Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School

511 West 182 Street, Manhattan, NY 10033 · Manhattan · K-12 all grades

DBN: 06M348

K-12 all grades

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Elementary: 2219 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 727 (of 1500)

SchoolDigger High: 953 (of 1234)

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: 84.8%

52.4% attend 90%+ of days

Graduation & college readiness

4-year graduation rate

86%(citywide avg: 86.9%)

6-year graduation rate

95.9%(citywide avg: 91.4%)

4-year college/career readiness

46.3%(citywide avg: 52.3%)

6-year college/career readiness

45.9%(citywide avg: 48%)

Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)

English

69.6%

Algebra I

37.1%

Living Environment (Biology)

42.9%

Global History

64.5%

US History

45.7%

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

955 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 85.8%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

0.7%

Black

2.5%

Hispanic or Latino

92.5%

White

3.1%

Multiracial

0.8%

Native American

0.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

23.9%

English Language Learners

20.2%

Living in poverty

81.3%

Female

48.7%

Male

51.3%

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)

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Non-Zoned

25 seats

Not all seats filled last year

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

1. Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

All applicants in this group who identified as eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch or living in temporary or public housing, received offers last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

2. Students who live outside the district and have a sibling at the school.

Not enough data

There were no applicants in this group who identified as eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch or living in temporary or public housing last year. No additional applicants in this group received offers.

3. Students who live in the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

Not enough data

4. Students who live outside the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

Not enough data

5. Other students who live in the district.

Not enough data

6. Other students who live outside the district.

Not enough data

All applicants in this group who identified as eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch or living in temporary or public housing, received offers last year. All additional applicants in this group received offers.

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)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

76 seats

1 applicants per seat

Not all seats filled last year

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 ~26% 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 applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~12% 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 students attending PS 115, PS 132, PS 173, or PS 189 and to residents of the middle school zone

~100% admitted

There were about 10 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).

4. Then to District 6 students and residents

~100% admitted

5. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted