Renaissance School of the Arts

319 East 117 Street, Manhattan, NY 10035 · Manhattan · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 04M377

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 1187 (of 1500)

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: 86.6%

47.7% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

40%(citywide avg: 37.5%)

ELA avg. rating

2.69 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.70 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

27.1%(citywide avg: 28.9%)

Math avg. rating

2.49 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.51 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.30 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

23.7%

Grade 6 Math

21.4%

Grade 7 ELA

57.5%

Grade 7 Math

47.5%

Grade 8 ELA

38.1%

Grade 8 Math

11.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

14.3%(citywide avg: 18%)

English Language Learners -- Math

11.5%(citywide avg: 20.9%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

26%

Students with disabilities -- Math

19.1%

Black students -- ELA

41.9%(citywide avg: 38.3%)

Black students -- Math

22%(citywide avg: 23.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

40.3%(citywide avg: 40.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

32.8%(citywide avg: 33.2%)

"% 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

183 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 93.2%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

0.5%

Black

43.7%

Hispanic or Latino

51.9%

White

0.5%

Multiracial

1.6%

Native American

1.6%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

34.4%

English Language Learners

7.1%

Living in poverty

90.7%

Female

58.5%

Male

41.5%

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

D75 Special Education Inclusive Services

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

1. Open to students currently in or recommended for District 75 Special Education Inclusive Services.

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

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)