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What's something ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
412
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008401909
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
333 E 151ST ST, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 993-5000 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
382 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 141 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 21% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
4.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 4.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 27.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 412 | 92.7% | 37.5% |
| BRONX INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 411 | 94.6% | 64.5% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 414 | 90.8% | 63.0% |
| BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY BRONX | 429 | 90.4% | 45.0% |
| EXIMIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL BRONX | 365 | 90.7% | 42.8% |
| CAREERS IN SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 446 | 94.8% | 31.7% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #985 of 1,135 | #96 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.0% | #1,107 of 1,109 ▼ 192 | #128 of 128 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #574 of 1,135 ▲ 234 | #30 of 136 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #681 of 1,216 | #55 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #485 of 1,058 | #61 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #588 of 1,070 | #75 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #141 of 1,167 | #74 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #414 of 743 | #66 of 96 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
412
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 955
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 412 | 38.1 | 10.8:1 | 93% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 41.1 | 9.8:1 | 91% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 40.8 | 10.1:1 | 89% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 86% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 93% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 88% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 955 | 68 | 14.0:1 | 83% (794) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL.
About ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is located in BRONX, New York. The school's 412 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, a district of 41 schools and 13,625 students.
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment is 68% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 27% Black. Among people living in Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
The school has about 10.8 students per teacher and 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 93%. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is about the same, 90%.
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is 3.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.5% actual, 40.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Bronx County has about 1,404,779 residents, and median household income is about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The nearest other public school, BRONX HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 449 in 2020-21 and 412 in 2024-25, a decrease of 37 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
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- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- BRONX HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 98
- BRONX DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY0.0 mi · 223
- PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL0.1 mi · 413
- CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 360
- PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER0.2 mi · 271
- ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX0.2 mi · 848
Frequently asked questions
About ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 412 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL?
At ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 68% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
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