Columbia Secondary School

425 West 123 Street, Manhattan, NY 10027 · Manhattan · Secondary School

DBN: 05M362

Secondary School

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Middle: 114 (of 1500)

SchoolDigger High: 140 (of 1234)

Niche Middle: 47 (of 1516)

Niche High: 57 (of 1406)

Academic quality

Graduation rate -- share of a cohort who earned a diploma within 4 (or 6) years of starting 9th grade.
College/career readiness -- DOE's stricter bar: graduated AND met at least one benchmark (course credits, exam scores, etc.) showing they're on track for college or a career.
Regents pass rate -- share of students who took that exam this year and scored 65+, NY State's passing threshold.

Attendance: 94.2%

84.2% attend 90%+ of days

Graduation & college readiness

4-year graduation rate

97.1%(citywide avg: 99.8%)

6-year graduation rate

100%(citywide avg: 98.5%)

4-year college/career readiness

87.3%(citywide avg: 80.5%)

6-year college/career readiness

80.6%(citywide avg: 75.1%)

Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)

English

94.5%

Algebra I

73.3%

Living Environment (Biology)

88.2%

Global History

94.6%

US History

93.8%

Citywide comparisons are the average across high schools. Small cohorts are flagged since a handful of students can swing a percentage a lot; cells too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

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

Demographics

654 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 50.8%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

8.3%

Black

19%

Hispanic or Latino

35.6%

White

29.1%

Multiracial

3.4%

Native American

0.9%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

21.6%

English Language Learners

1.2%

Living in poverty

44.8%

Female

47.9%

Male

52.1%

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

Screened

74 seats

5 applicants per seat

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

1. New York City residents

Not enough data

There were about 100 applicants from District 3 North of 96th Street and about 20 received offers last year. There were about 30 applicants from District 3 south of 96th Street and fewer than 10 received offers last year. There were about 40 applicants from District 4 and about 20 received offers last year. There were about 70 applicants from District 5 and about 20 received offers last year. There were about 60 applicants from District 6 and about 20 received offers last year. There were about 60 applicants from outside of Districts 3, 4, 5, and 6 and none received offers last year.

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)