Community Health Academy of the Heights

Overview written by the school: We provide a warm setting with a strong emphasis on growth. Our school allows for students to have multiple opportunities to master course work and has had remarkable success. We have a robust Art, Music, Dance, and World Language sequence. We currently offer 7 Advanced Placement courses and will be adding an 8th in 2021. We have a school based SYEP program allowing our students opportunities for summer employment. Many CHAH students also leave campus in their senior year for internships and college courses. We have a wide variety of sports teams and extracurricular activities. We invite you to email us to set up a visit to our beautiful school and, in the mean time, visit our website to learn more about the school - www.chah.nyc

School Performance

Graduation Rate: 83.999997% (at the end of the school year before last, the percent of students who graduated "on time" by earning a diploma four years after they entered 9th grade).
Daily Attendance Rate: 81.999999% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 88.999999% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 63.999999% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 91.000003% students feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker room and cafeteria. (Student opinions on school safety, as reported on the NYC School Survey.)

Programs offered

Program 1: Community Health Academy of the Heights
Code: M07A

Interest: Humanities & Interdisciplinary
Method: Ed. Opt.

Seats 9 GE: 59
Grade 9 GE filled flag: Y
Grade 9 GE applicants: 569
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 10
Seats 9 SWD: 16
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 202
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 13

Seats 10: 0
Admissions priority 1: Priority to continuing 8th graders
Admissions priority 2: Then to New York City residents

Activities

Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular activities and clubs offered by the school that do not fall under one of the Sports categories (PSAL Sports or School Sports): No data
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Baseball, Basketball, Soccer
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Basketball, Cross Country, Softball, Volleyball
PSAL Sports Coed
Co-ed PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Golf
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): No data
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data

Other info

Total students: 695
Start time: 8:00am
End time: 2:50pm

Final grades: 6 to 12

Language classes: Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP English Language and Composition, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP Environmental Science
Additional info: Community School

School accessibility description: Fully Accessible

More info

Borough: Manhattan
NTA: Washington Heights South
Neighborhood: Washington Heights S.

School Number: M814

Community board: 112
Council district: 7
Census tract: 241
BIN: 1089242
BBL: 1021160031

About Community Health Academy of the Heights

Contacts

Address: 504 West 158th Street, Manhattan NY 10032 (40.833695,-73.942074)
Latitude: 40.833687
Longitude: -73.942072
Phone number: 212-342-6600
Fax number: 212-342-6605
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.chah.nyc
Subway lines near the school: 1 to 157th St; C to 155th St
Bus lines near the school: Bx6, Bx6-SBS, Bx7, M10, M100, M101, M2, M3, M4, M5

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