Editing Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan (section)

==Education==
[[File:NYPL Columbus Branch, Manhattan crop.jpg|thumb|New York Public Library, Columbus branch]]

In 2018, Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea generally had a higher rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city. In 2018, a majority of residents age 25 and older (78%) had a college education or higher, while 6% had less than a high school education. 17% were high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, in 2018, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents had a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during the same time period.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/MN_04_11.pdf |title=Clinton / Chelsea – MN 04 |date=2011 |publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]] |access-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918163019/http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/MN_04_11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea's rate of elementary school student absenteeism was lower than the rest of New York City. In Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea, 16% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per [[school year]], less than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name=":21" />{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}} In 2018, 81% of high school students in Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea graduated on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018" />{{Rp|6}}

===Schools===
The [[New York City Department of Education]] operates the following public elementary schools in Hell's Kitchen as part of Community School District 2:<ref name="Zillow">{{cite web |title=Hell's Kitchen New York School Ratings and Reviews |website=Zillow |url=https://www.zillow.com/hells-kitchen-new-york-ny/schools/ |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024314/https://www.zillow.com/hells-kitchen-new-york-ny/schools/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*P.S. 35 (grades K, 2-12)<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 035 |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M035 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024316/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M035 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*P.S. 51 Elias Howe (grades PK-5)<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 051 Elias Howe |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M051 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024314/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M051 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*P.S. 111 Adolph S Ochs (grades PK-5, 7-8)<ref>{{cite web |title=P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M111 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024309/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M111 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The following high schools are located in Hell's Kitchen, serving grades 9-12 unless otherwise indicated:<ref name="Zillow"/>
*Business of Sports School<ref>{{cite web |title=Business Of Sports School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M393 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024316/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M393 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Facing History School<ref>{{cite web |title=Facing History School, The |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M303 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024318/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M303 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Food and Finance High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Food and Finance High School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M288 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024313/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M288 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[High School for Environmental Studies]]<ref>{{cite web |title=High School for Environmental Studies |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M400 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024313/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M400 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*High School of Hospitality Management<ref>{{cite web |title=High School of Hospitality Management |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M296 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024309/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M296 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Independence High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence High School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M544 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024311/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M544 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Manhattan Bridges High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Manhattan Bridges High School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M542 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024314/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M542 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Professional Performing Arts School]] (grades 6-12)<ref>{{cite web |title=Professional Performing Arts High School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M408 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024311/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M408 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Urban Assembly Gateway School For Technology<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M507 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024313/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M507 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The |website=New York City Department of Education |date=December 19, 2018 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M300 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024311/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M300 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*[[The Beacon School]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Beacon High School |website=New York City Department of Education |date=June 19, 2022 |url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M479 |access-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615111625/https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/M479 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Success Academy Charter Schools]] group opened an elementary school,<ref name="NewChartersProposedManhattan-WSJ">{{Cite news |last=Fleisher |first=Lisa |date=2012-07-16 |title=New Charters Proposed for Manhattan |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303933704577529002194406824.html |access-date=2021-03-23 |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517173254/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303933704577529002194406824.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Success Academy Hell's Kitchen,<ref>Name: [http://www.successacademies.org/page.cfm?p=739 ''Success Academy Hell's Kitchen'' (Success Academy Charter Schools) (official website)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213133011/http://www.successacademies.org/page.cfm?p=739|date=February 13, 2013 }}, as accessed December 2, 2012.</ref> in the [[High School of Graphic Communication Arts]] building in 2013.<ref name="NewChartersProposedManhattan-WSJ" />

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York]] operates Catholic schools in Manhattan. The Holy Cross School served the Hells Kitchen/[[Times Square]] area. In 2011, it had about 300 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.holycrossnyc.com/index.cfm?load=page&page=7 |title=Holy Cross School |publisher=Holy Cross Church |date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004082858/https://www.holycrossnyc.com/index.cfm?load=page&page=7 |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref> Some students originated from areas outside of New York City and outside New York State. In 2013 the archdiocese announced that the school was to close.<ref>{{cite web |last=Otterman |first=Sharon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/education/catholic-schools-in-new-york-await-more-closing-bells.html |title=Catholic Schools Await More Closing Bells |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309200135/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/education/catholic-schools-in-new-york-await-more-closing-bells.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The school had the possibility of remaining open if $720,000 in pledges to the school were obtained, and the school community almost got to the number. However, the school was closed anyway.<ref>{{cite web |last=Otterman |first=Sharon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-to-close-24-schools.html |title=New York Archdiocese to Close 24 Schools |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 23, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206132224/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/nyregion/new-york-archdiocese-to-close-24-schools.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Library===
The [[New York Public Library]] (NYPL) operates the Columbus branch at 742 10th Avenue. The Columbus branch was founded in 1901 as the Columbus Catholic Club's collection, and it became an NYPL branch in 1905. The current [[Carnegie library]] building opened in 1909 and was renovated in 2004–2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Columbus Library |website=The New York Public Library |url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/columbus |access-date=March 14, 2019 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323024309/https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/columbus |url-status=live }}</ref>