Enrollment
367
High
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008705185
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
500 E FORDHAM RD, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 733-5274 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public high schools
- CTest 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
12.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
334 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 109 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 110 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE this school | 367 | 91.0% | 45.0% |
| FACING HISTORY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 394 | 92.1% | 31.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE) NEW YORK | 326 | 90.2% | 33.5% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE) NEW YORK | 393 | 92.1% | 38.7% |
| DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 377 | 91.5% | 55.0% |
| 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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #829 of 1,135 | #59 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #902 of 1,109 ▼ 111 | #76 of 128 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #635 of 1,135 ▼ 109 | #39 of 136 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #794 of 1,216 | #81 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #701 of 1,058 | #94 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #653 of 1,070 | #95 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #187 of 1,167 | #90 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #391 of 743 | #63 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
367
-41 (-10%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 367 | 30.5 | 12.0:1 | 91% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 34.7 | 11.3:1 | 92% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 34.8 | 10.9:1 | 89% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 34 | 12.0:1 | 87% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 29.7 | 13.9:1 | 91% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 88% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 85% (356) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
About BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is a small high school in New York, located in BRONX. Its 367 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 45% smaller than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which runs BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, has 83 schools and 40,459 students.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE's enrollment is 74% Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. By the diversity index, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE comes in at 42%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.0:1, with 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is 91%. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is about the same, 90%.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 41.5% for a school in New York with BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE's free or reduced-price lunch share. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE posts 45.0%.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is located in Bronx County, where median household income is about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
The closest other public school is WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE went from 408 students to 367.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
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- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
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- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
- WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE0.0 mi · 575
- FORDHAM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.0 mi · 369
- FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.0 mi · 351
- KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 461
- BELMONT PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 334
- IS 2540.1 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICEHow large is BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE enrolls approximately 367 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE serve?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is approximately 12.0:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE?
At BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, the student body is approximately 4% White, 74% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 in Bronx County.
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