Is High School Of Fashion Industries (The) a good school?

High School Of Fashion Industries (The) ranks 762 nd of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend High School Of Fashion Industries (The)?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,623 students attended High School Of Fashion Industries (The).

What is the racial makeup of High School Of Fashion Industries (The)?

Students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The) are 54% Hispanic, 29% African American, 8% Two or more races, 5% White, 4% Asian.

High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Summary:

The High School Of Fashion Industries (The) is a public magnet high school serving grades 9-12 in New York City's New York City Geographic District # 2, with a total enrollment of 1,623 students. While the school has been consistently ranked in the lower half of New York high schools over the past decade, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, it offers a specialized focus on fashion industries that may attract a unique student population.

The school's performance is mixed, with a 4-year graduation rate slightly below the state average, higher-than-average dropout rates, and significant issues with chronic absenteeism. Its test scores vary, with strong performance in English Language Arts but lower scores in math and science compared to district and state averages. Student subgroup performance also differs, with Asian and African American students generally outperforming their Hispanic and White peers, and English Language Learners and students with disabilities struggling compared to their classmates. The school's spending per student has increased in recent years, but it remains to be seen whether this will translate to improved outcomes.

Interestingly, the High School Of Fashion Industries (The) is located in close proximity to several other public high schools, including Manhattan Village Academy, Liberty High School Academy For Newcomers, and Nyc Museum School, which have varying performance levels. Addressing the school's high chronic absenteeism rates and equity concerns across different student subgroups could be key focus areas for improvement efforts, as the school seeks to leverage its specialized focus and proximity to other institutions to enhance student outcomes.

Detail:

Public, Magnet 9-12

225 W 24th St
New York, NY 10011-1794

(212) 255-1235

District: New York City Geographic District # 2

SchoolDigger Rank:
762^nd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,972

Student/teacher ratio: 14.2

Number of students: 1,623

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

53.9%

African American:

29.0%

Two or more races:

7.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details High School Of Fashion Industries (The) ranks worse than 61.4% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 27^th among 56 ranked high schools in the New York City Geographic District # 2. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.02. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The) who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (53.9%), African American (29%), two or more races (7.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at High School Of Fashion Industries (The) is 14.2. 58 high schools in the New York City Geographic District # 2 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare High School Of Fashion Industries (The) employs 114.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at High School Of Fashion Industries (The) is $16,972. 48 high schools in the New York City Geographic District # 2 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

High School Of Fashion Industries (The):

SchoolDigger ranks High School Of Fashion Industries (The) 762^nd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See High School Of Fashion Industries (The) in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District # 2:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District # 2 335^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

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Rank History for all students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	48.14	612^th	935	34.5%
2006	51.07	586^th	986	40.6%
2007	59.80	455^th	1002	54.6%
2008	46.41	668^th	1027	35.0%
2009	56.73	526^th	1086	51.6%
2010	49.48	649^th	1117	41.9%
2011	54.06	611^th	1165	47.6%
2012	53.45	642^nd	1198	46.4%
2013	45.85	730^th	1217	40.0%
2014	47.73	684^th	1237	44.7%
2015	39.57	784^th	1255	37.5%
2016	42.12	753^rd	1255	40.0%
2017	43.46	705^th	1221	42.3%
2018	39.93	762^nd	1210	37.0%
2019	37.96	795^th	1207	34.1%
2021	50.40	306^th	519	41.0%
2022	21.35	901^st	1190	24.3%
2023	32.52	814^th	1228	33.7%
2024	39.02	762^nd	1242	38.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	21.11	190^th	212	10.4%
2023	26.31	218^th	272	19.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	48.49	248^th	546	54.6%
2019	41.78	309^th	565	45.3%
2022	34.47	330^th	481	31.4%
2023	45.56	287^th	583	50.8%
2024	42.34	343^rd	637	46.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	37.72	656^th	1095	40.1%
2019	38.04	682^nd	1132	39.8%
2022	35.32	644^th	1038	38.0%
2023	39.77	637^th	1130	43.6%
2024	42.46	588^th	1144	48.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.51	678^th	1154	41.2%
2019	41.86	717^th	1179	39.2%
2022	22.39	864^th	1101	21.5%
2023	33.35	772^nd	1155	33.2%
2024	40.27	702^nd	1170	40.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.29	164^th	498	67.1%
2019	76.20	56^th	493	88.6%
2022	47.29	174^th	389	55.3%
2023	61.19	112^th	531	78.9%
2024	67.94	87^th	564	84.6%

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Rank History for Female students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.55	754^th	1176	35.9%
2019	38.33	782^nd	1193	34.5%
2022	20.96	888^th	1155	23.1%
2023	32.16	816^th	1197	31.8%
2024	39.31	752^nd	1219	38.3%

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Rank History for Male students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.62	879^th	1176	25.3%
2019	32.25	823^rd	1190	30.8%
2022	21.42	876^th	1154	24.1%
2023	31.76	808^th	1191	32.2%
2024	31.52	820^th	1211	32.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	42.37	274^th	426	35.7%
2019	41.71	302^nd	447	32.4%
2022	13.82	343^rd	386	11.1%
2023	35.89	303^rd	424	28.5%
2024	30.61	323^rd	426	24.2%

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Rank History for African American students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.19	276^th	679	59.4%
2019	56.57	264^th	686	61.5%
2022	38.13	352^nd	593	40.6%
2023	47.06	306^th	671	54.4%
2024	52.91	280^th	690	59.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.15	368^th	791	53.5%
2019	47.56	400^th	815	50.9%
2022	29.00	527^th	760	30.7%
2023	41.64	458^th	851	46.2%
2024	49.24	394^th	865	54.5%

