Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance

890 BROADWAY, MANHATTAN, NY 10003 · Manhattan · K-8

DBN: 02M442

K-8

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Elementary: 156 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 143 (of 1500)

Niche: 35 (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: 94.1%

85.7% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

87.6%(citywide avg: 85.9%)

ELA avg. rating

3.74 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.71 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

78.5%(citywide avg: 79.8%)

Math avg. rating

3.57 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.63 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 4 ELA

89.5%

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Grade 4 Math

100%

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Grade 5 ELA

88%

Grade 5 Math

92%

Grade 6 ELA

88.9%

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

Grade 6 Math

55.6%

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

Grade 7 ELA

77.3%

Grade 7 Math

71.4%

Grade 8 ELA

95.2%

Grade 8 Math

70.8%

By student group

Asian students -- ELA

85%(citywide avg: 81.6%)

Asian students -- Math

95%(citywide avg: 86.2%)

Black students -- ELA

83.3%(citywide avg: 86.2%)

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- Math

47.4%(citywide avg: 61.8%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

82.4%(citywide avg: 80.1%)

Small sample (17 students) -- treat as directional.

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

55.6%(citywide avg: 67.9%)

Small sample (18 students) -- treat as directional.

White students -- ELA

94.6%(citywide avg: 93.4%)

White students -- Math

91.9%(citywide avg: 91.1%)

"% 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

128 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 44.5%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

21.1%

Black

16.4%

Hispanic or Latino

18%

White

32.8%

Multiracial

10.2%

Native American

1.6%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

5.5%

English Language Learners

3.1%

Living in poverty

44.5%

Female

65.6%

Male

34.4%

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

Audition

18 seats

3 applicants per seat

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

1. Priority to continuing students

~100% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~111% 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 New York City residents

~30% admitted

There were about 30 applicants in this group and less than 10 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~50% 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)