These Upper East Side Schools Are The Most Vaccinated: Data

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A large majority of Upper East Side public school students have been vaccinated against COVID-19, but large discrepancies remain between different neighborhood schools, according to newly released data.

For the first time, the Department of Education released data on Friday showing vaccination rates among students age 5 and older at each of the city's nearly 1,500 schools.

Patch isolated schools on the Upper East Side, and found that 79.8 percent of students at the neighborhood's 20 public schools have gotten at least one vaccine dose — or 6,750 students in total. (Scroll to the bottom for a full breakdown by school.)

That's far higher than the citywide average of 59.3 percent, according to the data, which reflects vaccination rates as of Feb. 22. Meanwhile, about 73.3 percent of Upper East Side students are fully vaccinated, compared to 51.6 percent citywide.

Broken down by school, Eleanor Roosevelt High School on East 76th Street leads the neighborhood, with 92.9 percent of its 538 students having gotten a shot. (It ranks seventh citywide, with Stuyvesant High School leading the pack at 94.4 percent.)

Not far behind is P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson, which recorded a 90.6 percent vaccination rate; followed by P.S. 77 Lower Lab School (89.6 percent) and East Side Middle School (86.1 percent).

At the opposite end of the spectrum, P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy has the neighborhood's lowest vaccine rate, at 41.4 percent — though it is something of an outlier, since it focuses on students with learning disabilities. The next-lowest are Life Sciences Secondary School (70 percent) and Yorkville Community School (70.6 percent).

As a whole, District 2 — the school district that includes the Upper East Side and most of Lower Manhattan — has the city's highest vaccination rate, at about 80 percent. The lowest is Brooklyn's District 23, spanning neighborhoods including Brownsville and Ocean Hill.

"New York City led the way ensuring every adult in our buildings is vaccinated, mandating vaccinations for students participating in high-risk activities, and hosting clinics in schools where over 50,000 students received life-saving vaccines," DOE spokesperson Nathaniel Styer said when the data was released on Friday.

"In the coming months, we are working with our partner health care agencies on an outreach campaign to encourage vaccination in the communities with the lowest rates."

Officials also announced Friday that New York City public school students could go mask-free outdoors starting this week.

As with its youth numbers, the Upper East Side has maintained high vaccination rates among adults: about 97.4 percent of Upper East Side adults have had at least one vaccine dose, compared to 86 percent citywide.

Upper East Side public schools by percent of students with at least one vaccine dose (as of Feb. 22, 2022):

• Eleanor Roosevelt High School: 92.9%
• P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson School: 90.6%
• P.S. 77 Lower Lab School: 89.6%
• East Side Middle School: 86.1%
• Talent Unlimited High School: 85.2%
• J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner: 83.9%
• P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake: 83.9%
• Urban Academy Laboratory High School: 82.9%
• P.S. 290 Manhattan New School: 81.4%
• Yorkville East Middle School: 81.0%
• PS 267 East Side Elementary School: 80.02%
• P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action: 79.5%
• P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor: 79.3%
• Vanguard High School: 76.5%
• P.S. 198 Isador E. Ida Straus: 71.5%
• Ella Baker School: 71.1%
• Manhattan International High School: 70.7%
• Yorkville Community School: 70.6%
• Life Sciences Secondary School: 70.0%
• P.S. M169 - Robert F. Kennedy: 41.4%