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Enrollment
370
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605865
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
250 E 164TH ST, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 681-8287 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New York public high schools
- C-Test 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
12.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
349 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 6 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 18% |
Student demographics
37%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
53.1%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 40.7% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING this school | 370 | 94.3% | 41.4% |
| FACING HISTORY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 394 | 92.1% | 31.7% |
| PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS BROOKLYN | 418 | 95.5% | 30.3% |
| BELMONT PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 334 | 93.7% | 31.7% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS BRONX | 331 | 95.2% | 39.8% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE BRONX | 390 | 94.1% | 39.5% |
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 EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #907 of 1,135 | #76 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #846 of 1,109 ▼ 100 | #64 of 128 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #906 of 1,135 ▲ 56 | #80 of 136 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #788 of 1,216 | #79 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #750 of 1,058 | #97 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #717 of 1,070 | #105 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #100 of 1,167 | #59 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #91 of 743 | #31 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
370
-133 (-26%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 370 | 29.9 | 12.4:1 | 94% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 36.2 | 11.5:1 | 92% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 30.2 | 14.8:1 | 92% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 89% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 89% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 79% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 84% (318) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.
About BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is one of the public schools in BRONX, New York. It is a small high school. Enrollment is 370 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 45% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 runs 70 schools with a combined 23,786 students. BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is 77% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black. In Bronx County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING comes in at 37%.
The count of teachers at BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is 29.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.4:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. The school counts 349 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 94%.
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, the prediction is 40.3% and the result is 41.4%.
Among Bronx County residents, median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County, which together enroll about 202,028 students.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY: A MOTT HALL SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 370 was 26% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 503. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.8:1 to 12.4:1.
The BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
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- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY: A MOTT HALL SCHOOL0.0 mi · 336
- GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 353
- PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL0.0 mi · 358
- BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE0.1 mi · 683
- NEW PATHWAYS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 137
- NEW MILLENNIUM BRONX ACADEMY OF THE ARTS0.2 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNINGHow large is BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING?
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING enrolls approximately 370 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING serve?
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is approximately 12.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING?
Student demographics at BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING are roughly 0% White, 77% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING?
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.