, quiet streets, and distinct neighborhood centers separated by topography and distance, quite different from the denser, more transit-oriented feel of other New York City boroughs. Commercial corridors and retail centers exist but are dispersed rather than clustered. The North Shore, where the school is located, has a mixed character, with maritime industry, public housing, retail, and older residential fabric alongside newer development. The civic and economic core of the borough centers on St. George and its ferry terminal several miles away, so daily life on the East Shore tends to be car-oriented and neighborhood-bound.
Housing values in the school's zip code are above the New York State average and have grown modestly over the past year. Rental costs are stable. Employment on Staten Island concentrates in healthcare and retail, anchored by Staten Island University Hospital and the Staten Island Mall, though the maritime sector on the North Shore provides industrial work as well. The local economy operates in a broader context of national labor markets and current mortgage rates.
Concord's enrollment has remained very small and relatively stable across grade levels, though ninth-grade enrollment is notably light. Whether this reflects ninth-grade attrition, student mobility, or enrollment patterns at the school level is not clear from the data. The school's civil-rights profile, special education enrollment, and English learner enrollment data were not available, so it is not possible to characterize the school's approach to those populations without contacting the school directly.
The school operates as a regular public school within the New York City system and does not have charter or magnet status. Program offerings, staffing, attendance data, and discipline data were not in the public records reviewed. A prospective student or family should contact Concord directly to learn about course selection, graduation requirements, extracurricular activities, and the lived experience of attending a school of this size and character on Staten Island's East Shore.
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