K-12 Schools

New York ranks 11 among U.S. states for teacher starting salaries, with an average starting salary of $49,315 in 2024, according to the National Education Association (NEA).

College tuition fees rose 2.6% in New York in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

In the Center for Education Reform’s 2024 Parent Power Index, New York secured the twenty-seventh position, with an Overall Parent Power Index Score of 68.2%.

Pro-Palestine protests at New York University is one of several demonstrations on college campuses across the country, with student groups organizing encampments, protests, and demonstrations at their schools in an attempt to force the universities and colleges to divulge and divest from any connections that benefit Israel.

There was an increase in the dropout rate among New York’s 12th-grade white students in the 2021-22 school year, compared to the previous year.

New York’s multiracial 12th-graders faced a 2.7% dropout rate in the 2021-22 school year.

There was an increase in the dropout rate among New York’s 12th-grade Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, compared to the previous year.

New York’s Black 12th-graders faced a 4.7% dropout rate in the 2021-22 school year.

There was a decrease in the dropout rate among New York’s 12th-grade Asian and Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, compared to the previous year.

New York’s American Indian and Alaska Native 12th-graders faced a 2.6% dropout rate in the 2021-22 school year.