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City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

Brooklyn, NY

IHE Partner: CUNY New York City College of Technology

●●● AT - A – GLANCE

City Polytechnic High School (City Poly) was founded in Year Opened: 2009
September, 2009, as one of four State-approved career and
technical education (CTE) demonstration sites, opened by 2014-15 Enrollment: 447
the New York City Department of Education to try out and
then disseminate innovative programs and practices to City Male/Female Ratio: 330:117
schools. CUNY New York City College of Technology (City
Tech) is the school’s partner IHE, and City Poly is also a Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity:
member of the Early College Initiative (ECI) at CUNY. African American – 66.4%
Hispanic – 19.7%
The NYS Smart Scholars ECHS Program began funding the Asian/Pacific Islander – 7.2%
City Tech–City Poly Collaborative ECHS Program in Native American – 0.7%
January, 2010, and has been a part of the fabric of the high White – 3.6%
school since then. As the high school grew by a new class No Data – 2.4%
of students each year, Smart Scholars funding has
supported each cohort of students as they move through Percentage Free/Reduced Price Lunch
their high school classes, into cohort courses at City Tech, (FRPL): 73.2%
and finally into full-time enrollment at City Tech, over the
course of the school’s five-year program. Smart Scholars Average Number of College Credits
Cohort 2 funding supports the school’s expanded enrollment Earned by Year in School:
since the first year of Cohort 1 funding was awarded, as well Year 1 - 0
as special programming for students with disabilities. Year 2 - 0
Year 3 - 4
City Poly was the first high school in New York City to be Year 4 - 7
both an ECHS and a CTE high school. In the spring of 2013, Year 5 - 24
City Poly, with tremendous support from City Tech, was able
to have its CTE program formally approved by the State Average number of college credits
Education Department. earned by Graduates who entered
City Poly in 2009: 23.8
In 2014, The New York City School District was awarded a
New York State Pathways in Technology (NYS P-TECH) Graduation Rate for students who
grant to convert City Poly into a P-TECH school. The entered City Poly in 2009: 87.1%
conversion to a six-year, NYS P-TECH school will begin with
the 9th grade class entering in September 2015. Contact Information:
Sachiel Mondesir, College Liaison
●●● (718) 260-5745
smondesir@citytech.cuny.edu
Yusuf Mohammad, Principal
105 City Tech Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 875-1473
muhammad@citypolyhs.org