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: A

Niche High: A · 73 (of 1400)

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 (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Demographics

711 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 50.71%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

11.11%

Black

20.53%

Hispanic or Latino

33.76%

White

25.46%

Multiracial

7.74%

Native American

0.7%

Missing race/ethnicity data

0.7%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

24.47%

English Language Learners

1.13%

Living in poverty

40.51%

Female

45.71%

Male

54.29%

Neither female nor male

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 DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2026-27 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Screened

89 seats

3 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 80 applicants from District 3 North of 96th Street and about 35 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 10 applicants from District 4 and about 10 received offers last year. There were about 60 applicants from District 5 and about 20 received offers last year. There were about 60 applicants from District 6 and about 30 received offers last year. There were about 30 applicants from outside of Districts 3, 4, 5, and 6 and fewer than 10 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 (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Family, student, and teacher responses on instruction, safety, school climate, and family engagement.

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