BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX

Located at 1619 BOSTON RD, in BRONX, New York, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX is a micro-enrollment high school that educates 245 students (grades 9 through 12), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. That puts it 63% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, which oversees 47 schools and 15,705 students, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 34% Black, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.9%; BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX posts 77.8%, +31.9 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

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