ESSEX STREET ACADEMY
ADMISSIONS
Essex Street Academy (02M294) is a District 2, open admissions high school located in the Lower East Side. We are an Inside Schools “Staff Pick” school.
Number of 9th grade seats: 90
Admissions Method: Open. We are not Ed-Opt and we do not screen for any grades or attendance. We do NOT require an essay for admissions.
Note: We are a Consortium school which allows our students to graduate using Performance Based Assessment Tasks (PBATs) in lieu of the Regents exams. Students at our school take the English Regents and do 4 PBAT presentations.
2026 Fall Open Houses and Tours
During Open Houses, you will have a chance to meet our administrators, teachers, and our admissions and college counselor, and learn about the academic programming and extracurricular activities our school has to offer.