New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies

333 WEST 17 STREET, MANHATTAN, NY 10011 · Manhattan · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 02M312

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 54 (of 1500)

Niche: 30 (of 1516)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 96.5%

93.8% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

85.6%(citywide avg: 88.5%)

ELA avg. rating

3.73 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.81 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

88.5%(citywide avg: 86.3%)

Math avg. rating

3.92 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.82 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

87.2%

Grade 6 Math

85.9%

Grade 7 ELA

85.2%

Grade 7 Math

89.8%

Grade 8 ELA

84.3%

Grade 8 Math

90%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

66.7%(citywide avg: 65.8%)

English Language Learners -- Math

70.6%(citywide avg: 71.2%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

57.4%

Students with disabilities -- Math

59.6%

Asian students -- ELA

92.1%(citywide avg: 91.8%)

Asian students -- Math

94.7%(citywide avg: 91.5%)

Black students -- ELA

40%(citywide avg: 43.3%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

69.7%(citywide avg: 70.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

72.3%(citywide avg: 65.3%)

White students -- ELA

87.4%(citywide avg: 89%)

White students -- Math

89.2%(citywide avg: 86.4%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

86.4%(citywide avg: 86.8%)

Multiracial students -- Math

91.1%(citywide avg: 88.9%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

534 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 30.4%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

47.8%

Black

2.4%

Hispanic or Latino

10.5%

White

30.7%

Multiracial

7.5%

Native American

0.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

18.7%

English Language Learners

2.2%

Living in poverty

29.6%

Female

47.6%

Male

52.4%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Open

149 seats

4 applicants per seat

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants eligible for free or reduced price lunch in this group and all received offers last year. There were about 10 additional applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~13% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to students and residents of District 2

~41% admitted

There were about 130 applicants eligible for free or reduced price lunch in this group and about 80 received offers last year. There were about 280 additional applicants in this group and about 90 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~114% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to New York City residents

~0% admitted

There were about 60 applicants eligible for free or reduced price lunch in this group and none received offers last year. There were about 90 additional applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)