BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL

BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL operates as a small secondary school in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. Current enrollment sits at 406 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 21,621 students; BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 27% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Native American, 2% White.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 42.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BRONX BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 406). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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