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Cascades High School

Grades: 9-12

Our Insights

Cascades High School is a small high school on the Lower East Side serving grades 9 through 12. This school shares a building with Forsyth HS.

This is a transfer alternative school, which admits older students who have fallen behind in credits, dropped out, or need a fresh start. Transfer schools are designed to help students get back on track towards graduation. The principal has been leading this school since 2016.

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School Stats

Academics

School
Citywide
Transfer school graduation rate
 
65%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
68%
From the 2020-21 School Quality Guide and 2020-21 NYC School Survey

Students

139
Number of students
624 Citywide Average

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
88%
Students with disabilities
 
42%
Multilingual learners
 
7%
From the 2020-21 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
0%
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
 
100%
5.1
Years of principal experience at this school
7 Citywide Average
84
Number of students for each guidance counselor or social worker
157 Citywide Average

Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity


How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
79%
Are teachers effective?
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey, 2020-21 School Quality Guide, 2019-20 NY State Report Card, 2021 Guidance Counselor Report and this school's most recent Quality Review Report

Advanced Courses

Which students have access to advanced courses at this school? Learn more

Calculus

Not offered in 2019-20

Computer Science

 
32%

Physics

Not offered in 2019-20

Advanced Foreign Language

Not offered in 2019-20

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
14%

AP/IB Math or Science

Not offered in 2019-20

Music

Not offered in 2019-20
From unpublished, anonymized data from the 2019-20 school year provided by the New York State Education Department, brought to you by

College Readiness

School
Citywide
How many students graduate with test scores high enough to enroll at CUNY without remedial help?
 
11%
From the 2020-21 School Quality Guide
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
54%
From the 2020-21 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought you by
How many graduates of this school received Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funding to attend a NYS college?
 
47%
How many of those TAP recipients made it through college? Learn more
From unpublished, anonymized student-level data for the class of 2014 provided by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) in coordination with the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), brought to you by
For more information about our data sources, see About Our Data · More DOE statistics for this school

Contact & Location

Location

198 Forsyth Street
Manhattan NY 10002

Trains: 6 Line to Spring St; F Line to 2nd Ave; J Line, Z Line to Bowery; B Line, D Line to Grand St; M Line to Delancey St-Essex St; R Line, W Line to Prince St

Buses: M9, M14D, M15, M15-SBS, M21, M103, M55, B39


Contact

Principal: Claire Sheehan

Parent Coordinator: Miladys De Jesus

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares a building with Forsyth HS

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? No

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