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Rank History for White students at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	58.56	308^th	765	59.7%
2019	27.99	660^th	793	16.8%
2022	17.20	661^st	738	10.4%
2023	44.78	469^th	776	39.6%
2024	58.30	332^nd	781	57.5%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a parent
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

If you have a middle schooler in NYC and you are considering The High School of Fashion Industries DO NOT DO IT!!!!! It's a terrible school with terrible teachers. I should have listened to my cousin who also had a negative experience there but no....let her follow her dreams they said. Let her make her own choices they said.. 😠😠😠 Close Quote

Enrollment information for High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	90	904	193	867	5	n/a	n/a	2059
1990	95	796	244	857	6	n/a	n/a	1998
1991	67	778	203	990	1	n/a	n/a	2039
1992	74	731	201	1066	7	n/a	n/a	2079
1993	76	747	178	1221	21	n/a	n/a	2243
1994	86	685	164	1249	17	n/a	n/a	2201
1995	88	568	122	1215	8	n/a	n/a	2001
1996	88	568	122	1215	8	n/a	n/a	2001
1997	93	522	115	1177	8	n/a	n/a	1915
1998	90	563	110	1200	7	n/a	n/a	1970
1999	85	540	102	1125	3	n/a	n/a	1855
2000	95	551	93	1069	3	n/a	n/a	1811
2001	108	542	93	1009	6	n/a	n/a	1758
2002	134	591	78	1020	3	n/a	n/a	1826
2003	134	591	78	1020	3	n/a	n/a	1826
2004	125	577	65	981	2	n/a	n/a	1750
2005	120	584	57	980	2	n/a	n/a	1743
2006	107	575	57	916	4	n/a	n/a	1659
2007	88	571	64	937	7	n/a	n/a	1667
2008	84	572	68	922	8	n/a	n/a	1654
2009	86	642	67	881	6	n/a	n/a	1682
2010	81	650	70	865	8	n/a	n/a	1674
2011	71	657	67	833	7	0	0	1635
2012	66	627	61	834	6	1	1	1596
2013	61	621	55	912	8	2	6	1665
2014	66	656	75	929	7	0	7	1740
2015	66	646	89	959	8	0	9	1777
2016	64	676	92	949	7	0	19	1807
2017	73	619	105	866	7	2	7	1679
2018	75	529	61	886	4	35	11	1601
2019	84	493	63	900	10	22	19	1591
2020	86	486	69	923	10	18	14	1606
2021	86	496	67	977	11	4	34	1675
2022	87	530	62	981	15	4	41	1720
2023	83	471	59	874	12	2	122	1623

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	2059	110.6	18.6	n/a
1990	1998	113.3	17.6	n/a
1991	2039	103.9	19.6	n/a
1992	2079	89.9	23.1	n/a
1993	2243	98.4	22.8	n/a
1994	2201	96.6	22.8	n/a
1995	2001	84.0	23.8	n/a
1996	2001	84.0	23.8	n/a
1997	1915	86.1	22.2	94.6
1998	1970	92.7	21.3	85.2
1999	1855	95.8	19.4	82.8
2000	1811	90.0	20.1	82.3
2001	1758	91.0	19.3	80.9
2002	1826	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1826	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1750	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1743	85.3	20.4	0
2006	1659	83.0	20.0	82.8
2007	1667	84.5	19.7	82.4
2008	1654	85.5	19.3	75.6
2009	1682	82.1	20.5	76.5
2010	1674	82.1	20.3	n/a
2011	1635	75.5	21.6	78
2012	1596	79.5	20.0	78.2
2013	1665	84.3	19.7	3.1
2014	1740	87.0	20.0	81.5
2015	1777	90.0	19.7	81.7
2016	1807	103.0	17.5	81.2
2017	1679	97.4	17.2	82.4
2018	1601	101.0	15.8	83.1
2019	1591	105.0	15.1	80.6
2020	1606	106.5	15.0	83.1
2021	1675	98.9	16.9	83.3
2022	1720	123.9	13.8	80.8
2023	1623	114.1	14.2	81.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio High School Of Fashion Industries (The)

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	2059	110.6	18.6	n/a
1990	1998	113.3	17.6	n/a
1991	2039	103.9	19.6	n/a
1992	2079	89.9	23.1	n/a
1993	2243	98.4	22.8	n/a
1994	2201	96.6	22.8	n/a
1995	2001	84.0	23.8	n/a
1996	2001	84.0	23.8	n/a
1997	1915	86.1	22.2	94.6
1998	1970	92.7	21.3	85.2
1999	1855	95.8	19.4	82.8
2000	1811	90.0	20.1	82.3
2001	1758	91.0	19.3	80.9
2002	1826	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1826	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1750	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1743	85.3	20.4	0
2006	1659	83.0	20.0	82.8
2007	1667	84.5	19.7	82.4
2008	1654	85.5	19.3	75.6
2009	1682	82.1	20.5	76.5
2010	1674	82.1	20.3	n/a
2011	1635	75.5	21.6	78
2012	1596	79.5	20.0	78.2
2013	1665	84.3	19.7	3.1
2014	1740	87.0	20.0	81.5
2015	1777	90.0	19.7	81.7
2016	1807	103.0	17.5	81.2
2017	1679	97.4	17.2	82.4
2018	1601	101.0	15.8	83.1
2019	1591	105.0	15.1	80.6
2020	1606	106.5	15.0	83.1
2021	1675	98.9	16.9	83.3
2022	1720	123.9	13.8	80.8
2023	1623	114.1	14.2	81.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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