New Design High School (NDHS) is a small academic high school with a focus on design, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. NDHS uses the concept of design to help meet the academic, intellectual, social, emotional and artistic needs of adolescents. Our school integrates the idea, concept and process of design into a progressive, academic high school curriculum, thereby offering an innovative education in a nurturing environment. The school community believes that design and the design process allow students to participate in a more experiential form of inquiry-based education that is focused on understanding real-world contexts, self-expression and problem solving.
Curriculum
NDHS uses design as a basis for learning; students are exposed to the fields of fine art fundamentals of design, fashion and merchandising, product design, invention and entrepreneurship. Teaching artists, through Urban Arts Partnership, the school's main cultural partner, augment the existing curriculum through the fields of media and communications, graphic design, souncd design and film & motion graphics; College Now courses are offered
Program Overview
Program Specialization: Visual Art & Design
Available Seats in Freshmen Class: 108
Admission Method: Educational option
Transportation
Buses: M103, M14AD, M15, M15-SBS, M21, M22, M9
Trains: F, J, M, Z to Delancey St-Essex St; B, D to Grand St
Finance
Finance
Public schools are supported through local, state, and federal funding, and do not charge tuition to students who attend them.
Admissions
Admissions
Admission Priorities
Priority to District 1 students or residents
Then to New York City residents
Important Dates
Regular Application Deadline: December 2
Academics
Academics
67% of students graduate from New Design High School
Test Scores
1168 Average score for the SAT Composite
Test Section
Average Score
SAT Math
395
SAT Verbal
391
SAT Writing
382
NYC Report Card
B
Environment
A
Progress
B
Performance
A
Overall Score
C
College and Career Readiness
Awards
New Design High School received a Bronze award from US News in 2013.
New Design High School's
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Student Teacher Ratio
13 : 1
Gender
38% Male / 62% Female
Socioeconomic Diversity
87%
of students qualify for a free or reduced price school lunch at
New Design High School.
Student Diversity
Percentage of Student Body
White
3%
Hispanic/Latino
62%
Black or African American
30%
Asian
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Bullying
There were 2 incidents of bullying last year at New Design High School, which equals 0.0048 incidents per student.
Extracurriculars
Academic Support, Animation, Community Service, Dance, Filmmaking, Governor's Committee on Scholastic Achievement (GCSA), SAT Prep, Internship Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), Poets and Playwrights, Urban Arts Peapod Academy, Yearbook, Youth Empowerment Leadership for Boys and Girls; Partnership programs in art, media, music production, theater, playwriting, poetry, and photography
