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These enrollment data are collected as part of NYSED's Student Information Repository System (SIRS). These counts are as of "BEDS Day" which is typically the first Wednesday in October. Available are enrollment counts for public and charter school students by various demographics for the 2015 - 16 school year. For nonpublic school enrollment data please see the Non-Public School Enrollment and Staff information on our Information and Reporting Services webpage.

NYC Public Schools Report Card and Enrollment data include data for all NYC geographic districts and NYC charter schools.

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NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT (2015 - 16)

K-12 Enrollment: 1,049,335

These data are filtered by: GRADES (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, Ungraded Elementary, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, Ungraded Secondary)

Enrollment based on filters: 965,363

ENROLLMENT BY GENDER

MALE

496,792

47%

FEMALE

468,571

45%

ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY

AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE

8,762

1%

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

265,039

25%

HISPANIC OR LATINO

391,114

37%

ASIAN OR NATIVE HAWAIIAN/OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER

151,049

14%

WHITE

138,776

13%

MULTIRACIAL

10,623

1%

OTHER GROUPS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

122,546

12%

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

210,691

20%

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

691,305

66%

ENROLLMENT BY GRADE

1ST GRADE

86,655

9%

2ND GRADE

85,448

9%

3RD GRADE

83,691

9%

4TH GRADE

79,838

8%

5TH GRADE

78,247

8%

6TH GRADE

75,291

8%

UNGRADED ELEMENTARY

9,751

1%

7TH GRADE

74,300

8%

8TH GRADE

73,855

8%

9TH GRADE

88,483

9%

10TH GRADE

84,601

9%

11TH GRADE

68,889

7%

12TH GRADE

65,044

7%

UNGRADED SECONDARY

11,270

1%

Enrollment Suppression

When the Total Students count equals the count in the English Language Learner Students, Students with Disabilities, and/or Economically Disadvantaged Students category, the data are suppressed.

When the count of students in either the English Language Learner Students, Students with Disabilities, and/or Economically Disadvantaged Students category is less than 5, the data are suppressed.

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