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High School For Law & Public Service
549 Audubon Ave
New York NY, 10040, New York County
Phone: 212-927-2380
Ranking: 
(961 out of 989, bottom 3%)*
(961 out of 989, bottom 3%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 42 | 41 | 36 | 35 | 39 | 41 | 39 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 679 | 684 | 709 | 667 | 679 | 689 | 662 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 224 | 33.0% | 227 | 33.2% | 280 | 39.5% | 225 | 33.7% | 187 | 27.5% | 201 | 29.2% | 218 | 32.9% |
| Grade 10: | 189 | 27.8% | 212 | 31.0% | 186 | 26.2% | 163 | 24.4% | 176 | 25.9% | 182 | 26.4% | 203 | 30.7% |
| Grade 11: | 119 | 17.5% | 116 | 17.0% | 92 | 13.0% | 113 | 16.9% | 123 | 18.1% | 138 | 20.0% | 131 | 19.8% |
| Grade 12: | 118 | 17.4% | 103 | 15.1% | 111 | 15.7% | 133 | 19.9% | 135 | 19.9% | 124 | 18.0% | 74 | 11.2% |
| Ungraded: | 29 | 4.3% | 26 | 3.8% | 40 | 5.6% | 33 | 4.9% | 58 | 8.5% | 44 | 6.4% | 36 | 5.4% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 385 | 56.7% | 385 | 56.3% | 416 | 58.7% | 359 | 53.8% | 353 | 52.0% | 346 | 50.2% | 321 | 48.5% |
| Female: | 294 | 43.3% | 299 | 43.7% | 293 | 41.3% | 308 | 46.2% | 318 | 46.8% | 335 | 48.6% | 337 | 50.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 7 | 1.0% | 6 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 542 | 79.8% | 564 | 82.5% | 596 | 84.1% | 568 | 85.2% | 599 | 88.2% | 619 | 89.8% | 619 | 93.5% |
| Black: | 115 | 16.9% | 103 | 15.1% | 94 | 13.3% | 87 | 13.0% | 71 | 10.5% | 57 | 8.3% | 32 | 4.8% |
| White: | 12 | 1.8% | 10 | 1.5% | 10 | 1.4% | 7 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.2% | 6 | 0.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 491 | 72.3% | 658 | 96.2% | 634 | 89.4% | 635 | 95.2% | NA | NA | 544 | 79.0% | 568 | 85.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 20 | 2.9% | 23 | 3.4% | 19 | 2.7% | 22 | 3.3% | NA | NA | 28 | 4.1% | 40 | 6.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.16 | 16.68 | 19.53 | 18.87 | 17.55 | 17.00 | 17.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| Regents | ||||||
| 2010 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 3% | 30% | 65% |
| 2011 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 12% | 27% | 64% |
| 2012 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 11% | 28% | 64% |
| 2005 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 15% | 36% | 73% |
| 2006 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 29% | 44% | 75% |
| 2007 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 47% | 41% | 71% |
| 2008 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 47% | 30% | 73% |
| 2009 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 55% | 36% | 74% |
| 2010 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 60% | 38% | 73% |
| 2011 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 76% | 39% | 78% |
| 2012 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 77% | 32% | 78% |
| 2005 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 54% | 48% | 72% |
| 2006 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 39% | 43% | 74% |
| 2007 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 43% | 43% | 72% |
| 2008 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 57% | 48% | 70% |
| 2009 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 52% | 50% | 72% |
| 2010 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 73% | 54% | 74% |
| 2011 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 54% | 41% | 72% |
| 2012 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 57% | 49% | 73% |
| 2005 | English | End of course | % met std | 40% | 56% | 77% |
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 50% | 63% | 78% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 55% | 64% | 78% |
| 2008 | English | End of course | % met std | 49% | 64% | 82% |
| 2009 | English | End of course | % met std | 53% | 66% | 82% |
| 2010 | English | End of course | % met std | 53% | 73% | 83% |
| 2011 | English | End of course | % met std | 60% | 71% | 85% |
| 2012 | English | End of course | % met std | 53% | 64% | 82% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 31% | 39% | 72% |
| 2011 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 21% | 42% | 75% |
| 2012 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 23% | 41% | 75% |
| 2005 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 43% | 45% | 70% |
| 2006 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 41% | 43% | 67% |
| 2007 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 53% | 38% | 63% |
| 2008 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 45% | 43% | 67% |
| 2009 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 66% | 52% | 71% |
| 2010 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 60% | 52% | 69% |
| 2011 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 52% | 51% | 70% |
| 2012 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 54% | 55% | 71% |
| 2009 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 51% | 59% | 72% |
| 2010 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 35% | 60% | 72% |
| 2011 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 38% | 56% | 73% |
| 2012 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 37% | 54% | 72% |
| 2005 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 37% | 54% | 75% |
| 2006 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 46% | 56% | 75% |
| 2007 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 42% | 48% | 75% |
| 2008 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 41% | 50% | 75% |
| 2009 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 66% | 65% | 80% |
| 2010 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 53% | 63% | 79% |
| 2011 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 68% | 70% | 81% |
| 2012 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 58% | 66% | 78% |
| 2005 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 42% | 66% | 77% |
| 2006 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 55% | 63% | 79% |
| 2007 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 48% | 58% | 77% |
| 2008 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 47% | 59% | 76% |
| 2009 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 37% | 45% | 61% |
| 2005 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 4% | 27% | 66% |
| 2006 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 6% | 43% | 68% |
| 2007 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 17% | 48% | 70% |
| 2008 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 16% | 31% | 70% |
| 2009 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 21% | 37% | 68% |
| 2010 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 17% | 33% | 61% |
| 2005 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 11% | 36% | 81% |
| 2006 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 14% | 56% | 80% |
| 2007 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 28% | 51% | 79% |
| 2008 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 31% | 42% | 77% |
| 2009 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 83% | 59% | 77% |
| 2010 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 80% | 61% | 82% |
| 2011 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 30% | 47% | 79% |
| 2012 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 78% | 41% | 79% |
| 2005 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 98% | 97% | 96% |
| 2006 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 98% | 97% | 97% |
| 2008 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 92% | 96% | 95% |
| 2009 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 96% | 98% | 96% |
| 2010 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 98% | 97% | 95% |
| 2011 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 94% | 95% | 94% |
| 2005 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 48% | 51% | 76% |
| 2006 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 62% | 54% | 79% |
| 2007 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 79% | 64% | 79% |
| 2008 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 82% | 69% | 83% |
| 2009 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 69% | 64% | 80% |
| 2010 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 80% | 73% | 83% |
| 2011 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 69% | 57% | 80% |
| 2012 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 73% | 63% | 79% |
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* High School For Law & Public Service was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.