ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL

ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, a tight-knit secondary school in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, hosts 394 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 21,621 students; ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL records that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 23% Black, 7% Asian, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.6%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRONX BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 396 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.