Art and Design High School
231-249 East 56 Street, Manhattan, NY 10022
About this school
Public choice option that is not guaranteed by address and generally depends on district choice or broader application rules.
Art & Design prepares students for careers in the arts and beyond. Our CTE programs include Film/Video, Photography, Animation, Architectural and Graphic Design, Illustration, Fashion, and Cartooning. Our instruction positions students for acclaimed awards and scholarships and facilitates entry into choice colleges. Teachers develop curriculum collaboratively with industry partners and colleagues in higher education. We partner with major design and marketing firms (Warner Bros./Discovery and Movement Strategy to name a few) that provide hands-on, practical applications of the visual arts in commercial settings. Students learn Adobe Suite and AutoCAD programs required for their field of study and achieve professional certification. We offer a wide range of Advanced Placement (AP), CUNY College Now courses, Monroe Dual Enrollment courses and electives based on student voice and interest. Students are engaged in hundreds of internship sites which align to the visual arts, civics, core disciplines, and personal vision for learning. Our mission is to prepare students for college and career readiness through hands on studio work and challenging academics.
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Student demographics
NYC School Quality Snapshot · Reporting period: 2024-10-31 · Source release: 2025 · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Source-reported for the stated period; retrieval does not establish present-day accuracy. Only the categories available in this record are shown; totals may be below 100%.
Academic measures
NYC School Quality Snapshot · Source release: 2025 release (measurement periods vary). Proficiency is the share of tested students meeting state standards, not a school rating.
- Student attendance
- 91%September 2024-June 2025
Sources and data dates
- School listing
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- Stored rating
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- Enrollment
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- School description
- NYC School Quality Snapshot · Reporting period: 2025 release (measurement periods vary) · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Measurement period is not established; retrieval date is not the date of the underlying fact.
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