Skip to Content
Main content

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 2019 - 20 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.

Enrollment Data - Glossary of Terms | Business Rules

NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT (2019 - 20)

K-12 Enrollment: 1,033,669

ENROLLMENT BY GENDER

MALE

531,719

51%

FEMALE

501,950

49%

ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY

AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE

11,727

1%

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

259,721

25%

HISPANIC OR LATINO

424,064

41%

ASIAN OR NATIVE HAWAIIAN/OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER

169,375

16%

WHITE

152,517

15%

MULTIRACIAL

16,265

2%

OTHER GROUPS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

138,879

13%

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

229,644

22%

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

773,444

75%

MIGRANT

HOMELESS

87,132

8%

FOSTER CARE

5,892

1%

PARENT IN ARMED FORCES

662

0%

ENROLLMENT BY GRADE

K (FULL DAY)

77,456

7%

1ST GRADE

78,101

7%

2ND GRADE

78,952

7%

3RD GRADE

78,141

7%

4TH GRADE

78,583

7%

5TH GRADE

80,077

7%

6TH GRADE

78,673

7%

UNGRADED ELEMENTARY

9,315

1%

7TH GRADE

79,058

7%

8TH GRADE

76,664

7%

9TH GRADE

86,674

8%

10TH GRADE

81,208

7%

11TH GRADE

71,237

6%

12TH GRADE

68,701

6%

UNGRADED SECONDARY

10,829

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.

×
Top
  1. You can do a side-by-side comparison of the same dataset between two or three location and/or years. There are two ways to accomplish this.

    1. Use the quick comparisons section for the most common options.
    2. Create a custom comparison, by adding this location to the comparison engine using the + button.

  2. If you're creating a custom comparison, you'll need to navigate to this report for another location and/or year and use the + icon on that page to add it to the comparison engine.