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BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is a 9-12 campus of modestly sized scale in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, serveing 429 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.
BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one of 70 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district that works with 23,786 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest reads as 29% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 45.0%.
In the broader community, 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%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one.
The closest other public school is PS 469-BRONX SCHOOL FOR CONTINUOUS LEARNING (THE), roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.1%.
BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 65% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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