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Almost half of New York City public schools have nearly half of their students failing, even though the Big Apple\u2019s public school system spends more than double the national average per student, a new report shows.<\/p>\n

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Fewer than half of the students passed math, reading, or both on state exams in over 900 of the city\u2019s public schools in 2025, a\u00a0 by the Success Academy charter school network reveals. The city spent $36,293 on each student in 2024, more than double the national average of $17,619 per student.<\/p>\n

These failing schools educate 43% of New York City\u2019s public school students, according to Success Academy\u2019s report. In of these public schools, a majority of students failed both math and reading on state exams in 2025. This comes even after the city spent $40 billion on education in 2024.\u00a0(RELATED: NYC School Accused Of Targeting Teacher Who Blew The Whistle On Grade Inflation)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is missing is not money. What is missing is honesty \u2014 honest measurement, honest reporting, and honest consequences when schools consistently fail,\u201d the report, titled \u201cBy Any Honest Measure,\u201d stated.<\/p>\n

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People enter P.S. 179 Kensington on December 07, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

New York City Public Schools did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Even though the students are not able to pass the state exams, they continue to move through the school systems because \u201cNew York City\u2019s grading system is designed to ensure that most students pass their courses regardless of whether they have mastered the material,\u201d according to the report. The numbers of students attending failing schools climb as they progress, with 34% of elementary students attending a failing school, 49% of middle school students, and 62% of high school students in the 2024-2025 school year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are not schools teetering at the edge of success,\u201d the report stated. \u201cThey are schools that have been massively failing \u2014 persistently, systemically, and at staggering public expense \u2014 for years, and in many cases for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York City Chancellor\u2019s Office rated 98% of teachers as effective or highly effective from 2022-2023, the report notes.<\/p>\n

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With teachers rated so highly, and 43% of students attending a school \u201cwhere more than half of students are failing math or reading \u2014 or both \u2014 the only logical conclusion is that the evaluation system is not measuring what it claims to measure,\u201d the report notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resulting analysis is the most complete accounting of school failure in New York City ever assembled \u2014 not because the underlying data was secret, but because the public entities responsible for accountability chose, year after year, not to look at it whole,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

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