Hunter College Elementary School
elementary school in New York City, US
Hunter College Elementary School is an elementary school on Manhattan's Upper East Side for select students who reside in New York City. It is administered by Hunter College, a senior college of the City University of New York or CUNY.
History
Hunter College Elementary School was created in 1940 as an experimental school for gifted students. It grew out of the Hunter College Model School and assumed its current name in 1941. From its inception until 1973, Hunter College Elementary School was located at the Hunter College campus at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. Its current location is the former site of the Squadron A Armory at 71 East 94th Street in New York City.
In 1964, the school began looking to admit additional Black students; previously the student body was predominantly white. Applicants have historically been selected based on the results of an intelligence test. According to The New York Times in 1990, there were 16 nursery-school students and 32 kindergarten students in each year's incoming class. There were about 25 times as many applicants as available seats in each class. According to The New York Times in 2009, there were more than 1,800 applicants for an incoming class of 50 students.
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