Enrollment
124
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009006163
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
800 HOME ST, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 542-4011 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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
4.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
120 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 36 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 23 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 124 | 96.8% | 32.2% |
| CASCADES HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 135 | 92.6% | 42.7% |
| JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING NEW YORK | 138 | 92.8% | 58.5% |
| MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS NEW YORK | 136 | 91.2% | 37.7% |
| JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 130 | 96.9% | 31.0% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN NEW YORK | 127 | 93.7% | 38.2% |
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 BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,055 of 1,135 | #120 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #985 of 1,109 ▲ 61 | #96 of 128 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,105 of 1,135 ▼ 68 | #132 of 136 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #1,161 of 1,216 | #140 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #36 of 1,167 | #24 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.9% | #29 of 743 | #9 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
124
-134 (-52%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 153
Student : Teacher
4.9:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 124 | 25.4 | 4.9:1 | 97% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 25.1 | 6.3:1 | 97% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 23.1 | 8.7:1 | 94% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 32 | 8.1:1 | 93% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 21 | 11.3:1 | 89% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 85% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 153 | 9 | 17.0:1 | 77% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL.
About BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL
In BRONX, New York, BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a very small high school. The school has 124 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 81% lower.
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is among 47 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, which serves 15,705 students.
The share of Hispanic students at BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is 56%, a majority. It is also 38% Black and 4% Asian. Census estimates put Bronx County at about 55% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The school lists 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.9:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is higher. A total of 120 students, or 97%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of New York public high schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL's results are 7.2 points below predicted: 32.2% against 39.4%.
The school's county is Bronx County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 32.2% against a local average of 36.3%.
Locale data from NCES put BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The school counted 258 students in 2020-21 and 124 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.1:1 to 4.9:1 over the same years.
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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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Nearby schools
- BRONX LATIN SCHOOL0.0 mi · 452
- DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 733
- URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 294
- NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX0.1 mi · 33
- METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 172
- MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES0.2 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 124 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL have?
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.9:1.
What is the student diversity at BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 56% Hispanic, 38% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL in?
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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