BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of very small scale in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, enrolling 162 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 76% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which oversees 52 schools and 21,621 students, BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Black, 4% White, 3% Native American, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

Around the school, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ANTONIA PANTOJA PREPARATORY ACADEMY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 147 students in 2018 compared to 162 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 36% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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