Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
| Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School | |
|---|---|
The exterior of LaGuardia, one block west of Lincoln Center | |
| Location | |
100 Amsterdam Ave , 10023 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′27″N 73°59′08″W / 40.77417°N 73.98556°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Selective school |
| Established | 1961 |
| School district | New York City Geographic District #3 |
| NCES School ID | 360007804458 |
| Principal | Deepak Marwah |
| Teaching staff | 149.50 (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,141 (2023-2024) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.32 |
| Campus | City: Large |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Website | laguardiahs.org |
The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts (often referred to simply as LaGuardia or "LaG") is a public high school in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City. It specializes in teaching visual arts and performing arts. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
Situated at 100 Amsterdam Avenue between West 64th and 65th Streets, near Lincoln Center, the school was created by merging the High School of Music & Art and the School of Performing Arts. The school aims to prepare students for higher education, including conservatory study, and a career in the arts.
The school is the only one of New York City's nine specialized high schools to receive special funding from the New York State Legislature through the Hecht-Calandra Act, as well as the only specialized high school that does not use the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) as admissions criteria.
The school in 2019–2020 had 3,011 students and 164 staff members, with a teacher–student ratio of 1:20.