Washington Heights, Manhattan
Schools
### Schools

#### Public schools

The [New York City Department of Education](/wiki/New_York_City_Department_of_Education "New York City Department of Education") operates public schools in Washington Heights as part of Community School District 6\. As with most other school districts in New York City, District 6 has both zoned schools, which take students mainly from a small area in the neighborhood, and unzoned schools, which admit students from anywhere in the district. Zoned public elementary and elementary/middle schools include:

* PS 28 Wright Brothers (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 189 (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 48 PO Michael J Buczek (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 128 Audubon (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 173 (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 4 Duke Ellington (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 8 Luis Belliard (grades 3K–5\)
* PS 115 Alexander Humboldt (grades PK–5\)
* PS 152 Dyckman Valley (grades PK–5\)
* Dos Puentes Elementary School (grades K–5\)
* PS 132 Juan Pablo Duarte (grades K–5\)
* PS/IS 187 Hudson Cliffs (grades PK–8\)

Unzoned elementary and elementary/middle schools include:
* Castle Bridge School (grades PK–5\)
* Professor Juan Bosch Public School (grades K–5\)

Zoned middle schools include:
* JHS 143 Eleanor Roosevelt (grades 6–8\)
* MS 319 Maria Teresa (grades 6–8\)
* MS 322 (grades 6–8\)
* MS 324 Patria Mirabal (grades 6–8\)

Unzoned middle and middle/high schools include:
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* Harbor Heights (grades 6–8\)
* Community Math and Science Prep (grades 6–8\)
* IS 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers (grades 6–8\)
* City College Academy of the Arts (grades 6–12\)
* Community Health Academy of the Heights (grades 6–12\)

The former [George Washington High School](/wiki/George_Washington_Educational_Campus "George Washington Educational Campus"), built in 1923, is located between 192nd and 193rd streets directly west of [Highbridge Park](/wiki/Highbridge_Park "Highbridge Park"). It became the George Washington Educational Campus in 1999 when it was split into four smaller schools:
* The College Academy (grades 9–12\)
* High School for Media and Communications (grades 9–12\)
* High School for Law and Public Service (grades 9–12\)
* High School for Health Careers and Sciences (grades 9–12\)

The [Gregorio Luperón High School for Science and Mathematics](/wiki/Gregorio_Luper%C3%B3n_High_School_for_Math_%26_Science "Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science") was founded in 1994 and serves a student body of newly arrived Spanish\-speakers. Washington Heights also has the unzoned [Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School](/wiki/Washington_Heights_Expeditionary_Learning_School "Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School"), serving grades PK to 12\.

#### Charter and parochial schools

[Charter schools](/wiki/Charter_schools_in_New_York "Charter schools in New York") include:
* WHIN Community Charter School (grades K–3\)
* [Success Academy](/wiki/Success_Academy_Charter_Schools "Success Academy Charter Schools") Washington Heights (grades K–4\)
* [KIPP](/wiki/KIPP "KIPP") Washington Heights (grades K–8\)
* School in the Square (grade 6–8\)

Catholic schools under the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York](/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_New_York "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York") include:
* [Incarnation School](/wiki/Incarnation_School_%28Manhattan%29 "Incarnation School (Manhattan)") (grades 3K–8\)
* St. Elizabeth School (grades 3K–8\)

Jewish schools include:
* [Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch](/wiki/Yeshiva_Rabbi_Samson_Raphael_Hirsch "Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch") (grades 3K, PK, and 1–12\)
* [Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy](/wiki/Marsha_Stern_Talmudical_Academy "Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy") (grades 9–12\)


Who founded Gregorio Luperón High School for Science and Mathematics?