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Baruch College Campus High School

Grades: 9-12
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What’s Special

Rigorous academics in a welcoming environment

The Downside

Cramped facilities

Baruch College Campus High School offers rigorous academics in a pleasant and welcoming environment. Students are taught to write well and read classical and contemporary texts such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, Dante’s Inferno and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

The school has a demanding but not overwhelming workload. Students say they routinely have two to three hours of homework a night, and more if a project is due. But the payoff is great: Nearly every graduate goes on to a four-year-college, including some very selective ones.

Group work and discussions are common in classes. Teachers are also experimenting with ways to encourage more independent learning. For instance, in math, students may tackle a new topic on their own as part of their homework before the teacher delves deeper into it in class.

Writing is emphasized in all subjects, and 11th-graders take a dedicated writing course where they draft a lengthy research paper and begin work on college application essays.  

History lessons are tied to contemporary issues, so, for example, students learning about the Holocaust also study more recent examples of extreme oppression and the ways people try to resist.

Lessons don’t shy away from difficult topics. Seniors research and draft policy papers on topics they’re interested in, such as rape on college campuses. In 10th-grade English, students read and write about the rights of citizens by studying the case of the Central Park Five (teenagers who were wrongly convicted of the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park) and the work done by the Innocence Project, which uses DNA to exonerate people wrongfully convicted of crimes.

In recent years the school has welcomed more students with special needs, which longtime principal Alicia Perez Katz says has lead to positive changes school-wide. “We’re an honors school by design, but we will still need to teach to a wide range of students.”

Toward that end, teachers and staff have taken steps to promote a more inclusive environment. The school secured a grant to acquire books that address topics and stories relevant to black, Hispanic and LGBTQ+ students. The school also adopted a “restorative justice” approach to discipline that minimizes suspensions and promotes positive behavior through conversation, reflection and corrective action. A lot of this takes place during small-group advisory classes, which students attend three times each week.

All students must perform 20 hours of community service each year. Some seniors “intern” in lower-grade classes by helping the teachers during lessons and running study groups with students. Many activities have a service focus, such as a benefit rap concert students put on to raise money for a high-poverty elementary school.

All students study Spanish, and there are multiple visual arts classes. After-school options include sports and more than 30 different clubs.

The school was originally founded in collaboration with Baruch College, but it is no longer on the college campus. Some perks remain. Students may earn both high school and college credit (from Baruch College) for a calculus class taught at the high school. They also have access to the Baruch College library and get priority registration for its College Now courses.

Baruch High School occupies five floors in a former office building, which used to house the School for the Physical City (now closed). The facilities are maintained nicely, but some classrooms are cramped. There’s a tiny all-purpose room that is used as a gymnasium. Students may leave the building for lunch.

A full-time college counselor meets individually with every junior. Graduates attend a broad range of schools, including CUNY and SUNY colleges as well as private options such as Columbia, New York University, Carnegie Mellon and Wesleyan.

SPECIAL EDUCATION: Roughly half the classes at the school follow the ICT (integrated co-teaching) model. (Laura Zingmond, May 2018; admissions updated, October 2019)

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School Stats

Citywide Average Key
This school is Better Near Worse than the citywide average

Academics

School
Citywide
How many students graduate in 4 years?
 
99%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
100%
Average daily attendance
 
94%
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
 
16%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school offers enough activities and services for their children's needs?
 
79%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school works to achieve the goals of their students' IEPs?
 
89%
From the 2021-22 School Quality Guide and 2020-21 NYC School Survey

Students

486
Number of students
Citywide Average is 599

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
47%
Students with disabilities
 
18%
Multilingual learners
 
2%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
0%
How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
 
94%
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
 
28%
How many students say that some are bullied at their school because of their gender or sexual orientation?
 
21%
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?
 
68%
18.5
Years of principal experience at this school
Citywide Average is 7
122
Number of students for each guidance counselor or social worker
Citywide Average is 157

Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity


How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
86%
Are teachers effective?
From the 2020-21 NYC School Survey, 2021-22 School Quality Guide, 2019-20 Report on School-Based Staff Demographics, 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

 
25%

Computer Science

 
10%

Physics

 
24%

Advanced Foreign Language

 
32%

AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science

 
56%

AP/IB Math or Science

 
34%

Music

Not offered in 2019-20
From unpublished, anonymized data from the 2021-22 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?
 
96%
How many students take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
99%
How many students who have graduated from this high school stay in college for at least 3 semesters?
 
97%
From the 2020-21 and 2021-22 School Quality Guide
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
86%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought you by
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Programs & Admissions

From the 2024 High School Directory

Baruch College Campus High School (M87A)

Admissions Method: Screened

Program Description:

Comprehensive interdisciplinary liberal arts program.

Offerings

From the 2024 High School Directory

Language Courses

Spanish

Advanced Courses

Algebra II (Advanced Math), AP Calculus AB, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Statistics, AP United States History, Calculus (Advanced Math), Calculus (College Course [Credited]), Chemistry (Advanced Science), Physics (Advanced Science), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)

Boys PSAL teams

Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Wrestling

Girls PSAL teams

Basketball, Fencing, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball

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Contact & Location

Location

55 East 25 Street
Manhattan NY 10010

Trains: 4 Line, 5 Line, L Line, N Line, Q Line, R Line to Union Square; 6 Line to 28th St

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Contact

Principal: Alicia Perez Katz

Parent Coordinator: Janice Salmeri

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? No

This school is in its own building.

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? No

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