BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE)

BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) is one of the tight-knit high schools in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, with 375 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) sits 44% leaner than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) records that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE) at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 375 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.